Warner Bros. rejects Paramount takeover bid, opts for Netflix
Warner Bros Discovery’s board rejected Paramount Skydance’s $108.4 billion hostile bid on Wednesday (17 December), citing insufficient financing guarantees.
Warner Bros Discovery’s board rejected Paramount Skydance’s $108.4 billion hostile bid on Wednesday (17 December), citing insufficient financing guarantees.
Ford Motor Company said on Monday it will take a $19.5 billion writedown and scrap several electric vehicle (EV) models, marking a major retreat from its battery-powered ambitions amid declining EV demand and changes under the Trump administration.
Paramount Skydance (PSKY.O) has launched a $108.4 billion hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros Discovery (WBD.O). The escalation follows a high-stakes battle that had appeared to end last week when Netflix secured a $72 billion deal for the studio giant’s assets.
Google has announced a major update for its Pixel 10 series: owners can now send and receive files with Apple devices using AirDrop, without any collaboration from Apple. The new functionality applies to iPhones, iPads, and macOS devices, though for now it is limited to the Pixel 10 line.
Dutch smartphone maker Fairphone is entering the U.S. market, betting on growing demand for repairable and sustainable devices as right-to-repair legislation gains traction, according to Reuters.
U.S. chipmaker Nvidia has made history by becoming the first company in the world to reach a market value of 5 trillion dollars, driven by soaring demand for artificial intelligence technologies.
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI is targeting a $20 billion capital raise linked to Nvidia hardware, Bloomberg News has reported.
Shein is opening its first permanent physical stores in France, starting in Paris and expanding to five more cities. The fast-fashion giant aims to test brick-and-mortar retail in one of the world’s most influential fashion markets.
Tesla sales hit a record 497,099 vehicles in Q3 as buyers rushed before the U.S. tax credit expired according to reports. Despite the surge, experts warn the gains may not last amid rising competition.
American soybean farmers are struggling as China, once their largest buyer, shifts purchases to Argentina amid trade tensions and export incentives.
The Organization of Petroleum exporting countries OPEC+ is likely to consider a larger oil production increase of 411,000 barrels per day for November at its meeting next Sunday as rising oil prices encourage the group to try to regain more market share, said sources familiar with the talks.
The relationship between OpenAI and NVIDIA represents one of the most consequential partnerships in the artificial intelligence (AI) industry, a symbiotic alliance that has evolved from humble beginnings to a £73 billion strategic collaboration that could reshape the future of computing.
Semiconductor shares from Asia to Europe rose sharply on Tuesday after Nvidia unveiled a $100 billion partnership with OpenAI to build massive Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems requiring millions of processors.
Chipmaker Nvidia will invest up to $100 billion in ChatGPT owner OpenAI and provide it with data centre chips, the companies announced Monday, forming a major partnership in the global artificial intelligence race.
Meta Platforms on Wednesday launched its first consumer-ready smart glasses with a built-in display, seeking to extend the momentum of its Ray-Ban line, one of the early consumer hits of the artificial intelligence (AI) era.
Entrepreneur Nelson Yang is reaching back into Taiwan's history to turn the humble banana plant into an unlikely sustainable textile. Taiwan is now the world's dominant producer of advanced semiconductors but the yellow fruit, still widely grown on the island, was once a source of patriotic pride.
Google said on Tuesday it would make £5 billion pounds ($6.80 billion) in new investments into Britain ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump's state visit to the country, which is expected to feature a flurry of business deals and partnerships.
The founding family of Italiana Petroli is close to finalising the sale of the oil refiner to the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR), in a deal that would give the Azerbaijani group control of one of Italy’s largest petrol station networks, three sources have said.
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) said Wednesday that it now believes “some data has been affected” after a cyberattack forced the company to shut down operations last Tuesday. Staff have been instructed to work from home since the incident.
Kraft Heinz is breaking up into two separate companies a decade after its high-profile merger, aiming to unlock greater shareholder value.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has announced a lending the equivalent of $7 million to Saloğlu, Azerbaijan’s leading furniture producer and retailer, in local currency to help boost its competitiveness.
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