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PARAMOUNT REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO DELIVERING SUPERIOR $30 PER SHARE ALL-CASH OFFER TO WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY SHAREHOLDERS - Investor Relations | Paramount

LOS ANGELES and NEW YORK , Jan. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Paramount Skydance Corporation (NASDAQ: PSKY) (" Paramount ") notes Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.'s (NASDAQ: WBD) ("WBD") decision not to engage on Paramount's   $30.00 per share, fully financed all-cash …

CES 2026: Hyundai Motor Group leverages Group capabilities to lead the AI Robotics industry - hyundai.com

At the CES 2026, Hyundai presented its vision for the future where AI robotics empowers people and production.

Treasury Secretary Bessent says more Fed rate cuts are 'only ingredient missing' for stronger economy - CNBC

Bessent on Thursday pressed the administration's desire for lower interest rates, saying they are the key to future economic growth.

U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, October 2025 - Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) (.gov)

The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis announced today that the goods and services deficit was $29.4 billion in October, down $18.8 billion from $48.1 billion in September, revised.

EPAM and Cursor Announce Strategic Partnership to Build and Scale AI-Native Teams for Global Enterprises - EPAM

Discover how EPAM and Cursor scale AI-native engineering for enterprises. Learn more.

Dow Jones Futures Fall; Lockheed, Defense Giants Bounce On $1.5 Trillion Trump 'Dream Military' - Investor's Business Daily

The president proposed a $1.5 trillion "Dream Military" budget.

Expect the unexpected in the last jobs report of 2025 - CNN

Americans are feeling increasingly hopeless about their employment prospects, new survey data showed Thursday.

Billionaires Are Ramping Up Their California Exits on Threat of Wealth Tax - Bloomberg.com

At least a half-dozen billionaires left California before the new year, and their exodus could soon be followed by more than a dozen others in the face of a proposed 5% tax on their wealth, according to financial advisers to the rich.

A new investor playbook for the Trump economy - Axios

Defense and housing stocks sold off after the president revealed new intentions this week.

Datavault AI Expands IBM Collaboration to Deploy Enterprise-Grade AI at the Edge with Available Infrastructure’s SanQtum AI Platform - IBM Newsroom

Datavault AI Inc. announced it will deliver enterprise-grade AI performance at the edge in New York and Philadelphia through an expanded collaboration with IBM using the SanQtum AI platform.

CES 2026: 20 Tech Products That Have Caught Our Attention So Far - CNET

CES 2026 has so far lived up to our expectations for introducing all kinds of wild, amazing and thought-provoking tech products.

HSBC settles French dividend trade probe for €300mn - Financial Times

Move follows investigation into bank’s handling of trades between 2014 and 2019

McKinsey boss says there are 3 skills AI models can't do that young professionals should focus on - Business Insider

Bob Sternfels, global managing partner at McKinsey, identified three human skills that he said the AI models can't do.

Gold, Silver Fall as Traders Brace for Wider Index Rebalancing - Yahoo Finance

Passive tracking funds are selling precious metals futures from Thursday to match new weightings required by the indexes – a usually routine process that has...

Why a Panhandle businessman wants to take over the region’s electric utility - The Texas Tribune

Salem Abraham claims Minnesota-based Xcel Energy has not lived up to its promise of protecting the region from wildfires. The company vehemently disagrees.

Treasury yields move higher as investors look ahead to key jobs report - CNBC

U.S. Treasury yields moved marginally higher on Thursday as investors look ahead to key jobs data and continued to monitored geopolitical developments.

Warner Bros rejects Paramount takeover again and tells shareholders to stick with Netflix bid - abcnews.go.com

Big copper shortage to pose ‘systemic risk’ to global economies, warns S&P - Financial Times

Data group forecasts deficit of 10mn tonnes by 2040, equivalent to nearly one-third of current global demand

Trump Demands More Defense Spending But Threatens Biggest Contractors - Bloomberg.com

In a head-spinning series of social media posts on Wednesday, President Donald Trump demanded a $500 billion increase in annual defense spending but threatened to cut out some of the companies poised to profit the most from the boost.

Apollo co-founder Josh Harris leads $1bn fundraising at Bruin Capital - Financial Times

Harris’s investment firm 26North is a lead backer of a new vehicle targeting service providers to the sports industry