Blackstone is considering an initial public offering that could raise $2 billion for an acquisition company that will snap up data centers, according to people familiar with the matter. Bailey Lipschultz reports on "Bloomberg The Close." (Source: Bloomberg)

Interactive Brokers, one of the most successful and groundbreaking electronic brokerages for traders, is getting into the predictions space. On this episode of the Odd Lots podcast, Founder and Chairman Thomas Peterffy joins Tracy Alloway and Joe Weisenthal to discuss why he believes prediction markets will be the next big thing. (Source: Bloomberg)

Anthropic PBC agreed to tap data center capacity from CoreWeave Inc. as part of efforts to handle increasing demand for its artificial intelligence services.

Bloomberg's Aashnah Shah joins Katie Greifeld on "Bloomberg Real Yield." S&P Global Ratings dropped its credit rating on New Orleans by one notch, as the city confronts one of the worst financial crises in its modern history. (Source: Bloomberg)

Blackstone Inc. filed for an initial public offering of a new data-center acquisition vehicle that plans to buy already-built and leased properties benefiting from the artificial intelligence boom.

This week, Richard Haass of Centerview Partners on what to expect out of US-Iran peace talks. Plus, why Gulf states are begging Trump not to end the Iran war early and how the conflict could hit consumers, from gas prices to interest rates. And, former Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland warns of stagflation, a food crisis, and the growing strain on the US-led global order as finance leaders gather in Washington at the annual World Bank-IMF meetings. Later, how China quietly built a monopoly on the minerals that power modern life, and why American innovators think they can still leapfrog Beijing. (Source: Bloomberg)

Executives at Canadian minerals explorer Emerita Resources Corp. have been accused by Ontario’s securities regulator of diverting the firm’s lithium project rights to a new company they controlled.

Tiger Global has agreed to invest in PopUp Bagels at a $300 million valuation, according to people familiar with the matter — roughly five times what the startup was quoted at as recently as five months ago.

The US is expected to hold talks with Iran in an effort to reach an agreement, but former Council on Foreign Relations president Richard Haass of Centerview Partners warns that we should not expect too much, and that the war shows just how much leverage Iran has. (Source: Bloomberg)

On March 20, "Bloomberg Real Yield" highlights the market-moving news you need to know. Today's guests: Schwab Center for Financial Research Kathy Jones, Allspring Global Investment George Bory, BNP Paribas Head of Credit Strategy Meghan Robson, and CreditSights Head of US IG & Marco Strategy Zachary Griffiths. (Source: Bloomberg)