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California Attorney General Rob Bonta joins The Lead.
Accelevation extends a recovering underwriting cycle, but final pricing and Morgan Stanley's fee remain undisclosed.
Trade associations representing chemical and fertilizer shippers, among others, say the merger could negatively impact competition.

Paramount Skydance (PSKY) has settled its antitrust lawsuit from several state attorneys general over its merger with Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), as reported by the Wall Street Journal. Morningstar senior equity analyst Matthew Dolgin discusses what this means for Paramount's path forward in closing this deal.

SpaceX's historic IPO cratered by nearly a third, yet 28 Wall Street analysts refuse to downgrade it. The question is whether the bull case rests on transformative compounding or on contracts that expire in 90 days.

Skydance-owned Paramount reached a settlement Monday with a group of state attorneys general that had sued to challenge the company’s buyout of Warner Bros. Discovery, effectively paving the way for the mega merger to move forward, a person familiar with the matter told the AP. Details of the settlement with the states were not immediately available, but were expected to be revealed later in the day. Paramount said the allegations were meritless, but previously agreed to delay its transaction well into next year so the case could make its way through court.

States including California and New York sued over concerns of ‘extinguishing competition’ with $81bn merger

With the agreement, California Atty. General Rob Bonta and his coalition plan to withdraw historic lawsuit that aimed to derail the $111-billion deal.
According to TheFly, Cantor reiterated its $122 target on RKLB as Rocket Lab advances the Iridium transaction and racks up another successful Electron launch.

In a recent interview, Musk highlighted the potential for collaboration if SpaceX and Tesla were to combine forces.

Paramount Skydance Corp. has reached a settlement with California and other states suing to block its proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., according to a person familiar with the matter.
Barclays sees streaming and studio growth potential in the Paramount-Warner deal but flags execution, deleveraging, and potential restructuring challenges as legal hurdles remain.

Chipotle stock just fell 5% on a day when the broader market barely budged and no confirmed company news hit the wire, leaving traders to choose between two very different explanations for the sudden drop.

Private equity firm Blackstone Inc. is reportedly finalizing an exit from Bumble Inc. after doubling its investment, while the dating app’s stock has declined. Blackstone Generates 98% IRR on BMBL Investment Blackstone and venture firm Accel invested $2.1 billion to...
Investing.com - Fund managers preparing for a wave of mega-cap artificial intelligence initial public offerings could trigger an early wave of tax-loss selling across underperforming blue-chip stocks, according to a report by Evercore ISI published on Sunday.

The upcoming initial public offerings (IPOs) of OpenAI and Anthropic may exacerbate the woes of already struggling stocks post-Labor Day, said strategists at Evercore ISI, spearheaded by Julian Emanuel. Evercore sees further upside for AI stocks but warns that upcoming...
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in a post on X on Friday that “Tesla IPO value was a thousandth of its current value.”

While Chipotle Mexican Grill has lagged behind the S&P 500 Index over the past year, analysts are moderately optimistic about the stock’s prospects.

Paul Singer-led Elliott Investment Management has built a sizeable stake in Deutsche Telekom and wants the company to drop a potential combination with its U.S. wireless unit, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday.

While my prediction came true, I still missed out.

Palo Alto stock rose amid fiscal Q4 earnings and revenue that topped estimates while the cybersecurity firm's fiscal 2027 guidance came in above views.
Eli Lilly Stock Slides as Pharma Giant Strikes $2.9 Billion Merida Deal

The long-running dispute between OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Elon Musk has simmered for years, rooted in Musk’s exit from the AI lab he co-founded and his subsequent legal and public challenges over its direction. That rivalry just moved from boardroom barbs to operational consequences. On Friday, OpenAI cut off model access for Cursor after […]

Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski bought 692,506 company shares just over a week after its latest earnings report sent the stock tumbling.

Anthropic is reportedly set to announce its potential revenue opportunities of over $30 trillion, surpassing Space Exploration Technologies Corp’s. $28.5 trillion estimate. The company is planning to raise up to $100 billion in its initial public offering (IPO), a figure...

PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) shares fell 14. 6% in pre-market trading to $52.

Anthropic is reportedly set to announce its potential revenue opportunities of over $30 trillion, surpassing Space Exploration Technologies Corp’s. (NASDAQ:SPCX) $28.5 trillion estimate. The company is planning to raise up to $100 billion in its initial public offering (IPO), a...

Insider disposed of shares at $35.29 each through a non-discretionary transaction tied to restricted stock unit vesting, maintaining an 83,882-share direct stake worth $3.2 million.

Shares were withheld to cover tax obligations from restricted stock unit vesting, a non-discretionary transaction that doesn't signal insider sentiment on the stock.

The manufacturer of printed circuit boards and radio frequency components reported a notable insider stock sale amid a 155% one-year return.
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