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Netflix Drops Warner Bros. Bid, Leaving Paramount the Winner

Netflix shares surged in late trading after the news.

Centerview and Redbird Helped Paramount in Winning Warner Bid

Netflix Investors Cheer Decision to Drop Fight for Warner Bros.

Trader Bets $14 Million That Losing Warner Bid Would Be Win for Netflix

Warner Bros. Posts Lower Sales, Profit Amid Takeover Fight

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Anthropic Rejects Latest Pentagon Offer, Escalating AI Feud

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Asia, Europe Stocks Widen Lead Over US Benchmarks

Dell Jumps After Projecting AI Server Sales of $50 Billion

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A New Credit Blowup in London Has Wall Street Chasing Billions

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Barclays, Apollo’s Atlas Among Lenders to Failed UK Firm MFS

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The $3,000 Minipig Powering Europe’s Drug Pipeline

Easily bred and relatively inexpensive, minipigs are emerging as a key part of the European Union’s drive to create a more resilient testing regime.

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Warner Bros. Says Paramount’s $111 Billion Deal Tops Netflix

The determination means that Netflix will now have four business days to come up with a new offer that beats Paramount.

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Jack Dorsey’s Block Slashes Nearly Half Its Staff in AI Bet

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Trump Aims to Steer Cuba Toward Greater Dependence on the U.S.

Trump’s latest moves are part of a plan to make the island more reliant on the US, giving it leverage to push for change.

Tanker Carrying Russian Oil Diverts From Cuba as Shortages Bite

Cuba Calls Fatal Boat Clash a Foiled Uprising as 

 

US Investigates

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Barclays, Apollo’s Atlas Among Lenders to Failed UK Firm MFS

MFS collapsed into a UK form of insolvency Wednesday, with the judge overseeing the case citing accusations of fraud and double-pledging of assets.

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Private Credit’s Great Divide: Imminent Crisis or ‘No Big Deal’

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Trump Puts Fate of World’s Top Conflicts in the Hands of Two Men

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Homeland Security Goes on a Warehouse Spending Spree

The DHS has become a big player in the market for warehouses, and it’s using AI to find people to put in them.

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The DOGE Doubt Trade

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Nelson Peltz Gets a Near $9 Billion Reality Check on Janus

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Casey Means Lacks the Right Stuff to Be America’s Top Doctor

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Sweetgreen Falls Further Behind Peers as Outlook Disappoints

The fast-casual salad chain continues to contend with declining store traffic.

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Soggy Fries, Lettuce Shortages Fueled Sweetgreen’s $5 Billion Stock Wipeout

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Real Estate Investors Who Shunned San Francisco Are Rushing Back

The city’s AI boom is setting off a race for new office towers in a downtown that once symbolized the urban doom loop.

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Transamerica Pyramid Owners Agree to Sell Iconic San Francisco Skyscraper

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Russian Land Deals Near Military Sites Put Finland on Defensive

The Finnish government is studying some of the hundreds of properties that have been bought near critical infrastructure and sensitive sites for signs of possible Russian infiltration.

Russia Carries Out Massive Air Attack Ahead of Ukraine-US Talks

Democrats Demand Trump Follow Clintons on Epstein Testimony

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Claude Code and the Great Productivity Panic of 2026

AI coding agents promised to make software development easier. Instead they’ve kicked off a high-pressure race to build at any cost.

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