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What The Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Means For Larry Ellison's Fortune
Larry Ellison at the White House in 2025, on one of at least four trips to D.C. last year. If regulators clear it, one of the largest mergers in history will hand billionaire Larry Ellison and his son David unprecedented sway over American…
SANOMA CORPORATION: ACQUISITION OF OWN SHARES 27 FEBRUARY 2026
Sanoma Corporation, Stock exchange release, 27 February 2026 at 18:30 EE8 SANOMA CORPORATION: ACQUISITION OF OWN SHARES 27 FEBRUARY 2026 Date27 February 2026 Exchange transactionBuy Share classSANOMA Amount18,500 Average price/share, EUR9.0766…
Novartis successfully completes acquisition of Avidity Biosciences, strengthening late-stage neuroscience pipeline and advancing xRNA strategy
Adds Avidity's differentiated muscle-directed Antibody Oligonucleotide Conjugates (AOC) platform and three late-stage programs to industry-leading neuromuscular pipeline Potentially unlocks multi-billion-dollar opportunities with planned product…
Paramount announces official merger agreement to acquire WBD
The deal gives Paramount ownership of several cultural and entertainment titans: Game of Thrones, Mission Impossible, Harry Potter, Top Gun, the DC Universe, and SpongeBob SquarePants. “From the very beginning, our pursuit of Warner Bros.
FCC approves landmark merger between Cox Communications and Charter
The combined company will take the Cox name and will use the name Spectrum for the consumer market, according to a Friday news release from the FCC. It will be publicly traded and based in Connecticut, but it will retain significant operations at…
Warner Bros. Discovery agrees to $110 billion Paramount merger
Paramount and WBD expect the deal to close in the third quarter of this year. Paramount and WBD expect the deal to close in the third quarter of this year. Netflix isn't buying Warner Bros: all of the latest updates Emma Roth is a news writer who…
The Warner Bros. acquisition: a timeline of events so far
The acquisition of movie giant Warner Bros. has become something of a popcorn-munching spectacle, as Netflix and Paramount vie to absorb the storied company. At the time of writing, it seems like Paramount will be the likely suitor, having…
What the Paramount-Warner Merger Means for Hollywood
The plan for Paramount Skydance Corp. to take control of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., the owner of one of Hollywood's largest and most venerable film studios, is likely to impact the entertainment industry for decades to come. After a monthslong…
Anatomy Of A Modern Merger: A Step-By-Step Guide For GCs
Although the deals market has shown a modest rebound in early 2025, a recent report by Deloitte notes that today's dealmakers must “navigate perpetual uncertainty.” This uncertainty is driven by numerous factors: economic changes…
Ilkka Oyj: Acquisition of own shares on 27 February 2026
Ilkka Oyj Stock Exchange Release 27 February 2026, at 07:00 p.m. EET Ilkka Oyj: Acquisition of own shares on 27 February 2026 Date27 February 2026 Exchange transactionBuy Share trading codeILKKA2 Amount, shares2,491 Average price/share (EUR)4.3211…
Under a Paramount-WBD merger, two struggling media giants would unite
Netflix has dropped out of the bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), making Paramount Skydance the expected owner of WBD. A Paramount-WBD merger remains subject to regulatory approval, but it's likely that we will see a…
What Paramount's Warner Bros deal means for Hollywood after major acquisition
Two of Hollywood's oldest studios may be consolidating into one. In a shocking twist after a monthslong bidding war, Paramount has emerged as the apparent victor in the fight to acquire Warner Bros. Netflix, who backed away from the deal Thursday…
Warner Bros. Discovery signs merger agreement with Paramount Skydance
Warner Bros. Discovery on Friday formally signed an agreement to be acquired by Paramount Skydance, the two companies announced, setting the stage for one of the most consequential media mergers in recent history. The deal was inked just a day…
Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery Agree to Historic Merger
Paramount and Warner Bros. are officially becoming one... a historic merger -- and a huge Hollywood twist after Netflix bowed out yesterday of the race as the finish line was in sight. Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery agreed to the deal…
M&T Bank Corp. stock underperforms Friday when compared to competitors
Shares of M&T Bank Corp. MTB slipped 3.71% to $216.98 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX falling 0.43% to 6,878.88 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA falling 1.05% to…
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