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Paramount Skydance outbid Netflix to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery.(L-R) © Diego/stock.adobe.com; © Aleksander Kalka—NurPhoto/Getty Images; © Thomas Fuller—SOPA Images/Shutterstock.com; Photo composite Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Paramount Skydance (PSKY) prevailed in its bid for Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) after Warner’s board of directors determined that Paramount’s $31-a-share all-cash proposal for the entire company was superior to Netflix’s (NFLX) December 2025 agreement to acquire Warner’s studio and streaming divisions. Netflix subsequently declined to raise its offer, and Warner shareholders approved the deal in April 2026.Netflix had agreed in December 2025 to acquire Warner’s studio and streaming divisions in a cash-and-stock deal valued at about…

YBS Commercial Mortgages has reduced rates across its buy-to-let (BTL) and commercial mortgage ranges while introducing new 2-year fixed products to expand broker choice. From today, 29th April, the lender has cut rates by up to 0.15% on 5-year fixed products for portfolio landlords, alongside equivalent reductions across its commercial mortgage range, including owner-occupied, commercial investment and semi-commercial products. The update also includes the launch of a new suite of 2-year buy-to-let products up to 75% loan-to-value (LTV), with pricing starting from 4.90% up to 55% LTV with a 2% fee. Within the revised range, 5-year fixed rates for buy-to-let…

The Miami Dolphins made some bold moves during the three-day NFL Draft. The investment isn’t in this season but in the future. Miami hopes to develop these players, and they have hopes that all 13 will not only make the roster but also contribute. If that happens, it would be a huge change in the way things have been done over the last nine years of Chris Grier’s leadership. Miami has struggled to draft players who contribute right away, especially in a positive way. Most Dolphins fans are not expecting the team to be competitive this season. Not to the…

More mortgage firms are suing their counterparties over buyback demands.Processing ContentIn the past six months, several lenders and servicers have sued origination partners over repurchases, for funds experts say they may never recoup. Although the latest federal complaints are small in number, they’re ticking up again after a small wave of the complaints arose in 2023 in the wake of the low-interest-rate era.Recent litigants include the industry’s largest lenders, Rocket Mortgage and United Wholesale Mortgage, and other mortgage players such as Seneca Mortgage Servicing and Citizens Bank. While some of those lawsuits allege commonly cited loan defects for which the…

Acquisition of Green Oaks, IL portfolio complements and builds on Galvanize’s recent acquisition of a seven-property portfolio in nearby DuPage and Will countiesNEW YORK, May 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Galvanize Real Estate (“GRE”), the sustainable real estate strategy of Galvanize, a global asset manager investing at the intersection of energy innovation, resilience, and intelligence, today announced its acquisition of a three-property, 462,300-square foot industrial portfolio (the “Green Oaks Industrial Portfolio”) located in Green Oaks, IL, a growing industrial hub just north of Chicago. This acquisition marks the latest expansion of GRE’s portfolio, which now spans more than 2.8 million square feet.…

In Ahmedabad, Munoth Hedge Fund (MHF), an alternative investment entity, hosted its conference ONE/2, drawing leaders from finance and technology. The prestigious event unfolded at IIMA Ventures, displaying the intersection of capital, research, and innovation under Siddharth Jain’s stewardship.Keynotes from industry stalwarts like Apurva Sahijwani of Avendus Wealth highlighted paths for growth in Indian alternative investments. Joined by Vipul Patel from IIMA Ventures, discussions encompassed venture capital, fostering an environment ripe for innovation.Moreover, IIMA Ventures-backed startups Orbitt Space and Genoscope showcased groundbreaking developments in space and health technologies. Through ONE/2, MHF solidified its role in connecting financial strengths with groundbreaking…

The Geology That Capital Markets Have Been Ignoring For decades, Brazil’s mineral wealth has been discussed in the abstract, acknowledged in academic circles and geological surveys yet consistently underpriced by international capital markets. The reasons are familiar: perceived political risk, infrastructure deficits, and the gravitational pull of easier opportunities in more established mining jurisdictions. However, a fundamental shift is now underway. As critical minerals demand accelerates alongside the global energy transition moving from policy ambition to physical infrastructure buildout, the minerals that make that transition possible have become strategically irreplaceable, and the countries that hold them in quantity are being…

The Baltic produces its benchmarks in accordance with established and robust governance frameworks, methodologies and oversight processes, the London-based exchange, owned by Singapore’s SGX, said in a statement on Saturday.”The Baltic is confident that it has met and continues to meet all its statutory, contractual and regulatory obligations in the production of the TD3C benchmark,” it said.”While we await the full details of the claim, Mercuria is seeking declaratory relief from the English High Court to compel the Baltic to deviate from these processes,” it added. Source link

A project within the Money & Finance” Program supported by the Charles-Léopold Mayer Foundation and the European Climate Foundation Publications and events linked to this project Members of the working group Introduction We urgently need to broaden the policy debate about how to finance investments in decarbonization and other strategic objectives, as underinvestment is one of the main reasons why EU countries seem unable to get on the right track to attain the goals they set themselves. Transition policies are being increasingly impeded by contradictions and trade-offs between main political objectives such as fiscal sustainability, security, international competitiveness and –…

Foundation, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has today (1st May 2026) announced a further expansion of its buy to let product range, offering new Green, HMO, MUFB, Holiday Let and Expat options. The lender said the move reflects both ongoing market conditions and continued demand from landlord borrowers for more choice across a range of property types and borrower profiles, in particular in the more specialist areas of buy to let. Foundation has launched a new Green Standard HMO product with a rate of 5.59% and a 4% fee. This comes with the added incentive of £500 cashback and no application fee for…