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Paramount Skydance agreed to buy Warner Bros. Discovery for $31 a share, creating a vast studio, streaming and news empire under heavy antitrust scrutiny.
A surprise DOJ settlement would spare Live Nation a breakup, impose new ticketing rules and divestitures, and split the state coalition as trial continues.
Consumer prices rose 0.3% in February, keeping inflation near the Fed’s target—just before a Middle East oil shock threatens to lift costs.
Activist investor Starboard Value disclosed a nearly 6% stake in CarMax and nominated two directors, pushing cost cuts, pricing changes and a smoother online platform.
Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann rolled out Punjab’s Industrial and Business Development Policy 2026, offering customizable subsidies and 15-year incentives to draw $9B.
Employers cut 92,000 jobs in February and unemployment rose to 4.4%, complicating the Fed’s outlook as oil-driven inflation risks build.
NIO reports its first quarterly net profit, driven by higher deliveries, richer mix and cost cuts—though full-year losses and a strained balance sheet persist.
Premier Li set a 4.5%–5% 2026 growth goal while unveiling bigger AI, advanced manufacturing and green-tech bets backed by bonds and state investment.
Beijing targets 4.5%–5% growth for 2026 while keeping a record 4% deficit and ramping up bond sales to fund tech, welfare and local debt relief.
FreeCast begins trading via direct listing while Japan’s PayPay prepares a major U.S. IPO—together showing the uneven reopening of 2026’s listings market.
A razor-thin Bank of England vote kept rates at 3.75% as inflation cools faster, splitting policymakers over how soon to cut again.
A BlackRock and EQT-led consortium agreed to buy AES for $15 a share, taking the utility private in a $33.4B deal that faces heavy regulatory review.
The CMA has approved BCA owner Constellation’s purchase of rival Aston Barclay, saying the target would likely have exited anyway.
Eurozone inflation ticked up to 1.9% in February as services and core prices rose, challenging expectations for near-term ECB rate cuts.
After five weeks of outflows, U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs drew $1.1B in three sessions as bitcoin rebounded above $73,000—highlighting ETFs’ growing sway.
ICE invested in crypto exchange OKX at a $25B valuation, taking a board seat and planning U.S.-regulated crypto futures and tokenized NYSE stocks.
Hiring beat forecasts in January and unemployment edged down, but big Labor Department revisions show 2025 job growth nearly stalled.
Trump’s pick of Kevin Warsh to succeed Jerome Powell hits the Senate amid a DOJ probe of Powell, market whiplash and warnings over Fed autonomy.
A quiet update to a CFTC no-action letter expands eligible stablecoin collateral for futures brokers, edging crypto tokens deeper into U.S. derivatives markets.
Paramount Skydance agreed to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery for $31 a share in cash, creating a streaming and studio giant amid antitrust scrutiny.