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Warner Bros. Discovery ( WBD ) is reportedly considering reopening sale talks with rival Hollywood studio Paramount Skydance ( PSKY ) after receiving its hostile suitor’s most recent amended offer. Members of the Warner Bros. board are discussing whether Paramount ( PSKY ) could offer a path to a superior deal, a move that may ignite a second bidding war with Netflix ( NFLX ), Bloomberg News repor...
Warner Bros. Discovery ( WBD ) is reportedly considering reopening sale talks with rival Hollywood studio Paramount Skydance ( PSKY ) after receiving its hostile suitor’s most recent amended offer. Members of the Warner Bros. board are discussing whether Paramount ( PSKY ) could offer a path to a superior deal, a move that may ignite a second bidding war with Netflix ( NFLX ), Bloomberg News reported, citing people with knowledge of the matter. The board hasn’t decided how to respond and still has a binding agreement with Netflix, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing nonpublic information. Paramount Skydance ( PSKY ) earlier this month sweetened its takeover offer for Warner Bros. Discovery ( WBD ) with a “ticking fee” of up to $650M payable each quarter after 2026 if the regulatory approvals for the $108B deal are delayed. More on Warner Bros. Discovery, Paramount Skydance Corporation Netflix And Warner Bros. Discovery Discover A New Path Forward Warner Bros. Discovery: Time To Consider An Exit Strategy (Rating Downgrade) The Warner Bros. Discovery Arbitrage Trades Activist investor Ancora set to oppose Warner Bros.' deal with Netflix - report Paramount adds $650M 'ticking fee' to its $108B Warner Bros. offer
Former US president clarifies ‘they’re real’ answer that he gave during quick-fire interview round Hours after Barack Obama caused a frenzy by saying aliens were real on a podcast, the former US president has posted a statement clarifying that he has not seen any evidence of them. In a conversation with the American podcast host Brian Tyler Cohen over the weekend, Obama appeared to confirm the app...
Former US president clarifies ‘they’re real’ answer that he gave during quick-fire interview round Hours after Barack Obama caused a frenzy by saying aliens were real on a podcast, the former US president has posted a statement clarifying that he has not seen any evidence of them. In a conversation with the American podcast host Brian Tyler Cohen over the weekend, Obama appeared to confirm the apparent existence of aliens during a speed round of questioning where the host asks guests quick questions and the guests respond with brief answers. Continue reading...
Dragos Condrea/iStock via Getty Images LPL Financial ( LPLA ) remains the #1 independent broker-dealer in the United States, with ~32.2k financial advisors served and ~$2.4tn in assets under custody. The core LPL value proposition is simple—provide a comprehensive suite of solutions, across the front, middle, and back offices, allowing financial advisors to run their businesses independently in re...
Dragos Condrea/iStock via Getty Images LPL Financial ( LPLA ) remains the #1 independent broker-dealer in the United States, with ~32.2k financial advisors served and ~$2.4tn in assets under custody. The core LPL value proposition is simple—provide a comprehensive suite of solutions, across the front, middle, and back offices, allowing financial advisors to run their businesses independently in return for fees. LPL Financial This playbook has worked well and allowed LPL to grow both ways—both by gaining market share and riding structural "demand for advice " tailwinds. Hence, its stellar rate of compounding through the cycles. Data by YCharts Of course, just because LPL was a compounder doesn’t mean it will remain one. Take this week, for instance, when LPL, along with its broker peers, sold off sharply on AI concerns. So much so that LPL has now retraced all of the gains made since I last covered the stock ( here and here ). Now, the threat of AI disruption isn’t new (ChatGPT is over three years old); nor is the concept of automated financial planning (e.g., robo-advisors). But new products, such as the tax planning tool recently unveiled by privately held ~$1.9bn company Altruist, are hitting very close to home for LPL. Altruist Will AI ultimately slash LPL’s terminal value and undo the gains made under previous CEO Dan Arnold and current CEO Rich Steinmeier? Time will tell. But in light of a very sharp selloff and with a few turns taken off the earnings multiple, the LPLA investment case is well worth a re-look. Data by YCharts Recapping the AI-Driven Brokerage Selloff The "AI-forward " wealth platform, Altruist, recently unveiled an interesting new AI-powered tax planning tool. The claim is that this tool, available on its Hazel AI platform, will "turn client tax data into clear tax plans in minutes. " That means no manual prompting or data inputs are needed; simply upload the relevant documents and customer data, and Hazel models out the scenarios and plans. Al...
K-Bro Linen ( KBRLF ) declares CAD 0.10/share monthly dividend , in line with previous. Forward yield 3.51% Payable March 13; for shareholders of record Feb. 28; ex-div Feb. 26. See KBRLF Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. More on K-Bro Linen Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on K-Bro Linen Historical earnings data for K-Bro Linen Dividend scorecard for K-Bro Linen Financial informatio...
K-Bro Linen ( KBRLF ) declares CAD 0.10/share monthly dividend , in line with previous. Forward yield 3.51% Payable March 13; for shareholders of record Feb. 28; ex-div Feb. 26. See KBRLF Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. More on K-Bro Linen Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on K-Bro Linen Historical earnings data for K-Bro Linen Dividend scorecard for K-Bro Linen Financial information for K-Bro Linen
Mon Power and Potomac Edison, subsidiaries of FirstEnergy ( FE ) , have selected a 35-acre site next to the companies' Fort Martin Power Station in Maidsville, as the home of a new 1,200-megawatt natural gas power plant. If approved by the Public Service Commission of West Virginia, site work would begin as early as 2027, with the plant coming online in late 2031. The companies expect a decision f...
Mon Power and Potomac Edison, subsidiaries of FirstEnergy ( FE ) , have selected a 35-acre site next to the companies' Fort Martin Power Station in Maidsville, as the home of a new 1,200-megawatt natural gas power plant. If approved by the Public Service Commission of West Virginia, site work would begin as early as 2027, with the plant coming online in late 2031. The companies expect a decision from the commission within the next year, the company said on Feb. 13. More on FirstEnergy FirstEnergy: Making Good Progress While Putting Bribery Scandal Behind It FirstEnergy Q4 2025 Earnings Preview Former FirstEnergy officials go on trial in $60M Ohio bribery scandal: report Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on FirstEnergy Historical earnings data for FirstEnergy
Fractal Analytics Ltd. shares fell in their Mumbai trading debut on Monday, signaling continued weakness in investor appetite for technology startups amid valuation concerns in an otherwise subdued stock market. Shares of the data analytics company dropped as much as 5% to 855.15 rupees after raising 28.34 billion rupees ($313 million) in an initial public offering at 900 rupees apiece. In a separ...
Fractal Analytics Ltd. shares fell in their Mumbai trading debut on Monday, signaling continued weakness in investor appetite for technology startups amid valuation concerns in an otherwise subdued stock market. Shares of the data analytics company dropped as much as 5% to 855.15 rupees after raising 28.34 billion rupees ($313 million) in an initial public offering at 900 rupees apiece. In a separate listing on Monday, shares of Aye Finance Ltd. fell as much as 3.9% to 124 rupees from their offer price of 129 rupees. India’s stock market is off to a subdued start of the year, which has also slowed the pace of IPOs after two years of fundraising records. Both Fractal and Aye Finance came to the market with downsized offerings after several delays and their stock performance will be another signal to consider for the more than 100 prospective issuers that have received regulatory approvals. Both companies launched their offerings with a view of capitalizing on a stock-market rebound this month following a trade agreement. Fractal’s IPO was 2.7 times oversubscribed after the company cut the size of its offering from 49 billion rupees. Aye Finance failed to secure full subscription for the sale cut to about 10.1 billion rupees from 14.5 billion rupees.
Some shopping centres in Hong Kong display unclear parking discount terms that often lead to disputes, the consumer watchdog has said, citing a case where a driver was billed HK$1,210 (US$155) for a full day, more than seven times the advertised rate. The Consumer Council said on Monday that complaints about car-park services had remained persistently high in recent years, with 120 cases recorded ...
Some shopping centres in Hong Kong display unclear parking discount terms that often lead to disputes, the consumer watchdog has said, citing a case where a driver was billed HK$1,210 (US$155) for a full day, more than seven times the advertised rate. The Consumer Council said on Monday that complaints about car-park services had remained persistently high in recent years, with 120 cases recorded in 2025, reversing a dip to 96 in 2024 and broadly matching 118 in 2023. In one complaint, a driver...
The stocks in this article have caught Wall Street’s attention in a big way, with price targets implying returns above 20%. But investors should take these forecasts with a grain of salt because analysts typically say nice things about companies so their firms can win business in other product lines like M&A advisory.
The stocks in this article have caught Wall Street’s attention in a big way, with price targets implying returns above 20%. But investors should take these forecasts with a grain of salt because analysts typically say nice things about companies so their firms can win business in other product lines like M&A advisory.