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David Ellison Warns of Monopolistic Netflix in Open Letter to U.K. Creatives
David Ellison, chairman and CEO of Paramount, a Skydance Corporation, took the war of words and his message across the pond on Thursday, publishing an open letter to the creative community and audiences in the U.K. with a set of commitments, should the company succeed in acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), which has struck a…
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Pats Drake Maye (shoulder) full participant in practice, feels great
Mike ReissFeb 4, 2026, 10:49 PM ET Close Mike Reiss is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the New England Patriots. Reiss has covered the Patriots since 1997 and joined ESPN in 2009. In 2019, he was named Massachusetts Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. Multiple Authors SANTA CLARA, Calif….
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Why CATLs sodium-ion breakthrough could be a game changer for Chinas EV market
Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) has deployed the world’s first sodium-ion batteries in passenger cars, as it aims to stay ahead in China’s fiercely competitive electric vehicle (EV) market amid price volatility in traditional lithium-ion batteries. The company’s new Naxtra battery will be installed in China Changan Automobile Group EVs this week for winter testing in…
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Stripe alumni raise €30M Series A for Duna, backed by Stripe and Adyen execs | TechCrunch
Anthropic and OpenAI may be rivals, but their presidents Daniela Amodei and Gregory Brockman have one thing in common: they are both Stripe alumni. With former employees who went on to create dozens of startups, the fintech company has become one of the most prolific “founder factories” — and the money is following. The latest…
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Has Russia agreed to a US-enforced ceasefire plan for Ukraine?
The US signaled its support for NATO troops in Ukraine last month after Trump’s special envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, praised the principle ofsecurity guaranteesfor the first time shortly after France and the UK committed to deploying troops there in the event of aceasefire. This sequence was analyzed in detailhere. A recentFinancial Timesreport, published…
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Sony Pictures Fiscal Q3 Revenue Down 12 Percent; Music and Games Divisions See Gains
Sony Pictures Entertainment’s operating income for its fiscal third quarter (ending December 31, 2025) was down 11 percent to $197 million from $223 million in dollar terms for the comparable period a year before, with Q3 sales down 12 percent to $2.295 billion from $2.619 billion. SPE comprises the motion pictures division, television productions and…
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Why US-Bangladesh rushed through a pre-election trade deal
On February 9, just 72 hours before a transformative general election in Bangladesh, a high-level delegation from Dhaka will gather in Washington to finalize a trade agreement that could fundamentally reshape the country’s economic trajectory. While domestic critics have characterized the timing as a calculated move by the interim administration to secure international legitimacy on…
