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Leadership
1 hour ago
Berkshire Hathaway Succession to Greg Abel
- Greg Abel will become Berkshire Hathaway CEO effective Jan. 1, 2026.
- Investors will scrutinize capital allocation given the firm's $380 billion cash equivalents.
- The handover raises governance and continuity questions about strategy under a new CEO.
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Products
6 hours ago
Alphabet Stock: AI Traction Strengthens Outlook
- Google Gemini reached 650 million monthly active users, lifting AI engagement and Search monetization.
- Q3 revenue was $102.3 billion and Cloud backlog totaled $155.0 billion.
- A federal antitrust ruling required data sharing and banned exclusives, risking over $175.0 billion in search ad revenue.
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Leadership
6 hours ago
Lululemon Proxy Fight Seeks Board Overhaul
- Founder Chip Wilson nominated three independent directors to press for board changes before the CEO selection.
- Calvin McDonald will step down Jan. 31, 2026; CFO Meghan Frank and CCO Andre Maestrini will lead interim.
- Elliott Investment Management, holding more than $1 billion, pressed a CEO candidate, creating overlapping activist pressure.
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Deals
6 hours ago
SoftBank To Acquire DigitalBridge
- SoftBank agreed to acquire DigitalBridge for $16 per share in cash.
- The deal values DigitalBridge equity at about $4.0 billion and supports AI data-center expansion.
- Shareholder law firms had opened probes that raise governance and litigation risk around the sale.
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Deals
5 days ago
Nvidia Groq Deal Clarified
- Nvidia entered a non-exclusive license for Groq's low-latency AI inference processors.
- Senior Groq executives are joining Nvidia while GroqCloud remains independent.
- Prior $20 billion acquisition reports were contradicted by company statements.
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Markets
5 days ago
S&P 500 Record High on Christmas Eve
- S&P 500 closed at a record high in a holiday-shortened U.S. session.
- Gold and silver extended multi-day rallies, adding to year-end risk-on flows.
- UiPath joins the S&P MidCap 400 effective Jan. 2, 2026, prompting likely index-fund buying.
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Policy
5 days ago
Tesla Model 3 NHTSA Investigation Opens
- NHTSA opened an engineering analysis into alleged Model 3 door-release defects covering 179,071 2022 sedans.
- The probe is a preliminary engineering analysis, not a full defect investigation, signaling early regulatory escalation.
- No Tesla acknowledgment or SEC filing was identified at the time of reporting, raising disclosure risk for shareholders.
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Operations
5 days ago
Nvidia Halts Intel 18A Testing; INTC Slides
- Reuters reported Nvidia halted testing of Intel's 18A process, citing two people familiar with the matter.
- INTC stock declined following the Reuters report, reflecting near-term investor sentiment risk around Intel Foundry.
- No SEC filings or press releases confirmed the halt within 72 hours, leaving the report uncorroborated.
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Earnings
5 days ago
Tim Cook Nike Stock Purchase Boosts NKE
- Tim Cook bought 50,000 NKE Class B shares on Dec. 22, 2025, at $58.97, totaling $2.95M.
- Nike reported FY2026 Q2 revenue $12.43B and net earnings $792M; gross margin declined.
- The purchases prompted a 2% premarket rise on Dec. 24, 2025, amid a cautious holiday outlook.
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Policy
5 days ago
Meta WhatsApp Antitrust Order By Italy
- AGCM ordered Meta to suspend WhatsApp terms that could exclude rival AI chatbots.
- The interim order preserves competitor access while authorities investigate suspected abuse of dominant position.
- A WhatsApp policy change had prompted OpenAI and Microsoft to remove AI assistants, shifting market access.
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Deals
5 days ago
Sanofi Acquires Dynavax in $2.2 Billion Deal
- Sanofi offered $15.50 per share in a cash tender, valuing Dynavax at $2.2 billion.
- The offer represented a 39% premium to Dynavax's Dec. 23, 2025 closing price.
- Expected to close in Q1 2026 subject to HSR clearance and majority-tender conditions.
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Deals
5 days ago
BP to Sell Castrol to Stonepeak
- BP agreed to sell a 65% stake in Castrol to Stonepeak for about $6 billion.
- The transaction values Castrol at roughly $10.1 billion enterprise value.
- Proceeds advance BP's plan to raise about $20 billion from asset disposals to reduce debt.
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Earnings
6 days ago
Reddit Needham Top Pick Sees AI Licensing Upside
- Needham named Reddit a top pick with a $300 price target and Conviction Buy inclusion.
- Needham said AI-data licensing run rate exceeds $100 million annually, citing ~$200 million deals over three years.
- Needham projects FY2025 revenue growth of 64% and FY2026 growth of about 40%.
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Markets
6 days ago
Gold Record High Fuels Silver Rally
- Gold reached a record $4,498 per ounce on Dec. 23, 2025.
- Silver topped $70 per ounce, narrowing the gold-silver ratio to about 64.
- The rally reflected geopolitical strains, central-bank purchases, heavy ETF inflows and Fed rate-cut bets.
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Deals
6 days ago
ServiceNow Acquires Armis for $7.75 Billion
- ServiceNow agreed to buy Armis for $7.8 billion in cash.
- Deal broadens Security, Risk and OT portfolios and extends coverage into IT and medical devices.
- Expected close in H2 2026.
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Policy
6 days ago
U.S. GDP Q3 2025 Rises 4.3%, Exceeds Forecasts
- Following the BEA release, Q3 real GDP grew at a 4.3% annualized pace, exceeding consensus.
- PCE inflation rose to 2.8% and core PCE to 2.9%, complicating the policy outlook.
- A 43-day government shutdown delayed BEA data, elevating revision risk ahead of Jan. 22, 2026.
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Earnings
6 days ago
S&P 500 2026 Outlook Earnings Led Rally
- Analysts forecast double-digit S&P 500 EPS growth of about 13.9%-15.0% for calendar 2026.
- Net profit margins are projected near 13.7% in Q2 2026, underpinning higher EPS.
- Year-end price targets span 7,100-8,200, averaging about 7,580 and implying roughly 11.0% upside.
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Earnings
6 days ago
Palantir Stock Surges on Contract Wins and AI Gains
- Q3 2025 revenue was $1.2 billion, up 63.0% year-over-year.
- Large government awards include a 10-year $10.0 billion Army deal and a $446 million Navy ShipOS contract.
- AIP upgrades and Chain Reaction partnerships extend enterprise AI infrastructure and deployment avenues.
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Products
6 days ago
Wegovy Pill Approval Strengthens Novo Nordisk
- FDA approved the Wegovy pill, clearing a U.S. launch for oral semaglutide.
- OASIS 4 showed mean weight loss of 16.6% by the trial-product estimand.
- Company set a $149 monthly cash price and plans U.S. pharmacy and telehealth distribution.
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Operations
6 days ago
Waymo San Francisco Outage Halts Robotaxis, Service Resumes
- Power outage knocked out traffic signals and 5G, causing Waymo robotaxis to stall and block intersections.
- Service was suspended Dec. 20 and resumed Dec. 21 in the Bay Area.
- A California regulator opened a review, highlighting fleet resilience and network redundancy risks.
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Products
6 days ago
D-Wave CES 2026 Sponsorship Spotlights Commercial Use Cases
- D-Wave will sponsor the CES Foundry on Jan. 7–8, 2026 to showcase commercial quantum use cases.
- The company will run booth FT12 and a Jan. 7 masterclass demonstrating annealing systems and hybrid solvers.
- D-Wave announced Qubits 2026 Jan. 27–28 and a new U.S. government business unit led by Jack Sears Jr.
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Operations
6 days ago
Instacart Ends AI Pricing Tests
- Instacart ended AI-driven item-price experiments following a Consumer Reports investigation.
- The suspension bars retailers from running platform AI price tests that showed price differences.
- The halt is a reputational risk for shareholders and may reshape merchant monetization options.
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Deals
6 days ago
Howmet Aerospace Acquisition Strengthens Fastener Portfolio
- Howmet agreed to buy Consolidated Aerospace Manufacturing for about $1.8 billion in cash.
- Howmet projects CAM FY2026 revenue $485-$495 million and pre-synergy adjusted-EBITDA margin above 20.0%.
- Stanley planned to use net cash proceeds to reduce debt toward a 2.5x net-debt/adjusted-EBITDA target.
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Deals
6 days ago
Rocket Lab SDA Contract Expands Defense Work
- Rocket Lab won an $816 million prime contract to design and deliver 18 SDA TRKT3 satellites.
- The award lifts Rocket Lab's SDA backlog above $1.3 billion and opens about $1 billion supplier opportunity.
- Work uses Rocket Lab's Lightning platform with in-house spacecraft subsystems for faster delivery control.
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Earnings
10 days ago
AI Stocks Rally Lifts Nasdaq
- Micron's beat and aggressive guidance reignited demand for AI memory and semiconductors.
- The Nasdaq led gains as flows concentrated in large-cap tech and AI infrastructure names.
- Nike's China weakness constrained the Dow's advance despite tech leadership.
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Policy
10 days ago
Union Pacific Norfolk Southern Merger Triggers STB Review
- Joint nearly 7,000-page application opened a 30-day Surface Transportation Board review.
- Rivals questioned the public-benefit case and flagged compliance under the STB 2001 Major Merger Rules.
- The application cited roughly 2,000 stakeholder support letters and about 99% shareholder approval.
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Policy
10 days ago
Elon Musk Tesla Pay Restored by Delaware Court
- Delaware Supreme Court reversed the Chancery Court and reinstated the shareholder-approved award.
- The performance package had a peak valuation near $56 billion.
- The ruling renews governance and shareholder-vote scrutiny relevant to investors.
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Policy
10 days ago
Trump Drug-Pricing Deals With Major Pharma
- Nine manufacturers joined the Trump MFN drug-pricing agreements, linking select Medicaid and cash-pay prices to European levels.
- Participants won a three-year suspension of threatened import tariffs to offset price pressure on revenues.
- Signatories pledged about $150.0 billion in U.S. investment and API donations, shifting capital allocation and revenue trade-offs.
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Earnings
10 days ago
CoreWeave Genesis Mission Spurs Rally
- Joined the Department of Energy Genesis Mission as a technology provider, aligning with its AI infrastructure focus.
- Q3 revenue was about $1.36 billion and contracted backlog near $55.6 billion highlight scale and conversion risk.
- FY 2025 guidance $5.05-$5.15 billion with capex reset to $12-$14 billion, shifting some revenue into Q1 2026.
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Earnings
10 days ago
BlackBerry Q3 Earnings Lift Forecast Amid Caution
- BlackBerry reported Q3 revenue of $141.8 million, above prior guidance and consensus.
- Company raised FY2026 revenue to $531-$541 million and adjusted EBITDA to $94-$104 million.
- Management tightened QNX ranges and analysts flagged cautious near-term guidance on licensing and order timing.
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Earnings
10 days ago
KB Home Earnings Beat, Backlog Shrinks
- KB Home beat Q4 estimates with $1.69B revenue and $1.92 adjusted EPS.
- Deliveries fell to 3,619 homes and backlog shrank to $1.4B, signaling softer demand and margin pressure.
- Guidance targets 11,000-12,500 deliveries and $5.1B-$6.1B in housing revenue for FY2026.
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Policy
10 days ago
Nvidia China Export Review Draws Investor Focus
- Reuters reported a U.S. review could allow shipments of Nvidia's second-most powerful AI chips to China.
- Bernstein said forward P/E compressed about 27% to just under 25x while maintaining an Outperform rating.
- No Nvidia SEC filings or public company disclosures confirm a finalized export license or approval.
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Earnings
10 days ago
BioMarin Acquires Amicus
- BioMarin will pay $14.50 per share, valuing Amicus at about $4.8 billion.
- Galafold and Pombiliti plus Opfolda generated $599 million in net revenues over the past four quarters.
- Management expects non-GAAP diluted EPS accretion within 12 months and substantially accretive beginning 2027.
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Earnings
10 days ago
Carnival Earnings Show Record 2025 Profit, Dividend
- Carnival earnings beat Q4 adjusted EPS expectations with $0.34 versus $0.25 consensus.
- Company reported record 2025 revenue of $26.6 billion and adjusted net income of $3.1 billion.
- Reinstated dividend and 2026 guidance above estimates may ease downside risk for cruise stocks.
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Earnings
10 days ago
Winnebago Earnings Surprise Raises Guidance
- Q1 net revenues $703M, up 12.3% and above Street consensus.
- Adjusted EBITDA rose to $30M, powering an operating-income swing to profitability.
- Management raised FY2026 revenue and adjusted-EPS guidance on stronger motorhome and towable demand.
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Deals
11 days ago
TikTok U.S. Sale Finalized, Oracle Leads Investor Group
- ByteDance had signed binding agreements to transfer TikTok U.S. into a new joint venture.
- Oracle, Silver Lake, and MGX each hold 15% while new investors hold 50%.
- Deal targets Jan. 22, 2026 closing subject to CFIUS and customary conditions.
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Earnings
11 days ago
Rivian Stock Rises After Strong Quarter
- Rivian reported $1.6 billion revenue, beating consensus and narrowing EPS loss.
- Management reaffirmed 2025 adjusted EBITDA loss guidance of $2.0-$2.3 billion and $1.8-$1.9 billion capex.
- Robert W. Baird raised its price target to $25 and upgraded Rivian, triggering a 15% stock move.
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Policy
11 days ago
Marijuana Rescheduling Ordered by Trump
- Order directs rescheduling of marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III, acknowledging medical value.
- Reclassification lets state-licensed cannabis businesses claim federal deductions under Section 280E, improving after-tax margins.
- Order removes Schedule I research barriers and directs agencies to expedite DEA rescheduling and a CMS CBD pilot.
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Earnings
11 days ago
FedEx Earnings Lift Outlook After Q2 Revenue Rise
- Q2 revenue rose to $23.5 billion, prompting management to raise fiscal-2026 revenue guidance.
- Adjusted operating income improved to $1.6 billion, lifting margin to 6.9% year-over-year.
- Adjusted EPS excluding items set at $17.00-$18.00, with $1.02 per-share adjustments.
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Earnings
11 days ago
Nike Earnings Test 'Win Now' Turnaround
- Fiscal Q2 revenue was $12.4 billion, down 8.0% year-over-year.
- Gross margin narrowed to 43.6%, down 1.0 percentage point from China discounting and tariffs.
- Management projected demand-creation spending above $5.0 billion for fiscal 2026, pressuring near-term margins.
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Earnings
11 days ago
Darden Restaurants Earnings Lift Sales Outlook
- Blended same-restaurant sales rose 4.3%, led by Olive Garden +4.7% and LongHorn +5.9%.
- Total sales climbed 7.3% to $3.1 billion and Darden raised its FY2026 sales outlook.
- Beef-driven commodity inflation ran about 5.5%, pressuring margins despite pricing 130 basis points below inflation.
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Policy
11 days ago
Eli Lilly Orforglipron Maintains Weight Loss
- Orforglipron met primary and all key secondary endpoints for weight maintenance at 52 weeks.
- Patients who switched from Wegovy maintained all but 0.9 kg of prior weight loss on average.
- Lilly filed for FDA review with a Commissioner's National Priority Voucher to accelerate the review timeline.
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Earnings
11 days ago
Birkenstock Earnings Beat as Tariff Concerns Rise
- Fiscal 2025 revenue rose 16% to €2.1 billion, exceeding the company's guidance.
- Q4 EPS was $0.60, beating consensus $0.40.
- Company warned FY2026 growth will slow and margins will face tariffs and production limits.
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Earnings
11 days ago
Accenture Earnings Show AI Bookings Lift
- Revenue was $18.7B, at the top of the quarter's guided range.
- New bookings totaled $20.9B, including $2.2B of advanced AI bookings.
- Company confirmed fiscal 2026 guidance and narrowed GAAP EPS to $13.12-$13.50.
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Policy
11 days ago
November 2025 CPI Rises 2.7%
- Delayed BLS release showed November CPI at 2.7% year over year, cooler than economists expected.
- Core CPI rose 2.6% year over year with services and shelter remaining the largest contributors.
- The report supplies a retroactive input as policymakers weigh slowing or pausing the 2025 rate-cut cycle.
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Earnings
11 days ago
CarMax Earnings Fall After Beat
- Adjusted EPS topped estimates at $0.51 versus $0.38 consensus.
- Net sales fell 6.9% to $5.79 billion while net income dropped to $62.2 million.
- Retail used-unit sales and comparable-store volumes declined as management signaled lower margins to boost volume.
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Deals
11 days ago
Trump Media TAE Merger Values Deal at $6 Billion
- All-stock deal values the merger at $6.0 billion and leaves each side roughly half of the combined company.
- TMTG will provide $200 million at signing and up to $100 million upon filing the Form S-4.
- Combined company plans a 50 MWe utility-scale plant in 2026, subject to required approvals.
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Leadership
11 days ago
Elliott Stake Lululemon Spurs CEO Push
- Elliott had built a stake exceeding $1.0 billion and aligned on Jane Nielsen as a potential CEO candidate.
- McDonald was due to step down in January, leaving the CEO seat open and advising through March.
- Founder pressure and Elliott's activism raise the likelihood of a board-level succession fight.
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Policy
11 days ago
Instacart FTC Probe Over AI Pricing
- FTC issued a civil investigative demand tied to Instacart's Eversight pricing tool.
- Reporting said Eversight produced inconsistent charges for identical items like organic granola.
- Shares fell about 7%, highlighting antitrust and consumer-protection risk for Instacart's pricing model.
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Leadership
11 days ago
BP CEO Meg O'Neill to Take Helm in April 2026
- Meg O'Neill named BP CEO effective April 1, 2026.
- Board cited her transformation record amid Elliott pressure to accelerate asset sales and cost cuts.
- Carol Howle named interim CEO to steer the transition amid BP's fourth CEO in six years.
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Products
12 days ago
Coinbase Stock Trading And Prediction Markets Launch
- Coinbase will add stock trading for U.S. customers and partner with Kalshi for prediction markets.
- The company unveiled a tokenization roadmap to bring traditional assets including equities on-chain.
- The moves frame an Everything Exchange strategy to integrate stocks and crypto and broaden revenue.
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Earnings
12 days ago
Micron Q1 Earnings Top Estimates, Guidance Rises
- Record Q1 revenue of $13.6 billion, a 57.0% year-over-year increase.
- Adjusted EPS $4.78 beat consensus $3.91, a 22.3% surprise.
- Second-quarter revenue guidance set above Street, citing AI-driven HBM demand and pricing.
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Products
12 days ago
Robinhood NFL Prediction Markets Launch
- Robinhood launched NFL prediction markets adding parlay and prop contracts.
- CEO Vlad Tenev said the expansion puts Robinhood in direct competition with sportsbooks.
- Contracts trade nearly 24 hours with a daily pause from 3:00 to 3:15 a.m. ET.
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Deals
12 days ago
YouTube Oscars 2029 Deal Ends ABC Run
- YouTube secured exclusive global streaming rights to the Oscars starting in 2029 under a multi-year agreement.
- The deal ends ABC's roughly 50-year U.S. broadcast streak and moves the ceremony to free global streaming.
- The shift adds a marquee live event to YouTube's ad inventory and intensifies competition with broadcasters.
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Deals
12 days ago
Hut 8 AI Data Center Deal With Anthropic
- Multi-tranche partnership creates a path to deliver up to 2,295 MW of AI IT capacity.
- River Bend Tranche 1 includes 245 MW IT supported by 330 MW utility; completion expected early 2027.
- Secondary reports cite a $7 billion 15-year triple-net River Bend lease and a reported Google backstop.
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Deals
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Coursera Udemy Merger Advances AI Skills Training
- Announced Dec. 17, 2025, the Coursera Udemy merger makes Udemy a wholly owned subsidiary.
- Deal is an all-stock triangular merger with implied combined equity value of $2.5 billion.
- Closing depends on a Form S-4 joint proxy, shareholder approvals, and regulatory clearances.
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Deals
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Oracle Data Center Funding Clouded by Blue Owl Exit
- Blue Owl pulled out of talks to back a $10 billion Michigan AI data center.
- Oracle said the Michigan facility remains on schedule and is seeking alternative financing.
- Management indicated fiscal 2026 capex would run about $15 billion above earlier plans.
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Deals
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Waymo Funding Talks Put Spotlight on Valuation
- Reported talks could raise more than $15 billion for Waymo at a $100-110 billion valuation.
- That prospective mark would more than double Waymo's prior $45 billion valuation.
- Raises scrutiny on capital intensity amid Alphabet's sizable AI CapEx plans.
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Deals
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Warner Bros Discovery Rejects Paramount Bid
- Board unanimously recommended shareholders reject Paramount's unsolicited tender offer.
- The board said the offer reflected inadequate value and lacked binding financing or an Ellison equity backstop.
- WBD reaffirmed the negotiated Netflix combination as superior and more certain value for shareholders.
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Markets
12 days ago
Nvidia Stock Rises on AI Software Strength
- Stock rose as investors flagged Nvidia's AI-software moat and forward P/E of 23.
- CEO Jensen Huang's $3-4 trillion AI infrastructure projection supported long-term demand assumptions.
- Chinese chip startups and U.S. rivals present alternatives that could temper longer-term upside.
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Deals
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OpenAI Amazon Investment Talks Include Trainium Chips
- OpenAI in early talks with Amazon to raise $10 billion or more.
- Deal would include adoption of Amazon's Trainium chips for training and inference.
- Investment could push OpenAI valuation past $500 billion.
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Policy
12 days ago
Tesla Autopilot Ruling Opens Compliance Window
- Judge found Tesla's Autopilot and FSD marketing deceptive.
- Tesla has 90 days to amend advertising or face a 30-day suspension of California vehicle sales.
- Sales remain permitted in California while Tesla can revise its ads.
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Markets
13 days ago
Marijuana Rescheduling Drives Tilray Rally
- Trump's rescheduling comments sparked a cannabis rally led by Tilray's 27.5% surge to $13.94 on 46.8 million shares.
- Options markets priced nearly a 22% move for Tilray before year-end, signaling elevated near-term volatility.
- No formal DOJ or DEA action has been announced, leaving implementation and timing uncertain for traders.
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Deals
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Medline IPO Could Raise $7 Billion
- Medline priced an upsized IPO at $29 per share for 216,034,482 Class A shares.
- Underwriters have a 30-day option for up to 32,405,172 additional Class A shares.
- Shares are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on Dec. 17, 2025.
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Deals
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Warner Bros Discovery Takeover: Affinity Withdraws
- Affinity Partners withdrew from the Paramount-led takeover, removing a key backer and tightening the consortium's financing.
- Paramount's $108.4 billion offer included a $30 per-share tender and faces rejection by the board.
- The tender expires Jan. 8, 2026, and Netflix retains a contractual right to match competing bids.
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Products
13 days ago
Instagram for TV Debuts on Fire TV
- Meta began a U.S. pilot of Instagram for TV on Fire TV to bring Reels to living rooms.
- The remote-friendly app organizes vertical Reels into personalized channels for shared, couch-based discovery.
- Amazon confirmed Appstore availability on a range of Fire TV models ahead of wider expansion.
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Deals
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SRXH EMJX Acquisition Puts Eric Jackson in Charge
- SRx Health entered a definitive agreement to acquire EMJX with unanimous board approval.
- Deal expects close in Q1 2026 subject to shareholder approval and customary conditions.
- Eric M. Jackson will become CEO and chairman; combined company to rebrand under EMJX.
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Leadership
13 days ago
Kraft Heinz CEO Steve Cahillane to Lead After Split
- Steve Cahillane will become CEO effective Jan. 1, 2026 and lead Global Taste Elevation Co.
- Global Taste Elevation Co had projected 2024 sales of $15.4 billion.
- Board named John Cahill chair and opened a CEO search for North American Grocery Co.
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Policy
13 days ago
November 2025 Jobs Report: U.S. Adds 64,000
- Nonfarm payrolls rose 64,000 in November and have shown little net change since April.
- Unemployment rate rose to 4.6% as part-time workers for economic reasons reached 5.5 million.
- A 43-day federal shutdown disrupted BLS data collection and produced revisions that complicate momentum readings.
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Earnings
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Broadcom Stock Falls on AI Margin Concerns
- Fiscal Q4 AI semiconductor revenue was $6.5 billion, up 74% year over year.
- Company reported a $162 billion product backlog with AI switch orders exceeding $10 billion.
- Q1 FY2026 guidance called for $8.2 billion in AI semiconductor revenue and 100 bps gross margin compression.
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Earnings
13 days ago
Pfizer 2026 Guidance Forecasts Lower Profits
- 2026 revenue guidance set at $59.5-$62.5 billion and adjusted EPS $2.80-$3.00.
- Guidance excludes share repurchases and assumes stable margins with a higher tax rate.
- COVID-19 sales and LOE each reduce revenue by roughly $1.5 billion.
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Policy
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PayPal Bank Charter Aims to Expand Small-Business Lending
- Submitted applications to Utah and the FDIC to establish PayPal Bank as a Utah-chartered industrial loan company.
- Charter would let PayPal internalize deposits, offer FDIC-eligible savings, and expand small-business lending and merchant credit.
- Applications are under review with an unknown timeline and PayPal plans to work closely with regulators.
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