Warner Reopens Talks With Paramount After Sweetened Offer
The Warner Bros. Discovery board sets a seven-day window for Paramount to make its "best and final" takeover offer.
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Danaher Strikes $10 Billion Deal for Masimo
The medical-device maker is expected to operate as a stand-alone company within Danaher's Diagnostics segment.
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Medtronic Profit Falls Despite Higher Revenue
Medtronic said profit fell in its fiscal third quarter as costs rose and the company invested more money into the business, offsetting higher revenue.
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NAPA Owner Genuine Parts Plans to Split Into Two Companies
The company is preparing to separate its auto- parts and industrial-parts businesses.
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Portland General to Buy PacifiCorp's Washington Assets for $1.9 Billion
Portland General Electric has struck a deal to buy the wind, natural-gas generation and distribution assets of Berkshire Hathaway's PacifiCorp unit in Washington state for $1.9 billion.
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Activist Elliott Builds Big Stake in Norwegian Cruise Line
The investment firm has a stake of over 10% and could run a proxy fight.
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Starboard Dials Up Pressure on Tripadvisor With Push for Board Shake-Up
The travel-site operator's stock recently fell after quarterly earnings missed analyst expectations.
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Activist Jana Builds Stake in Payments Business Fiserv
The hedge fund has been speaking to the company and supports CEO Mike Lyons.
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Goldman Sachs Plans to Scrap DEI Criteria for Its Board
Race, sexual orientation and other types of DEI factors will no longer be taken into account when the board's governance committee identifies new potential directors.
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EU Investigates Shein, Citing Potential Illegal Content Risks
The commission is also looking into what it describes as the potentially addictive design of Shein's platform.
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Irish Data Watchdog Opens Inquiry Into X Over Grok AI Images
Ireland's data protection watchdog is investigating the social-media platform over concerns it could be breaching EU privacy rules.
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Infosys, Anthropic Partner on AI for Telecom, Finance, Manufacturing
Infosys has agreed to work with Anthropic to develop and deliver artificial-intelligence services to businesses in complex, regulated industries.
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InterContinental Hotels Revenue Rises Despite Tough U.S. Market
The owner of the Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza chains said higher profit and revenue in 2025 was supported by expansion in key markets.
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Antofagasta Books Record Earnings, Driven by Higher Metal Prices
The miner's 2025 earnings rose by more than 50% on year.
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BHP Targets $10 Billion in Asset Sales to Help Fund Copper Expansion
BHP Group said it has opportunities to unlock more value from its portfolio of assets, but won't put a deadline on a target for generating as much as $10 billion from deals.
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Thomas Pritzker, Named in Epstein Files, Retires as Hyatt Executive Chairman
The hotelier communicated with both Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
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UnitedHealth Chief Made Private Side Bets on Healthcare Startups
Stephen Hemsley took unannounced stakes through affiliates of his investment firm. UnitedHealth says he abides by conflict-of-interest policies.
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Micron Is Spending $200 Billion to Break the AI Memory Bottleneck
Memory chips used to be considered low-margin commodity products. Now the industry can't make enough to satisfy data centers' hunger.
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