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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

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4 Min
By: Nick Ravenshade

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

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4 Min
By: Nick Ravenshade

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

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3 Min
By: Nick Ravenshade

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

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5 Min
By: Nick Ravenshade

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

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4 Min
By: Nick Ravenshade

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

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4 Min
By: Nick Ravenshade

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

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4 Min
By: Nick Ravenshade

Midday Movers: Maplebear, Boeing, Credo, XPO and MongoDB Drive Volatile Market Rotation

NEW YORK — Markets churned midday on Tuesday as a clutch of large and mid-cap stocks swung sharply following a wave of earnings releases, operational updates and high-frequency economic data that prompted rapid rotation across portfolios. Investors trimmed positions in extended momentum names and redeployed capital into companies with clearer evidence

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4 Min
By: Nick Ravenshade

European Stocks Open December Lower as Defense Sector Pulls Back

LONDON — European markets began December in negative territory as a broad risk‑off tone combined with a sharp rotation out of defense names to weigh on regional benchmarks, leaving traders and portfolio managers reassessing sector exposures ahead of a busy macro calendar. The sell‑off was concentrated in aerospace and

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3 Min
By: Nick Ravenshade

Asia Markets Open December Mixed After China Factory Activity Weakens Unexpectedly

HONG KONG — Asian markets opened December on mixed footing as fresh manufacturing data from China surprised to the downside, prompting traders to reassess growth expectations for the region and weigh the implications for commodity demand, currency flows and central‑bank timing into year‑end. A private‑sector manufacturing survey showed

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3 Min
By: Nick Ravenshade

Year‑End Rally or Thin Ice? Investors Enter December With Minimal Stock Exposure

LONDON — As December opens, institutional and retail investors alike are entering the month with unusually light equity exposure, a positioning that has amplified debate about whether a traditional year‑end rally can materialize or whether markets face a fragile, liquidity‑driven pause that could turn into a late‑season correction.

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4 Min
By: Nick Ravenshade

Global Week Ahead: Will December Deliver a Santa Rally or More ‘Bah Humbug’ for Markets?

LONDON — Markets enter December on a knife edge after a volatile November that left major U.S. technology names reeling while broader European indices eked out gains, leaving investors to weigh whether seasonal strength will reassert itself or whether macro and earnings risks will keep a lid on any year‑

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4 Min
By: Nick Ravenshade

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