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Paramount launches hostile buyout offer for Warner/HBO/CNN. David Ellison speaking publicly on cnbc, says Warner ignored $30 all cash offer. Interview happening right now.

David Ellison-run Paramount Skydance is launching a hostile bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery. Paramount will go straight to WBD shareholders with an all-cash, $30-per-share offer. Netflix won a bidding war for the Warner Bros. film studio and HBO Max streaming service, but it doesn’t plan to buy WBD’s TV networks. Paramount has repeatedly argued …

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Toyota Industries board to evaluate $42B buyout proposal

Toyota Industries Corp.‘s board is set to evaluate a ¥6.6 trillion ($42 billion) takeover bid from Toyota Motor Corp. and affiliates on June 3, 2025, potentially taking the company private. The move aims to strengthen Toyota Motor’s supply chain control amid pressures from Japan’s market regulator on corporate governance. Toyota Fudosan, Toyota Motor’s real estate …

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75,000 federal workers have accepted Trump’s deferred buyout, and while the unions are crying foul, the writing is on the wall

It’s wild how much has changed in such a short time. The buyout program initiated by Trump and pushed forward by Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has seen a staggering 75,000 federal workers walk away with a package they just couldn’t refuse. With the federal workforce swelling to over 2 million, Musk’s vision of slashing …

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Judge to decide fate of Trump’s federal buyout offer today!

A federal judge in Boston Monday will consider whether to block President Donald Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk from carrying out their unprecedented plan to buy out tens of thousands of federal employees. Three federal employee unions — with the support of 20 Democratic attorneys general — have argued that the Office of Personnel …

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20,000 federal workers accept Trump buyout — so far.

About 20,000 federal workers have accepted the “buyout” offer put forward by the Trump administration last week, a senior administration official tells Axios. Why it matters: It’s a significant number of people — about 1% of the federal workforce — but still substantially less than the White House’s target of 5% to 10%. https://www.axios.com/2025/02/04/trump-buyout-federal-workers-20000

Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover Is Now the Worst Buyout for Banks Since the Financial Crisis

Loans of around $13 billion have remained ‘hung’ for nearly two years, bringing in interest payments but weighing on banks’ balance sheets The $13 billion that Elon Musk borrowed to buy Twitter has turned into the worst merger-finance deal for banks since the 2008-09 financial crisis. The seven banks involved in the deal, including Morgan Stanley and Bank of America, …

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50% of buick dealerships take buyout to avoid selling new EV’s

General Motors in 2022 started offering buyouts to U.S. Buick dealerships unwilling to make hefty investments required for the sale and service of upcoming electric vehicles, and it turns out the offer was popular. Buick chief Duncan Aldred told Automotive News (subscription required) in an interview published on Wednesday that roughly 1,000 Buick dealerships will …

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