Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

Paramount Skydance Corporation

Netflix, Inc.

The board of directors of Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) <a href="https://ir.wbd.com/news-and-events/financial-news/financial-news-details/2026/WARNER-BROS--DISCOVERY-BOARD-OF-DIRECTORS-UNANIMOUSLY-RECOMMENDS-SHAREHOLDERS-REJECT-AMENDED-PARAMOUNT-TENDER-OFFER/default.aspx">has rejected</a> Paramount Skydance's <a href="https://oninvest.com/article/nepolnocennoe-predlozenie-warner-bros-prizval-akcionerov-otklonit-zaavku-paramount">renewed attempt</a> to acquire the studio, stating that Paramount's revised hostile bid of $108.4 billion represents a "risky deal [for WBD] with a high debt burden" that shareholders should reject.

Warner Bros. board again rejects Paramount deal due to debt risks

Novo Nordisk A/S

Eli Lilly and Company

Hanwha Ocean Co., Ltd.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Novo Nordisk's first semaglutide-based GLP-1 obesity pill, intensifying the company's competition with Eli Lilly. ByteDance, owner of TikTok, plans to invest about $23 billion in AI infrastructure amid record growth in debt financing in the global tech sector. These and other topics - in our review of key events for the morning of December 23.

The main thing for the morning: a pill instead of a shot, ships for the U.S. Navy and $40 billion for Hollywood

Oracle founder agreed to act as a guarantor of the deal to allay the fears of WBD's board of directors

Billionaire Ellison personally guaranteed Paramount $40 billion to buy Warner Bros.

The Warner Bros. board on Dec. 17 urged shareholders to reject a $108.4 billion <a href="https://oninvest.com/article/paramount-perebila-predlozenie-netflix-v-bor-be-za-warner-bros-cto-dumaet-uoll-strit">offer</a> from Paramount Skydance to buy the studio, saying it did not contain sufficient financing guarantees, Reuters <a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/warner-bros-discovery-board-rejects-rival-bid-paramount-2025-12-17/">writes.</a>

Incomplete bid: Warner Bros. urged shareholders to reject Paramount's bid

NVIDIA Corporation

Carvana Co.

CoreWeave, Inc.

The Gap, Inc.

Daily review and forecast of events on the U.S. stock market from Mikhail Denislamov, Deputy Director of Freedom Capital Markets Research.

Morning in New York: employment statistics will set the vector for trades

Paramount Skydance <a href="https://oninvest.com/article/eto-dorogo-kak-krupnejsaa-sdelka-s-warner-bros-mozet-utanut-akcii-netflix-vniz">has made a new offer to</a> buy Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), which owns the rights to "Game of Thrones," "Harry Potter" and "Lord of the Rings": at $30 per share in cash.

Paramount outbid Netflix in the battle for Warner Bros. What Wall Street thinks

The last price Paramount offered for Warner Studios was $24 per share, Netflix offered $27.75

'It's expensive'. How could the biggest deal with Warner Bros. drag Netflix stock down?

Netflix has agreed to acquire the television and movie studios of Warner Bros. Discovery, as well as the streaming division for $72 billion. This deal will transfer control over one of Hollywood's most valuable and oldest assets to the streaming pioneer, who has turned the entire media industry upside down, Reuters <a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/netflix-agrees-buy-warner-bros-discoverys-studios-streaming-division-2025-12-05/">reports</a>.

$72 billion deal: Netflix buys part of Warner Bros. business. Discovery

The Walt Disney Company

Barrick Mining Corporation

After last week's busy week full of news and corporate reporting, the next five trading days promise to be quieter, Yahoo Finance <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/valuation-worries-record-long-government-shutdown-hang-over-markets-what-to-watch-this-week-123041065.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9maW5hbmNlLnlhaG9vLmNvbS9hdXRob3IvamFrZS1jb25sZXkv&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAMvjAdcHnnpAJgCLCXHdG8_ISO3PN7SbZIXqEgZTeXYrUMb5ICHq1oP7Hssb6X5ePUCyisxooi8fHOUtqavmd6CDujbkVGMqg3zck_rgACdQsgbozaCVWOlYNPwsGkxhSEyY8Ut5m3IlKzgfbgH9eaO1VIrCr6NmJZKO2ts31PBK">predicts</a>.

Walt Disney and Coreweave earnings: what investors need to know this week

Shares of both companies jumped 4% in trading on Sept. 19, but then squandered some of the gains

Paramount Skydance may buy Warner Studios at about a 30% premium - CNBC

The deal is backed by the Ellison family, which includes billionaire and Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison

Warner and Paramount shares soared on news of a possible merger. What could get in the way?

Paramount investors had their best day since 1990