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The board of directors of Warner Brothers is once again urging shareholders to reject a hostile takeover bid from Paramount, valued at close to $78 billion.
Netflix has offered $72 billion for Warner Brothers streaming and studio business.
The board is recommending shareholders take that offer.
Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.
All the major stock indexes were in the red for the holiday-shortened trading week.
The Dow slipped two-thirds of a percent, the S&P 500 index fell about 1%, and the Nasdaq dipped 1.5%.
Despite the slump in the final days of the year, 2025 was still a good one for stock investors.
A lot of big investors took a break in the week following Christmas, so trading volumes were light.
Turning from the stock market to the supermarket, there was some positive news in the pasta aisle.
The Trump administration is backtracking from its threat to impose triple-digit tariffs on imported pasta from Italy.
The Commerce Department says Italian pasta will likely face much lower anti-dumping duties when the final rates are set in March.
Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.
All the major stock indexes were in the red for the holiday-shortened trading week.
The Dow slipped two-thirds of a percent, the S&P 500 index fell about one percent, and the Nasdaq dipped one and a half percent.
Despite the slump in the final days of the year, 2025 was still a good one for stock investors.
A lot of big investors took a break in the week following Christmas, so trading volumes were light.
Turning from the stock market to the supermarket, there was some positive news in the pasta aisle.
The Trump administration is backtracking from its threat to impose triple-digit tariffs on imported pasta from Italy.
The Commerce Department says Italian pasta will likely face much lower anti-dumping duties when the final rates are set in March.
Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.