Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes.

On today's podcast:

(1) Stocks sold off and Bitcoin hit a seven-month low as investors pulled back from riskier corners of the market before a high-stakes week featuring Nvidia Corp.’s earnings and a pivotal US jobs report.

(2) The eye-watering valuations of artificial intelligence champions such as Nvidia Corp., which enjoys a market cap of $5 trillion, prompt a question: Will AI’s growth revolution match investors’ hopes?

(3) President Donald Trump said the US would sell F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, offering Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman a prize he’s long cherished — even though many obstacles remain before he gets the stealthy planes.

(4) The UK is drawing up countermeasures against the European Union’s proposed steel tariff increase in the event that Prime Minister Keir Starmer cannot secure a deal to blunt their impact.

(5) German Chancellor Friedrich Merz joined European politicians in saying the bloc’s banking regulations are too strict as the US gives lenders an easier ride to free up financing for the economy.

Podcast Conversation: Bezos Brings Signature Management Style to $6 Billion AI Startup

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.