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Warner Bros Discovery Backs Netflix Deal over Paramount Skydance Bid in Media Meltdown

Americas M&A Motion Picture and Video Industries

Warner Bros. Discovery rejected Paramount/Sky...

WBD said Paramount’s proposal is overly lever...

WBD estimates roughly $4.7B (~$1.79/share) in...

The Netflix transaction is positioned as high...

BlueScope Steel Rejects A$13.2B Takeover—Says Offer Undervalues Assets & Global Operations

Asia M&A Primary Metal Manufacturing

BlueScope Steel’s board unanimously rejected ...

The proposal would have SGH buy all of BlueSc...

BlueScope cited dividend and timing adjustmen...

Management says its standalone plan—capex, pr...

Why Netflix’s $82.7B Offer Beats Paramount’s Risky $108.4B Bid for WBD

Americas M&A Motion Picture and Video Industries

Warner Bros. Discovery urged investors to rej...

WBD prefers its existing Netflix deal, valued...

WBD argues Paramount’s leveraged, debt-heavy ...

Both options face regulatory and legal scruti...

Constellation’s $26.6B Calpine Deal Reshapes U.S. Clean Power Landscape

Americas M&A Utilities

Constellation closed its US$26.6 billion (inc...

The merger combines Constellations nuclear fl...

Approvals from FERC and key state regulators ...

Consideration included about 50 million Const...

Lilly Pays $1.2B for Ventyx to Boost Oral NLRP3 Inhibitor Pipeline

Americas M&A Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing

Eli Lilly will acquire Ventyx Biosciences for...

The deal bolsters Lilly’s oral inflammation p...

Ventyx’s lead CNS-penetrant NLRP3 inhibitor V...

A second asset, peripheral NLRP3 inhibitor VT...

What Google’s $32B Wiz Deal Means for Multicloud Security & Antitrust Risk

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Alphabets $32B all-cash deal to buy multiclou...

The U.S. DOJ cleared the transaction in Novem...

After a January 7, 2026 filing, the EU must d...

Regulators and analysts are focused on vertic...

Fifth Third-Comerica Merger Clears Shareholder Vote: What It Means for Regional Banking

Americas M&A Depository Credit Intermediation

Fifth Third and Comerica shareholders overwhe...

Comerica investors will receive 1.8663 Fifth ...

Fifth Third expects the deal to expand its fo...

Key uncertainties include integration executi...

How Business Insider Is Rebooting Its Media Strategy with AI, Events & Premium Content

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Business Insider is narrowing its mission to ...

The company cut about 21% of staff in May 202...

BI is pushing companywide AI adoption, buildi...

It is diversifying revenue with initiatives l...

Dow Tops 49,000 & AI Leads Shift into Value: What’s Driving Markets Now

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

U.S. stocks rallied, with the Dow closing abo...

AI-driven optimism from CES updates, led by N...

Venezuela-related geopolitical risk supported...

Investors are watching this week’s U.S. labor...

European Equities Stall as Oil Deal, Inflation Drop Shift Market Focus

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

European stocks finished flat as traders weig...

The prospect of added Venezuelan crude pressu...

Euro zone inflation cooled to 2%, boosting ra...

Germany’s jobless rate held at 6.3% but retai...