Verizon Gets Final California Approval to Secure $9.6 Billion Frontier Deal
The telecommunications company navigated conflicting demands from federal and state officials to close the acquisition.
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Trump to Push Plan for Tech Companies to Fund New Power Plants
The White House proposal, set to be announced Friday, would involve an emergency auction within the country’s biggest power market.
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Star Wars Gets New Leader for Franchise’s Next Era
Kathleen Kennedy exits as Disney’s Lucasfilm refocuses on making movies. Dave Filoni has been named president and chief creative officer.
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Walmart International CEO McLay to Depart
Kathryn McLay, who has been Walmart International’s CEO since 2023, will step down but remain with the company through the end of the first quarter to help with the transition.
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Wall Street Powers Nation’s Biggest Banks to Record Year
Revenues were up across the board of the leading financial firms, with trading, banking and lending all busy.
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J.B. Hunt Fourth-Quarter Revenue Falls on Lower Intermodal Sales
The logistics company’s quarterly revenue fell 2% to $3.10 billion.
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Influencer Who Had Child With Elon Musk Sues xAI Over Deepfake Images
Ashley St. Clair is seeking a temporary restraining order to stop xAI’s Grok from creating images that undress her.
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Equinor Can Resume Work on Offshore Wind Project Trump Tried to Halt
The Empire Wind development, off the coast of Long Island, was put on hold after the government cited classified national security concerns.
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NY Attorney General Sues Former Emergent BioSolutions CEO for Insider Trading
Letitia James accused Robert Kramer of selling his shares in Emergent before disclosing contamination issues in its production of the Covid-19 vaccine.
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Ford, China’s BYD in Talks for Hybrid-Vehicle Batteries After EV Market Flames Out
A deal, if completed, would likely involve Ford buying the Chinese carmaker’s batteries for its factories outside the U.S., according to people familiar with the matter.
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Warner Discovery Doesn’t Need to Disclose Netflix Deal Details, Judge Rules
Paramount failed to force Warner Bros. Discovery to disclose more information soon about its deal with Netflix when a judge denied its request.
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Goldman Sachs Profit Rises on Jump in Dealmaking and Lending
The bank reported record annual revenue in its core Wall Street engine of investment banking and trading. Morgan Stanley also benefited from a surge in dealmaking activity.
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Boston Scientific to Buy Penumbra for $15 Billion in Cash, Stock
Boston Scientific has agreed to buy thrombectomy company Penumbra for about $15 billion in cash and stock in a deal that bolsters its cardiovascular portfolio.
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BlackRock Caps 2025 With Record $14 Trillion in Assets
The world’s largest money manager posted net income of $1.13 billion, down 33% from a year earlier.
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Amazon Is Buying America’s First New Copper Output in More Than a Decade
The copper, which is being produced in Arizona by Rio Tinto with bacteria and acid, will be used for data-center construction.
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
January 15, 2026 23:15 ET (04:15 GMT)
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