Dan Schwartzman

Bloomberg's Tony Shushka says Warner Brothers still has concerns about Paramount's offer, but this is the first time the board has considered it could be getting a better deal.

Legendary actor Robert Duvall has passed away at the age of 95.

That's according to a social media post attributed to his wife.

Duvall won an Academy Award for Tender Mercies while being nominated a total of seven times and also won four Golden Globe Awards.

A cause of death has not been revealed.

Markets are closed in the U.S.

for the President's Day holiday, but Wall Street will have its eyes on Amazon when trading resumes on Tuesday as its stock is riding a nine-day losing streak the longest in nearly two decades, with shares plummeting 18%.

Investors are worried about Amazon's artificial intelligence spending plan this year as a company wants to invest $200 billion on data centers, chips, and other equipment to support its AI ambitions.

Meanwhile, in Europe, the FTSE in London finished up a quarter of a percent.

The CAC in Paris closed a tenth of a percent higher.

while the DAX in Germany lost close to a half percent.

In Asia, the Nikkei in Japan finished down a quarter of a percent.

The Hang Seng in Hong Kong ended up a half percent, while China's CSI 300 lost one and a quarter percent.

At the Milan Cortina Olympics, the U.S.

women's hockey team knocks off Sweden 5-0 and will play the winner of Canada and Switzerland for the gold medal.

Right now, Norway leads the medal count with 27 total.

The U.S.

has won 17.

The U.S.

with five gold medals.