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Exclusive | TV-Station Owner Sinclair Proposes Merger With Tegna – The Wall Street Journal

Exclusive | TV-Station Owner Sinclair Proposes Merger With Tegna  The Wall Street Journal Sinclair Launches Comprehensive Strategic Review for Broadcast Business  Sinclair, Inc TV Broadcaster Sinclair Said to Seek Merger With Rival Tegna  Bloomberg.com Consolidation in TV Broadcasting: Strategic Mergers and Regulatory Shifts Drive Value Creation in Sinclair and Tegna  AInvest Sinclair Seeks FCC OK For Another SSA Conversion  Radio & Television Business Report Source …

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Hubble uncovers rare white dwarf merger remnant

Hubble uncovers rare white dwarf merger remnant

heic2510 — Science Release 13 August 2025 An international team of astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have discovered a stellar rarity: an ultra-massive white dwarf that formed when a white dwarf merged with another star, rather than through the evolution of a single star. This discovery, which was made possible by Hubble’s sensitive ultraviolet observations, suggests that these …

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Brian Robbins Calls Paramount-Skydance Merger ‘Bittersweet’

Brian Robbins Calls Paramount-Skydance Merger ‘Bittersweet’

Brian Robbins, former co-CEO of Paramount Global and president and CEO of Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon, is reflecting on his time at the company amid his exit following the Skydance merger. “This moment of transition is, of course, bittersweet,” he said in a Wednesday afternoon memo to staff obtained by Variety. “But I step away with deep pride in what we’ve built together, and …

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Paramount Skydance Merger Finally Closes

Paramount Skydance Merger Finally Closes

Paramount Global and Skydance Media have finally reached the end of their long and winding merger road, announcing the close of their $8.4 billion combination and opening a new chapter for Hollywood. The newly combined company is officially known as “Paramount, A Skydance Corporation,” according to a press release. Its stock will begin trading Thursday on the Nasdaq, under the …

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Warren asks FTC to consider blocking Dick’s-Foot Locker merger

Warren asks FTC to consider blocking Dick’s-Foot Locker merger

Foot Locker and Dick’s Sporting Good stores. Reuters Sen. Elizabeth Warren is calling on the FTC and DOJ to consider blocking Dick’s Sporting Goods’ proposed acquisition of Foot Locker, writing in a letter to the agencies that the merger could cut jobs, raise prices and reduce competition.  The missive, sent Tuesday evening, asks the agencies to “closely scrutinize” the $2.4 …

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Skydance-Paramount Merger: Corporate Hierarchy Made Official

Skydance-Paramount Merger: Corporate Hierarchy Made Official

UPDATE MONDAY AM:  Skydance Media this morning just announced the future executive team for its pending merger with Paramount Global, which will close Aug. 7. “The new executive team will be comprised of highly accomplished industry veterans, who bring with them complementary capabilities and strategic insight spanning entertainment, technology, business operations, and the world at large to drive Paramount’s transformation …

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Lina Kahn Takes Victory Lap Over Figma IPO After Fighting Adobe Merger

Lina Kahn Takes Victory Lap Over Figma IPO After Fighting Adobe Merger

Lina Kahn is having an “I told you so” moment. The former FTC chair celebrated Figma’s stellar IPO in an X post on Friday, nodding at the larger movement, including her own efforts, to block major tech mergers. “A great reminder that letting startups grow into independently successful businesses, rather than be bought up by existing giants, can generate enormous …

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Scoop: U.S. intelligence intervened with DOJ to push HPE-Juniper merger – Axios

Scoop: U.S. intelligence intervened with DOJ to push HPE-Juniper merger  Axios Justice Department fires two senior antitrust attorneys, alleging insubordination  CNN Top DOJ antitrust officials fired as tension grows in a Trump administration monopoly-fighting office  CBS News Top DOJ Antitrust Officials Removed Over HPE-Juniper Settlement  Bloomberg.com The tech deal behind DOJ drama  Politico Source link

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$8.6B Synovus merger could pay dividends for Atlanta’s banking sector

.6B Synovus merger could pay dividends for Atlanta’s banking sector

Business $8.6B merger will result in holding company establishing Atlanta headquarters, with bank operations based in Nashville. Columbus-based Synovus Financial Corp. will combine with Nashville-based Pinnacle Financial Partners, bringing a corporate headquarters to Atlanta. Synovus currently has an office tower in Cobb County. (File/AJC) Two Southeastern regional banks will combine in the largest bank merger of the year, bringing a …

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