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34 noticiasParamount Skydance completes $110bn Warner Bros. Discovery takeover
Paramount Skydance said on October 6 that it has completed its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery in a deal valued at about $110 billion (roughly ¥17 trillion). The combined company will be named Skydance and will hold two Hollywood film…
Paramount closes Warner Bros. Discovery takeover, creating Skydance
Paramount Skydance closed its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery on Tuesday, creating a company named Skydance led by CEO David Ellison and co-CEO Ynon Kreiz. The merged company brings CNN, CBS News, HBO Max and Paramount+ under one roof…
JR East to start teppay code payment in Mobile Suica on Oct 20, raising limit to ¥300,000
JR East said teppay, a code payment service added to the Mobile Suica app, will start on Oct 20 from 11:00, allowing purchases above Suica e-money's ¥20,000 ceiling and transfers of balance between users. Identity verification with a My Num…
Emmy Awards to leave broadcast TV for Amazon's Prime Video in 2027
The Emmy Awards will move to Amazon's Prime Video under a six-year deal announced Tuesday, ending a broadcast run dating to 1955 and the annual rotation among ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC. The ceremony will stream free, with no Prime Video subscri…
Trump announces $6.6B Anduril-Navy shipyard in Baltimore for submarine components
President Trump announced a $6.6 billion project by Anduril Industries and the US government to build a shipyard at Sparrows Point near Baltimore for Virginia-class submarine components. Anduril is investing $3.7 billion and the Navy holds …
CNN chief Mark Thompson to stay as Skydance closes Warner Bros. Discovery deal
Skydance-owned Paramount closed its buyout of Warner Bros. Discovery on Tuesday, putting CNN and CBS News under one corporate roof. Mark Thompson will remain CNN's chairman and editor-in-chief, reporting to Skydance CEO David Ellison and co…
Starbucks sued over “sugar-free” protein drinks with up to 21g of sugar
A federal lawsuit filed late Friday in Seattle alleges that eight Starbucks protein beverages sold in the U.S. contain 13 to 21 grams of sugar even though the company lists them as sugarless. The class action firm Hagens Berman filed the su…
Paramount completes Warner Bros. Discovery merger to create Skydance
Paramount said on Tuesday it completed its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, creating a combined entertainment company called Skydance. The new company brings together the Paramount+ and HBO Max streaming services, the CBS and CNN news…
Skydance completes $110bn Warner Bros. Discovery deal, will merge HBO Max and Paramount+
Skydance says its streaming services — HBO Max, Paramount+ and Discovery+ — will “unify into a single service over time,” announced alongside the completion of Paramount’s $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. No timing or nam…
Trump touts Anduril shipyard investment; Maryland governor blocked from speaking
President Donald Trump on Tuesday promoted a $3.7 billion Anduril investment to build components for nuclear submarines at a shipyard near Baltimore, where the site of a former Bethlehem Steel mill closed in 2012. Democratic Gov. Wes Moore,…
Nippan admits unit sold Japanese books to US AI firm Anthropic, publishers group told
Nippan Group Holdings has admitted to the Japan Book Publishers Association that a subsidiary sold Japanese books to the US AI developer Anthropic. In a written reply dated Oct 5, the distributor said the sales ran from December 2024 to Dec…
Paramount closes $81 billion Warner Bros. Discovery takeover, creating Skydance media giant
Skydance-owned Paramount closed its $81 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery on Tuesday, creating a combined company valued at $111 billion including debt. The merged portfolio spans DC superhero films, Harry Potter, Star Trek, HBO Ma…
Japan Post Bank to end about 5,400 FamilyMart ATMs from January 2027
Japan Post Bank said on October 6 that it will end operations of roughly 5,400 ATMs at FamilyMart stores, starting in January 2027 and closing them sequentially over about three years. Japan Post Bank cash cards will still work at the Seven…
La oficina de impuestos de Tokio señala 580 millones de yenes no declarados en la empresa de un miembro de Southern All Stars
La Oficina Regional de Impuestos de Tokio ha señalado ingresos no declarados en Nohohon, una empresa relacionada con la música dirigida por el bajista de Southern All Stars, Kazuyuki Sekiguchi (70). Asahi Shimbun, Nikkei, Sankei y Livedoor …
Fujipan abandons restart of quake-hit Kumamoto bread factory
Fujipan Group said it will not resume production at its Kyushu Fujipan Kumamoto factory in Uki, Kumamoto Prefecture, which has been shut since the 2026 Kumamoto earthquake damaged the building and production equipment. The site will keep op…
Former Yaskawa Electric president Masahiro Ogawa dies at 62
Masahiro Ogawa, former president and vice chairman of Yaskawa Electric, died on Oct. 2 of illness at 62, the company announced on Oct. 5. An engineer who spent most of his career in the industrial robot business and helped open the US marke…
Seven & i dice que las 31 tiendas Seven-Eleven en India cerraron a finales de septiembre
Seven & i Holdings dijo el 5 de octubre que las 31 tiendas Seven-Eleven en India, operadas por el conglomerado local Reliance Retail, cerraron a finales de septiembre. Se espera que el contrato de licencia entre ambos finalice, y Seven & i …
Uber to buy Boston-based catering marketplace ezCater for $2.3 billion
Uber announced Tuesday it is acquiring Boston-based ezCater, a workplace catering marketplace, for $2.3 billion in an all-cash deal. Uber said the purchase will expand Uber Eats and Uber for Business by helping restaurants win larger cateri…
Osaka Prefecture and Google Japan sign five-field cooperation agreement
Osaka Prefecture and Google's Japanese arm signed a comprehensive cooperation agreement on October 6 covering industry promotion, urban development, education, employment and welfare. The deal covers using Google's data and analytics for ad…
Nidec to discipline about 20 people over accounting fraud in bid to avoid delisting
Nidec plans to discipline officers and employees involved in accounting fraud by the end of this month, with about 20 people expected to be affected, people familiar with the matter said. The motor maker wants to win a proper audit opinion …