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Schwarzenegger urges nuclear power for California to ‘terminate pollution’
Former California governor and clean energy advocate Arnold Schwarzenegger has called for a major expansion of nuclear power for the...
Netflix’s $300bn problem: lack of hits piles pressure on streaming giant
This spring, some of Netflix’s top executives gathered for an annual review to discuss the streaming giant’s business.
Netflix gives downbeat outlook as streaming hits dry up
Netflix’s shares slumped after the company reported its slowest revenue growth in three years and gave a downbeat outlook for the rest of...
Netflix replaces chief content officer in effort to arrest declining share price
Netflix has replaced its chief content officer Bela Bajaria with Hollywood veteran Peter Rice in a dramatic leadership shake-up as the...
Netflix to cut 1,000 jobs as growth concerns mount
Netflix is cutting about 1,000 jobs, its largest lay-off in four years, as the streaming group grapples with a declining share price and...
David Ellison ha creado un coloso de Hollywood: Ahora el reto será dirigirlo
David Ellison ha cerrado finalmente su acuerdo de 111.000 millones de dólares para fusionar Paramount Skydance y Warner Bros. Discovery y convertirlo en un titán de Hollywood. Pero ahora se enfrenta a otro reto: gestionarlo. La adquisición de Warner Bros.
David Ellison construyó un Hollywood coloso... ahora debe dirigirlo
David Ellison finalmente logró cerrar su acuerdo de 111 mil millones de dólares para combinar Paramount Skydance y Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) y convertirlo en un titán de Hollywood. Sin embargo, el recién estrenado magnate de los medios se enfrenta ahora a otro reto: dirigirlo.
David Ellison built a Hollywood colossus. Now he needs to run it
David Ellison has finally sealed his $111bn deal to combine Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros Discovery into a Hollywood titan.
David Ellison built a Hollywood colossus: now he needs to run it
David Ellison has finally sealed his $111bn deal to combine Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros Discovery into a Hollywood titan. But the Upgrade to read this Financial Times article and get so much more. A Silver or Gold subscription plan is required to access premium news articles.
Transcript: Skydance’s debt pile takes the spotlight
This is an audio transcript of the FT News Briefing podcast episode: ‘Skydance’s debt pile takes the spotlight’ Marc Filippino Good...
La deuda en la mira tras el cierre de la compra de Warner Bros por parte de Paramount en 111 mil MDD
David Ellison consolidó este martes su papel como magnate de Hollywood tras cerrar la adquisición de Warner Bros Discovery por parte de Paramount por u$s 111 mil millones, una transacción que le entrega al hijo de una de las personas más ricas del mundo las llaves de algunos de los activos de medios y entretenimiento más grandes de la industria. La compañía combinada, ahora conocida como Skydance, es un coloso en Hollywood.
Debt in the spotlight as Paramount closes $111bn deal for Warner Bros
David Ellison on Tuesday cemented his role as a Hollywood magnate with the close of Paramount’s $111bn takeover of Warner Bros Discovery,...
Paramount reaches settlement to clear path for $110bn Warner Bros deal
Paramount Skydance has clinched a settlement with 12 states that sued to block its $110bn takeover of Warner Bros Discovery, clearing the...
Donald Trump bans major US news outlets from White House
Donald Trump has banned CNN, MS Now and Politico from the White House and vowed to bar other media outlets as the US president...
Vantage Data Centers seeks $2bn in loans from Pimco and PGIM
Data centre developer Vantage Data Centers is in talks with institutional investors including Pimco and PGIM to raise up to $2bn for its...
Blackstone stands firm with cap on private credit outflows
Blackstone’s flagship private credit vehicle fielded another quarter of double-digit redemption requests, in a sign of the persistent...
Luxury gym Equinox in refinancing talks to shred debt and bulk up cash
The owners of Equinox Holdings, a luxury fitness chain straining under $1.8bn in high-cost loans, are in advanced talks over a cash...
Guggenheim affiliate buys up debt linked to its asset management arm
An affiliate of Mark Walter’s investment firm Guggenheim Partners started buying debt issued by the group’s asset management unit this...
Occidental tries to free itself from the messy legacy of Anadarko deal
The value of Occidental Petroleum gained $1bn in March on a single piece of news: chief executive Vicki Hollub was stepping down.
Mark Walter’s unravelling empire tests the insurance trade behind private credit’s rise
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Mark Walter, a shy Midwesterner trained far from Wall Street, built an investment giant over long years by pioneering a shift by...
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Guggenheim loan trades in distressed territory after investor call
A loan to Guggenheim Partners’ $367bn asset management division has fallen into distressed territory as executives failed to assuage...
BlackRock and Oaktree take keys of top supplier to Hollywood studios
A supplier of production equipment to film studios including Netflix and Warner Bros Discovery has been seized by creditors after...
Mark Walter sought loan from Apollo backed by Lakers stake
Mark Walter held discussions with private investment giant Apollo Global Management about a multibillion-dollar loan against his Los...
Transcript: Private credit’s woes continue
This is an audio transcript of the FT News Briefing podcast episode: ‘Private credit’s woes continue’ Victoria Craig Good morning from...
Private credit under strain as troubled loans swell
Strain is spreading across private credit portfolios, with some of the largest funds taking writedowns and warning about problem loans as...
Style war: inside Wall Street’s battle to revive J Crew
J Crew rented a pier near New York Harbour in September 2023 to celebrate its 40th anniversary.
Gigantes de Wall Street se alían con Nvidia en busca de 500 mil mdd
Antoine Gara, Michelle Chan, Eric Platt, Sujeet Indap y George Hammond Nueva York y San Francisco / 11.08.2026 00:04:38 Únete al canal de Milenio Los grupos financieros más grandes del mundo colaboran con Nvidia para armar un paquete de financiamiento de 500 mil millones de dólares destinado al desarrollo de infraestructuras de IA, en una de las iniciativas de crédito más ambiciosas de Wall Street hasta la fecha.
Wall Street giants partner with Nvidia on $500bn AI financing deal
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The world’s largest financial groups are working with Nvidia to assemble a funding package of more than $500bn for AI infrastructure...
By Antoine Gara Verified, Michelle Chan Verified, Eric Platt Verified, Sujeet Indap Verified, George Hammond Verified
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Wall Street giants partner with Nvidia on $500bn AI financing deal
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The world's largest financial groups are working with Nvidia to assemble a $500bn funding package for AI infrastructure development, in one of Wall Street's most ambitious lending efforts to date. A consortium of groups including Apollo Global, Blackstone, BlackRock's Global
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En qué se invierte la montaña de dólares de Warren Buffett
Greg Abel, director ejecutivo de Berkshire Hathaway, invirtió un total de u$s 19.800 millones en el mercado de valores durante el segundo trimestre, poniendo fin a una racha de ventas de más de tres años protagonizada por su predecesor, Warren Buffett.
Greg Abel pone por fin a trabajar la montaña de efectivo de Warren Buffett
Greg Abel, director ejecutivo de Berkshire Hathaway, invirtió un total de 19.800 millones de dólares en el mercado de valores durante el segundo trimestre, poniendo fin a una racha de ventas de más de tres años protagonizada por su predecesor, Warren Buffett.
Greg Abel finally puts Buffett’s cash pile to work
Berkshire Hathaway chief executive Greg Abel ploughed a net $19.8bn into the stock market in the second quarter, ending a more than...
Jane Street in talks to shift its $11bn in debt to investors including Pimco
Jane Street is in talks to refinance its debt with a small group of investors including Pimco in a landmark private credit deal that...
Ares secures biggest flagship credit fund commitments in three years
Private credit group Ares Management shrugged off market turmoil to secure the highest level of commitments to its flagship credit funds...
US regulators cite ‘circular’ risk in investments used by KKR and Apollo
US regulators are sounding an alarm over risks of “circular ownership” and opaque holdings in fast-growing financial structures used by...
Blue Owl’s private credit fundraising falls to slowest pace in three years
Blue Owl Capital’s flagship private credit arm reported its slowest pace of fundraising in three years in the second quarter,...
Blue Owl’s private credit fundraising falls to slowest pace in three years
Blue Owl Capital’s flagship private credit arm reported its slowest pace of fundraising in three years in the second quarter, underscoring Upgrade to read this Financial Times article and get so much more. A Silver or Gold subscription plan is required to access premium news articles.
AI risks drag on $5bn Thoma Bravo-backed software refinancing
Thoma Bravo is struggling to drum up interest to refinance one of its marquee software buyouts in a sign of lacklustre Wall Street demand...
Ares Management has held talks to buy Leonard Green & Partners
Private capital group Ares Management has held talks to acquire Leonard Green & Partners, one of the oldest and most profitable private...
El Oráculo de Omaha excluye a Gates de su donación anual
Eric Platt Ciudad de México / 17.07.2026 11:04:04 Únete al canal de Milenio Warren Buffett dejó fuera a la Fundación Gates de su donación anual de acciones este martes. En su lugar, el multimillonario presidente de Berkshire Hathaway destinó casi 6 mil millones de dólares (mdd) en títulos de la compañía a cuatro fundaciones vinculadas con su familia.
BlackRock assets rise to record $15.3tn
BlackRock drew in $192bn of capital in the second quarter, as a stock-trading boom helped push the assets under management at the world’s...
Giro de Buffett: la fundación de Gates pierde su lugar en el reparto de u$s 6.000 millones
Warren Buffett excluyó el martes a la Fundación Gates de su donación anual de acciones y el multimillonario presidente de Berkshire Hathaway dirigió casi u$s 6.000 millones en acciones a cuatro entidades de beneficencia vinculadas a su familia. Buffett, que cumplirá 96 años este agosto, también confirmó que la participación que le queda en la empresa se destinará a las cuatro fundaciones familiares dentro de un plazo de ocho años.
Warren Buffett drops Gates Foundation from $6bn Berkshire donation
Warren Buffett excluded the Gates Foundation from his annual donation of shares on Tuesday, with the billionaire chair of Berkshire...
Big investors commit billions to private credit despite turmoil
Large investors are committing billions of dollars to private credit funds as big institutions seek to profit from an exodus of smaller...
Blue Owl hit by $4.7bn of redemption requests as investor exodus persists
Investors attempted to pull $4.7bn from two of Blue Owl Capital’s flagship private credit funds in the second quarter, underscoring the...
Ares Management’s flagship private credit fund hit by 14% withdrawal requests
Investors attempted to pull more than $1.5bn from one of Ares Management’s flagship private credit funds in the second quarter, as...
Apollo’s flagship private credit fund hit by 17% redemption requests
Investor redemption requests at Apollo’s flagship retail private credit fund surged to 17 per cent of the vehicle’s value in the second...
Inversionistas desembolsarán 100 mil mdd para impulsar carrera por la IA
A pesar de la incertidumbre y la guerra contra Irán, el mercado muestra un apetito voraz por el financiamiento mediante las ofertas públicas iniciales de las compañías de tecnología Eric Platt, Kate Duguid, Michelle Chan y Amelia Pollard Nueva York / 15.06.2026 00:19:04 Los inversionistas estadunidenses muestran un apetito voraz por financiar la carrera de la inteligencia artificial (IA) y poner a trabajar el efectivo, acordando desembolsar más de 100 mil millones de dólares en sólo unos...
Transcript: US, Iran agree ceasefire deal as Trump heads to G7 summit
This is an audio transcript of the FT News Briefing podcast episode: ‘US, Iran agree ceasefire deal as Trump heads to G7 summit’ Victoria...
Wall Street digests record fundraising haul as AI race intensifies
US investors are showing a voracious appetite to fund the AI race and put cash to work, agreeing to dole out more than $100bn in the span...
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