Netflix, Inc.

Oracle Corporation

Seagate Technology Holdings plc

Futures on U.S. stock indices and shares of the Asia-Pacific region collapsed amid a rally in oil prices The cost of Mark Brent at one point exceeded $100 per barrel. Donald Trump's administration has launched trade investigations against China, the EU and more than a dozen other economies, preparing the legal basis for new duties. Netflix is going to buy Ben Affleck's AI company, Bloomberg sources have learned. About these and other topics - in our review of key events for the morning of March 12.

Paramount Group, Inc.

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

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NVIDIA Corporation

PayPal Holdings, Inc.

International Business Machines Corporation

Paramount Skydance Corporation

Nvidia reported a 73% jump in quarterly revenue thanks to demand for data center chips and gave a forecast above market expectations. Revolut is preparing a new round of funding and expects a valuation in excess of $100 billion before a possible IPO. Stripe is considering buying PayPal, while Netflix gave up the fight for Warner Bros. Discovery - it ended up being bought by Paramount Skydance for $110 billion . About the main events from February 23 to 27 - in our review.

Highlights of the week: record Nvidia revenue, a new round of Revolut, and IBM's worst day ever

Netflix has given up the fight for Warner Bros. Discovery, clearing the way for Paramount's $111 billion deal for Skydance. AI startup Anthropic is not giving in to the standoff with the Pentagon. And in Japan, Nintendo is preparing a 300 billion yen cross-package sale with MUFG and Bank of Kyoto and a parallel buyback amid regulatory pressure. These and other topics - in our review of key events for the morning of February 27.

Highlights for this morning: Anthropic turned down by the Pentagon, Netflix pulled out of the fight for Warner Bros.

Quotes of streaming service Netflix jumped 11% in extended trading on Thursday, February 26, after it became known that it <a href="https://www.advanced-television.com/2026/02/26/wbd-paramount-skydance-proposal-superior/">refused to</a> buy the assets of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), which it had been <a href="https://oninvest.com/article/sdelka-na-72-mlrd-netflix-pokupaet-cast-biznesa-warner-bros-discovery">vying </a>for since December. Earlier in the day, WBD's board of directors <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/26/warner-bros-discovery-paramount-skydance-deal-superior-netflix.html">deemed</a> Paramount Skydance's new, improved offer more favorable, CNBC <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/26/warner-bros-discovery-paramount-skydance-deal-superior-netflix.html">explains</a>.

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Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Bentley Systems, Incorporated

Smurfit Westrock Plc

International Paper Company

Packaging Corporation of America

Alphabet Inc.

Amazon.com, Inc.

CoreWeave, Inc.

Blue Owl Capital Inc.

Celsius Holdings, Inc.

Comfort Systems USA, Inc.

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.

AppLovin Corporation

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: tariff policy in the spotlight

US President Donald Trump has imposed temporary global duties of 15%, citing a "balance of payments crisis". The European Commission demanded that the US comply with the terms of last year's trade agreement, emphasizing that the new measures undermine market confidence. The value of bitcoin fell by 5% amid the new import fees. About these and other topics - in the review of key events for the morning of February 23.

Warner Bros. has given Paramount a week to make a "best and final" takeover offer

Tesla, Inc.

Circle Internet Group

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Investment company Ancora Holdings has acquired a stake in Warner Bros. Discovery and said it intends to oppose the sale of studios and streaming assets to Netflix, Reuters<a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/ancora-capital-builds-stake-warner-bros-plans-oppose-netflix-deal-2026-02-11/"> writes</a>. The activist investment company considers Paramount Skydance's offer more favorable and less risky from the point of view of regulators.

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Renault SA

Donald Trump said the Greenland deal with NATO was "framed" and rejected new duties against Europe. OpenAI has begun talks to raise up to $50 billion from Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds. Elon Musk is accelerating SpaceX's IPO to fund space AI data centers and is thinking about returning to politics. The main events of January 19-23 are in our review.