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Paramount’s Bid for Warner Bros. Features Obscure Abu Dhabi Firm

Paramount Skydance Corp.’s hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. is being bankrolled by a list of influential Middle Eastern investors, including Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and the Qatar Investment Authority. Joining them is an Abu Dhabi group that few even in the region have heard of: L’imad Holding Co.

By Ben Scent and Adveith Nair

Airlines Set to Earn Record Profit in 2026 Despite Supply Chain

Global airlines stand to earn $41 billion in net income next year with 5.2 billion passengers taking to the skies, yet those records would be even higher if the industry overcame persistent supply chain issues, the top lobby group said.

BHP Sells Pilbara Power Stake to BlackRock Unit for $2 Billion

BHP Group is selling a $2 billion stake in the power network that supplies its vast iron ore operations in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, as it seeks to channel funds into priority areas such as copper.

RBA’s Bullock Rules Out Further Rate Cuts, Sends Yields Soaring

Australia’s central bank Governor Michele Bullock called an end to a truncated easing cycle as policymakers gauge whether a pickup in inflation requires an extended interest-rate pause or a switch to tightening.

Paramount Ups Warner Bros. Bid With Trump Son-in-Law at Side

The fight over the future of Hollywood just got nastier.

Abra Group Confidentially Submits Draft IPO Registration to SEC

Abra Group announced that it confidentially submitted a draft registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of its ordinary shares in the US.

Democratic Lawmakers Call For Probe of Genesis Bankruptcy Sale

Democratic lawmakers called on a Dallas bankruptcy court to appoint an independent examiner to investigate nursing home giant Genesis Healthcare Inc.'s selection of an insider to buy its assets.

Carlyle Is Said to Lead Bidding for Japan’s Hogy Medical

US buyout firm Carlyle Group Inc. has emerged as the frontrunner to acquire Hogy Medical Co., people with knowledge of the matter said, in a potential takeover that’s set to add to a Japanese dealmaking boom.

Paramount’s Streaming Size Would Ease US Antitrust Review

Just hours before Paramount Skydance Corp. Chief Executive Officer David Ellison launched a hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., he hobnobbed in Washington with some of the federal government’s heaviest hitters.

Kushner, Apollo, Billionaire Dad Power Hostile Warner Bros. Bid

The US president’s son-in-law. One of the largest alternative-asset managers. The CEO’s father who fleetingly commanded a fortune exceeding Elon Musk’s.