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Disney Is Down 6.7% — So Why Does Wall Street Say StrongBuy? Inside the $125 Bull Case
The $105 Oil Shock: How Middle East Tensions Are Rewriting the Rules for Markets, Business, and Borrowers
With Brent crude above $105 and US-Iran tensions flaring around the Strait of Hormuz, the energy shock is driving bond yields to multi-decade highs, squeezing businesses and households, and forcing central banks back into tightening mode.
Paramount Skydance Clears Its Biggest Hurdle: Inside the $110 Billion Warner Bros. Discovery Settlement
Paramount Skydance's September 21 settlement with 12 states and the Writers Guild removes the main legal barrier to its $110 billion Warner Bros. Discovery takeover — but the five-year consent decree imposes film quotas, $30 million penalties, and $1.5 billion in US production spending.
Anthropic's Leaked IPO Filing Reveals $42 Billion in Losses — and Warnings That Its AI Could Pose 'Existential' Risks
A confidential draft prospectus seen by Reuters reveals Anthropic's 2025 revenue soared 1,088% to $4.59 billion — while losses hit $42 billion and the company warned its own AI could pose “existential” risks. The potential $2 trillion IPO would be the biggest ever.
The Fed Just Raised Rates for the First Time in Three Years. Here's What It Means for Your Money
On September 16, 2026, the Federal Reserve lifted its benchmark rate to 3.75%–4.00% — the first increase since July 2023 — and signalled the tightening may not be over. We break down why it happened, what the dot plot revealed, and what it means for mortgages, savings, and markets.
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The Fed Just Raised Rates for the First Time in Three Years. Here's What It Means for Your Money
Paramount Skydance Clears Its Biggest Hurdle: Inside the $110 Billion Warner Bros. Discovery Settlement
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Anthropic's Leaked IPO Filing Reveals $42 Billion in Losses — and Warnings That Its AI Could Pose 'Existential' Risks