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The board of Warner Bros. Discovery rejected Paramount Skydance’s $108 billion takeover offer, sticking with a deal it has already reached with Netflix, citing “significant risks” of the Paramount offer. In a securities filing, WBD outlined in detail the risks of the Paramount offer, which is ...
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Warner Bros. Discovery's board has formally rejected the $108 billion takeover bid from Paramount Skydance, the company announced. WBD said it remains committed to its $82.7 billion deal with Netflix, which would close some time next year, pending regulatory approval. "[The board] has unanimously determined that the tender offer launched by Paramount Skydance on December 8, 2025 is not in the best interests of WBD and its shareholders and does... Read more ›
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Warner Bros. Discovery's board rejected Paramount Skydance and CEO David Ellison again. Read WBD's full letter to shareholders. Read more ›
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Is AI hurting American jobs? A bit, according to Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell, whose comments Wednesday gave the AI fearmongers a good amount of material to work with.In a press conference, Powell said AI was “part of the story” behind the worsening unemployment that prompted the Fed to lower interest rates for the second time in two months. But he was quick to also say it was “not a... Read more ›
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The iPhone family is growing again. Over the next two years, Apple is planning a major expansion of its smartphone product line that could see it selling at least seven new models of its flagship device by fall 2027, up from five iPhone models today, according to multiple people working directly on the products at both Apple and its suppliers. The move will see Apple—which is often criticized for releasing... Read more ›
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Over the past week, a handful of accounts on Polymarket, the predictions site, bet OpenAI would release a new large language model by December 13. On Thursday December 11, OpenAI released GPT-5.2, and four of these accounts together made over $13,000, according to the trades displayed on their accounts. The payout is adding fuel to suspicions that a handful of accounts on prediction sites such as Polymarket and Kalshi aren’t... Read more ›
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A spike of investor interest in the data center sector has prompted one major data center developer, Rowan Digital Infrastructure, to consider whether this is a good time to raise fresh capital or possibly even sell, say people familiar with the company’s thinking. If it were to raise money or sell, it would likely be valued at more than $10 billion, including its debt, the people said. Potential buyers include... Read more ›
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We’re heading into our last full working week of the year, so the news flow is likely to start quieting down. (Be on the lookout for ServiceNow’s next big acquisition, however). One story that’s likely to chug along through the holidays is the battle between Netflix and the Ellison family’s Paramount Skydance for Warner Bros. Discovery. There’s sure to be fireworks this week, if for no other reason than the... Read more ›
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MGX, a United Arab Emirates–backed fund, is only a year old but has already become one of the biggest data center financiers in the world, leading the largest data center sale negotiated so far and quietly scooping up a stake in another provider with ties to OpenAI. MGX will be the biggest shareholder in Aligned Data Centers, one of the largest data center operators in the U.S., following its $40... Read more ›
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OpenEvidence, which operates a ChatGPT-like product for doctors to find health information from medical journals and other trusted sources, is raising $250 million in equity financing that will value the three-year-old startup at $12 billion after the investment, doubling its last private valuation from a financing announced just two months ago, according to a person involved in the deal. If the deal closes, the Cambridge, Mass.-based company will become one... Read more ›
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Oracle struck about $150 billion worth of lease commitments on data centers in the three months ending November, it revealed in securities filing late last week, a sign it is preparing for the cloud deals that customers such as OpenAI have struck with Oracle. The filing showed that as of ... Read more ›
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For years, thousands of companies have used Fivetran, a software tool for copying data between various applications and databases, including Salesforce apps. But earlier this year, Salesforce told Fivetran, a startup valued at more than $5 billion, that it would need to connect to Salesforce apps through the software giant’s app store, which takes a 15% commission for any sales generated on the store. If Fivetran didn’t do so, it... Read more ›
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The Securities and Exchange Commission gave the greenlight to DTCC, the main clearinghouse for U.S. financial markets, to record stocks on blockchain. DTCC said it received a no-action letter from the regulator, allowing it to launch the feature in the second half of 2026. DTCC will allow its ... Read more ›
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