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Coming up, Apollo offers a multi-billion dollar investment in Intel.

After Qualcomm's takeover approach, we discuss the reports.

More U.S. curbs and more potential trouble for China EVs.

And a deep dive into the CEO Palantir and his love hate relationship with Wall Street as he enters the S&P 500.

But first we go straight to the key chip in M&A story aired.

Apollo has offered to make a multi-billion dollar investment in Intel according to sources

with the asset manager indicating it would be willing to make an equity-like investment

of as much as five billion dollars according to one of the

sources Bloomberg spoke to that follows shock news on Friday that intel have been

approached by quelcom in recent days about a quote friendly takeover this following Intel

announcing its own strategic rethink just one week ago. Bloomberg's Ian

King joins us here in San Francisco. Let's start with the latest, which is Apollo considering an equity-like investment.

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