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WBD urges shareholders to reject Paramount’s $30 bid, says Netflix deal is the safer path

WBD urges shareholders to reject Paramount’s $30 bid, says Netflix deal is the safer path

LONDON — Warner Bros. Discovery’s board on Wednesday sent a formal letter to shareholders urging them to reject Paramount Skydance’s hostile $30-per-share tender offer and to support the company’s existing merger agreement with Netflix, arguing that the streaming giant’s binding cash-and-stock deal represents superior and more certain

Rising Leverage and Private Credit Strain Keep Pressure on AI Stocks

Rising Leverage and Private Credit Strain Keep Pressure on AI Stocks

LONDON — Debt worries continued to weigh on AI-related stocks on Tuesday as investors fretted about heavy capital spending, rising leverage in the data-centre buildout and growing reliance on private and sponsor-backed debt to finance an industry already marked by high fixed costs. The sell-off in a subset of AI-exposed names

Broadcom beats estimates but tech stocks tumble as investors rotate out of AI hardware

NEW YORK — Investors sold off broad technology exposure this week even after Broadcom posted results that beat expectations, underscoring how fragile risk appetite has become amid margin worries, stretched valuations and rotation away from headline AI names. The semiconductor firm delivered solid top-line growth and flagged continuing demand for AI-related

European stocks brace for muted open after Fed cut fails to spark risk rally

European stocks brace for muted open after Fed cut fails to spark risk rally

LONDON —European markets were set for a lackluster open on Thursday after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 25 basis points but failed to spark broad risk appetite, leaving traders and allocators to parse mixed policy signals and persistent regional headwinds. The Fed's move lowered the target

U.S. Approves Nvidia H200 Chip Exports to China with 25% Revenue Share, Trump Says

U.S. Approves Nvidia H200 Chip Exports to China with 25% Revenue Share, Trump Says

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced that the United States will permit shipments of Nvidia’s H200 artificial intelligence accelerators to approved customers in China in exchange for a 25 percent share of revenues from those sales, a move he said Chinese leader Xi Jinping received positively. The decision, according to

BlackRock’s Pick-and-Shovel Play: Betting on Data Centers, Chips and Power as AI Spending Surges

NEW YORK — BlackRock has repositioned its capital across public and private markets to capture the industrial phase of the artificial intelligence buildout, prioritizing firms that supply computing power, networking, and energy rather than the headline-making model owners themselves. The firm’s multi-asset playbook angles toward pick-and-shovel beneficiaries - data center

Midday Movers: Microsoft Slides on AI Quotas; Netflix Dips on Deal Chatter; Marvell and GitLab Drive Rotation

Midday Movers: Microsoft Slides on AI Quotas; Netflix Dips on Deal Chatter; Marvell and GitLab Drive Rotation

NEW YORK — U.S. equity markets experienced pronounced intraday rotation on Wednesday as a cluster of company-specific headlines intersected with high-frequency trading flows, prompting investors to rebalance exposure across software, cloud infrastructure, semiconductors and media. The session showed how conviction shifts about AI monetization, content deals and design-win progress can