BUSINESS
Behind Paramount's bid for Warner Bros: A team of billionaires, banks and Trump's son-in-law to beat Netflix
The names are notable as much for their size as well as their proximity to President Donald Trump
WORLD
Paramount’s streaming size would ease US antitrust review for Warner Bros deal
Paramount, the parent of CBS, MTV and other media businesses, is offering to buy all of Warner Bros., including its stable of TV networks that include CNN, TNT and the Discovery Channel
BUSINESS
Stocks in Asia edge lower as Fed anxiety builds
Chip stocks in Asia were in focus after Nvidia Corp. was granted permission by President Donald Trump to ship its H200 artificial intelligence chip to China in exchange for a 25% cut of the sales.
BUSINESS
Stocks and Bonds Slide at Start of Big Fed Week: Markets Wrap
BUSINESS
Trump warns Netflix-Warner deal may pose antitrust ‘problem’
Netflix has “a very big market share, and when they have Warner Brothers, you know, that share goes up a lot,” the president said, adding that he will be personally involved in the decision-making process.
BUSINESS
Powell’s vote-gathering challenge shows test for next Fed chair
This year’s rate cuts have each come with dissenting votes. Three policymakers are expected to do so again at the central bank’s last gathering of the year.
INDIA
IndiGo loses $4.5 billion value as govt signals strict action
The steer from Narendra Modi-led government follows local aviation regulator’s demand over the weekend that its Chief Executive Officer Pieter Elbers explain what lead to the fiasco.
BUSINESS
How brutal profit pursuit led to India’s top airline unraveling
The aviation fiasco pushed parent InterGlobe Aviation Ltd.’s shares down by as much as 7.6% on Monday, on course for its biggest plunge in over a year, and marking a seventh day of selling that’s cumulatively shaved off $4.3 billion from the company’s market value.
WORLD
Saudi Arabia extends alcohol sales to higher-earning residents
There have been no official communications about the changes and the government didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on Monday.
INDIA
India targets $45 billion space economy driven by private firms
PM Modi has intensified efforts to close the gap with countries such as China, which already operates its own space station and aims to send astronauts to the moon by 2030
BUSINESS
Ex-Nvidia manager is billionaire after blockbuster China IPO
Moore Threads shares closed about 1% lower in Shanghai on Monday.
BUSINESS
Unilever’s ice cream spinoff Magnum opens below reference price
Magnum shares opened at €12.20 in Amsterdam on Monday, below the technical reference price of €12.80 announced on Friday. Shares are also set to start trading in London and New York as part of its triple listing.
BUSINESS
IPO fundraising hits record as investor demand swells
The proceeds surpassed last year’s high of Rs 1.73 lakh crore, according to data compiled by Bloomberg
BUSINESS
Copper climbs to record as China policy, US imports spur rally
The industrial metal climbed as much as 1.3% to $11,771 a ton, blazing past a record set in the previous session
WORLD
China’s trade surplus tops $1 trillion after exports rebound
Exports rose 5.9% from a year earlier, higher than the median forecast in a Bloomberg survey of economists for 4%.
BUSINESS
Sell $100 million every minute: Inside India’s rupee defence
The rupee has tumbled 4.9% against the dollar in 2025, ranking behind only the Turkish lira and Argentina’s peso among 31 major currencies in terms of declines. And this is in a year when a gauge of the dollar’s strength has fallen more than 7%.
WORLD
Trump set to unveil $12 billion aid for farmers hit by trade war
The Trump administration plans a $12 billion farm aid package, including $11 billion in direct payments, to offset tariff-driven losses as crop prices slump and political pressure mounts from farmers.
BUSINESS
How India’s top airline unraveled in quest for higher profit
The resource-efficient instincts baked into IndiGo’s DNA had led to a severe under-estimation of redundancies needed to accommodate the new pilot rest rules, despite carriers having had nearly two years to prepare since the guidance was first announced in January 2024
BUSINESS
Trump warns Netflix-Warner deal may pose antitrust ‘problem’
Netflix has “a very big market share, and when they have Warner Brothers, you know, that share goes up a lot,” the president said, adding that he will be personally involved in the decision-making process.
BUSINESS
Asian stocks inch higher at the start of Fed week
MSCI Inc.’s gauge of Asian equities fell 0.1%, in line with the decline in US stock index futures. Shares in Australia also dropped while the Nikkei 225 lost 0.4%.
BUSINESS
US state department official visits India as trade talks pick up
US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Allison Hooker will visit from Sunday till Thursday to advance the 'strategic partnership' between the two nations
WORLD
SpaceX to offer insider shares at record-setting $800 billion valuation
SpaceX is also exploring a possible initial public offering as soon as late next year
WORLD
Apple rocked by executive departures, with chip chief at risk of leaving next
In just the past week, Apple’s heads of artificial intelligence and interface design stepped down.
WORLD
Jerome Powell on track for Fed rate cut despite some dissent
The Fed delivered a second straight reduction in October driven by the summer’s sudden deterioration in the US labor market
