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Wall Street banked on a flurry of deals under Trump in 2025. It wasn’t that simple
The Wall Street Bull statue covered in snow on Nov. 15, 2018. Erik Mcgregor | Lightrocket | Getty Images Wall Street expected U.S. mergers and acquisitions to roar back in 2025. The reality was something closer to fits and starts. Following the re-election of President Donald Trump more than a year ago, executives and bankers […]
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What’s ahead for media in 2026? Anonymous executives make bold predictions
CEO and President of Warner Bros. Discovery David Zaslav and CEO of Paramount Skydance, David Ellison. Mike Blake | Brendan McDermid | Reuters It’s time for everyone’s favorite holiday tradition — CNBC’s annual anonymous media executive predictions! CNBC spoke with 16 of the most powerful and influential executives in U.S. media, sports and entertainment, who […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Oracle, Jabil, Paramount, Texas Pacific & more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves in midday trading: Texas Pacific Land — Shares of the large Texas landowner jumped 8% after it struck a deal with Bolt Data & Energy to develop large-scale data center campuses on properties owned by Texas Pacific Land. Jabil — The electronics firm fell about 2%, however, […]
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Unemployment rate rises, Tesla’s 2025 turnaround, Siri’s AI upgrade and more in Morning Squawk
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at the opening bell in New York on Dec. 16, 2025. Charly Triballeau | Afp | Getty Images This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Here are five key things investors need to know to start the […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Netflix, Amazon, Lennar, General Mills & more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves in premarket trading: Warner Bros. Discovery , Netflix , Paramount Skydance — Warner Bros. Discovery’s board unanimously recommended that shareholders reject Paramount Skydance’s takeover bid and stick with Netflix’s proposal — which they called “superior.” Netflix shares ticked higher by 1.4% in the premarket. Warner shed 1.8% […]
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WBD tells shareholders Netflix deal is superior to Paramount offer: ‘It was not a hard choice,’ chairman tells CNBC
The Paramount logo is displayed on the water tower at Paramount Studios on December 8, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images The Warner Bros. Discovery board on Wednesday said it unanimously recommended that WBD shareholders reject a takeover offer from Paramount Skydance and stick with a “superior” proposal from Netflix. Last […]
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These are analysts’ favorite stocks heading into 2026
Wall Street analysts’ favorite stocks heading into the new year include Trade Desk and Netflix . Investors sometimes had a love-hate relationship with artificial intelligence-adjacent stocks in 2025, but in the end the trade accounted for much of the stock market’s gains this year. With a 20% rally, the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite is set to […]
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Market rotation, the Fed’s Kevins, Netflix’s ‘Star Wars’ moment and more in Morning Squawk
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Dec. 11, 2025, in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day: 1. Cold front Rotation […]
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‘Stranger Things’ ushered in a new era for Netflix
Noah Schnapp, Caleb McLaughlin, Finn Wolfhard and Gaten Matarazzo star in Season 5 of Netflix’s “Stranger Things.” Courtesy: Netflix The original concept for what would become “Stranger Things” was rejected by more than 15 studios before landing a spot on Netflix’s roster of original programming. A decade later, the show created, written and directed by […]
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Paramount’s hostile Warner Bros. bid, Meta’s AI course correction, McDonald’s value crackdown and more in Morning Squawk
David Ellison, chairman and chief executive officer of Paramount Skydance Corp., center, outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Here are five key things investors need […]
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