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Netflix sweetens Warner Bros bid with all-cash offer to block Paramount | Netflix
Netflix has sweetened its $82.7bn (£61.5bn) offer for the studios and streaming businesses of Warner Bros…
Netflix ‘plans to switch to all-cash offer to seal $83bn Warner Bros deal’ | Warner Bros
Netflix is reportedly preparing to switch to an all-cash offer to seal its takeover offer for…
Makers of Peaky Blinders ‘in advanced talks’ to merge with The Traitors producer | Television industry
The world’s largest independent television production group behind shows ranging from Peaky Blinders to Big Brother…
Paramount to nominate directors to Warner Bros board to vote against Netflix deal | Mergers and acquisitions
Paramount Skydance plans to nominate directors to Warner Bros Discovery’s (WBD) board to vote against the…
Glencore and Rio Tinto are at it again – and it seems the markets smell action | Nils Pratley
Here we go again. A combination of Rio Tinto and Glencore has been talked about for…
Mining firms Rio Tinto and Glencore restart $260bn merger talks | Mining
Rio Tinto and Glencore have restarted talks over a merger that would create the world’s largest…
UK competition watchdog to investigate Kingsmill owner’s planned takeover of Hovis | Associated British Foods
The UK competition watchdog has ramped up its investigation into a £75m takeover deal that will…
Warner Bros Discovery tells investors to reject latest $108bn hostile Paramount bid | Warner Bros
Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has again told its shareholders to reject an “inadequate” $108.4bn (£80bn) hostile…
Why is Truth Social owner Trump Media merging with a fusion energy firm? | Mergers and acquisitions
Trump Media & Technology Group, owner of Donald Trump’s social media platform, Truth Social, announced a…