UKRAINE READY FOR UNCONDITIONAL CEASEFIRE AND DIPLOMACY - ZELENSKYY TO CBC ...

BOC'S MACKLEM: MOVING TOO SLOW ON HIKES MEANS WE'D HAVE TO RAISE RATES VERY QUICKLY, AND MORE THAN HAD WE MOVED EARLIER ...

BOC’S MACKLEM: NEW ERA OF UNCERTAINTY ‘NOT GOING AWAY ANY TIME SOON’
- WORRIED THAT IT COULD TAKE SOME TIME FOR HIGHER FUEL MARGINS TO NORMALISE
- WOULD ADD PERSISTENCE TO HEADLINE INFLATION ...

PRESS CONFERENCE BY BOC'S GOV. MACKLEM ENDS. ...

MACRON ASKS VON DER LEYEN TO EASE EU REFINERY RULES TO BOOST FUEL OUTPUT – BFM
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*FAA LISTS GROUND STOPS TO ALL MAJOR NEW YORK-AREA AIRPORTS ...

NOTIFICATIONS FROM ALERTS ...

FAA: GROUND STOPS ISSUED AT NEW YORK JFK, LAGUARDIA, BOSTON AIRPORTS ...

JUST IN: MICHAEL SAYLOR'S STRATEGY NOW HAS $8,750,000,000 UNREALIZED PROFIT ON ITS BITCOIN INVESTMENT. ...

$META - META SHARES EXTEND GAINS, LAST UP 10.4% ...

TRUMP DEMANDS GOP END THE FILIBUSTER

PRESIDENT TRUMP IS URGING SENATE REPUBLICANS TO ELIMINATE THE FILIBUSTER, WARNING DEMOCRATS COULD OTHERWISE DO SO THEMSELVES.

TRUMP CLAIMS DEMOCRATS WOULD THEN PURSUE STATEHOOD FOR PUERTO RICO AND WASHINGTON, D.C., ADDING FOUR DEMOCRATIC SENATORS AND STRENGTHENING THEIR ELECTORAL POSITION.

HE ARGUES THOSE CHANGES COULD MAKE IT SIGNIFICANTLY HARDER FOR REPUBLICANS TO WIN FUTURE ELECTIONS. ...

CALIFORNIA AG ON PARAMOUNT-WBD: "SETTLEMENT IS NOT A VOTE OF SUPPORT FOR THIS MERGER, NOT A BLESSING OF THE BROADER MERGER"

$PSKY $WBD ...

🔴 THE UK IS CLOSE TO AGREEING TO HELP THE SAUDI MILITARY COUNTER THE HOUTHIS. ...

RADIANT WORLD TABLE SHOWS SIX LENDERS WITH $870 MILLION EXPOSURE ...

MORE THAN TWO DOZEN US LAWMAKERS URGE TRUMP TO MAINTAIN BAN ON CHINESE AUTOMAKERS - LETTER. ...

THE UK IS CLOSE TO AGREEING TO PROVIDE DEFENSIVE MILITARY SUPPORT TO SAUDI ARABIA AS THE KINGDOM FACES REPEATED ATTACKS FROM THE IRAN-BACKED HOUTHIS. PRIME MINISTER ANDY BURNHAM IS REPORTEDLY LEANING TOWARD OFFERING ASSISTANCE SUCH AS AERIAL REFUELLING AND ENCOURAGING OTHER COUNTRIES TO PROVIDE SIMILAR SUPPORT.

THE AIM WOULD BE TO HELP SAUDI ARABIA COUNTER HOUTHI ATTACKS, STABILISE THE REGION AND REDUCE RISKS TO SHIPPING THROUGH THE BAB EL-MANDEB STRAIT. IF APPROVED, IT WOULD BE ONE OF BURNHAM’S FIRST MAJOR MILITARY DECISIONS SINCE BECOMING PRIME MINISTER IN JULY.

🔴 THE UK IS CLOSE TO AGREEING TO HELP THE SAUDI MILITARY COUNTER THE HOUTHIS. - FINANCIALJUICE ...

PARAMOUNT HAS SETTLED THE ANTITRUST LAWSUIT BY U.S. STATES THAT DELAYED ITS WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY ACQUISITION, COURT RECORDS SHOW, WITH THE CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYING THE SETTLEMENT RESOLVES ANTITRUST CONCERNS BUT IS 'NOT A VOTE OF SUPPORT FOR THIS MERGER' OR 'A BLESSING OF THE BROADER MERGER'. ...

THE CONSENT DECREE REQUIRES THEATRICAL FILM COMMITMENTS — INCLUDING MINIMUM ANNUAL FILM RELEASES AND SPENDING AT LEAST $300 MLN MORE ANNUALLY ON U.S. FILM PRODUCTION THAN IN 2025 — ALONG WITH SEPARATE NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF PARAMOUNT AND WARNER BROS. BASIC CABLE CHANNELS FOR FIVE YEARS, RESTRICTIONS ON AFFILIATE FEE NEGOTIATIONS, AND THE SETTING UP OF A 'NEWS EDITORIAL INDEPENDENCE BOARD' FOR THE COMBINED ENTITY'S NEWS CHANNELS. ...

THE CONSENT DECREE ALSO REQUIRES AN INTERNAL COMPLIANCE MONITOR AND A COMMITTEE OF FIVE STATES TO OVERSEE ENFORCEMENT, WITH REMEDIES INCLUDING POSSIBLE DIVESTITURES IF THE COMPANIES BREACH THEIR OBLIGATIONS, WHILE THE NEW JERSEY ATTORNEY GENERAL SAID THE SETTLEMENT INCLUDES A MINIMUM ADDITIONAL $1.5 BLN COMMITMENT TO BOLSTER DOMESTIC FILM PRODUCTION. ...

THE UK IS CLOSE TO AGREEING TO PROVIDE DEFENSIVE MILITARY SUPPORT TO SAUDI ARABIA AS THE KINGDOM FACES REPEATED ATTACKS FROM THE IRAN-BACKED HOUTHIS, WITH PRIME MINISTER ANDY BURNHAM REPORTEDLY LEANING TOWARD OFFERING ASSISTANCE SUCH AS AERIAL REFUELLING AND ENCOURAGING OTHER COUNTRIES TO PROVIDE SIMILAR SUPPORT. ...