Lucid names auto industry outsider as CEO, expands Uber deal

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Lucid electric vehicles are seen at the New York International Auto Show on April 2, 2026. Danielle DeVries | CNBC Lucid Group has named the former chairman and CEO of Schindler Group, an industrial manufacturer of escalators and elevators, as its new chief executive. Silvio Napoli, who spent nearly 31 years at Schindler, is set […]


Screenwriters union and Hollywood studios reach 4-year tentative deal

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The screenwriters union and Hollywood studios reached a surprise four-year tentative agreement after roughly three weeks of negotiation. The Writers Guild of America West said on X that its negotiating committee unanimously approved a tentative agreement with The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which represents studios. The alliance confirmed the deal in a […]


Meta signs $27 billion deal with Nebius for AI infrastructure

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In an aerial view, a billboard advertising an artificial intelligence (AI) company is posted on Sept. 16, 2025 in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Meta has signed a new long-term agreement to spend up to $27 billion on Dutch cloud provider Nebius‘ AI infrastructure, the company announced on Monday. Over the next […]


NFL discussing deal with Paramount that could be extra $1 billion

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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell at the CNBC CEO Council in Arizona, May 19, 2025. Chris Coduto | CNBC The NFL and Paramount Skydance‘s renewal talks on a deal to keep the league’s Sunday games on CBS are beginning to take shape, CNBC has learned. NFL and CBS executives are negotiating a price increase, with a […]


Inspired and bet365 extend virtual sports partnership deal

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Inspired Entertainment and bet365 are continuing a long-running collaboration around virtual sports, with both companies agreeing to a new multi-year extension that focuses on expanding betting features and rolling out new digital products. Under the renewed deal, Inspired will keep supplying its portfolio of virtual sports to the global online betting operator while also developing […]


Elon Musk to testify securities fraud trial over Twitter deal in SF

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Elon Musk looks on as President Donald Trump speaks at the US-Saudi Investment Forum at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, Nov. 19, 2025. Brendan Smialowski | Afp | Getty Images Since buying Twitter for around $44 billion in late 2022, Elon Musk has changed the name to X, merged […]


How the Susan Rice snafu cost Netflix on home stretch of Warner Bros. Discovery deal

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There were several reasons why streaming giant Netflix pulled out of the bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery. You might want to add Susan Rice to the list. The former Obama national security adviser, UN ambassador, partisan Democrat and currently a Netflix board member made a splash last week, and not in a good way. Just as the Trump administration’s Department […]


OpenAI strikes deal with Pentagon after Anthropic blacklisted by Trump

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Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI Inc., at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, India, on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. Prakash Singh | Bloomberg | Getty Images OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said late Friday that his company has agreed to terms with the Department of Defense on use of its artificial intelligence models, […]


Netflix ditches Warner Bros. Discovery deal after Paramount offer deemed superior

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Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos arrives at the White House on Feb. 26, 2026 in Washington, DC. Andrew Leyden | Getty Images Netflix is walking away from a deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery’s studio and streaming assets after the WBD board on Thursday deemed a revised bid by Paramount Skydance to be a superior offer. […]


WBD says Paramount made higher bid, board will weigh offer against Netflix deal

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An aerial view of the Paramount logo on the water tower at Paramount Studios on Feb. 23, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Warner Bros. Discovery on Tuesday said it had received a higher takeover offer from Paramount Skydance and will review the new bid under the terms of its existing […]