Paramount stock pops on earnings, KKR to buy Simon & Schuster
08/08/2023 04:04
Paramount (PARA) shares rose after reporting second quarter results that beat analyst estimates on both the top and bottom lines. The company also announced private equity firm KKR (KKR) will be buying its Simon & Schuster business for $1.62 billion in an all-cash deal. Parrot Analytics PR & Communications Manager Wade Payson-Denney says the Simon & Schuster deal is "a sign of things to come" as companies look to offload linear or "old-school media arms." On the company's streaming business, Payson-Denney says "it's hard for us to see, really, how Paramount+ makes the jump to that top three streaming category that clearly Netflix, Disney, and Warner Bros. Discovery currently have a hold on."

Reuters
Daimler Truck CFO Jochen Goetz dies in 'tragic accident'
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Daimler Truck's Chief Financial Officer Jochen Goetz has died in a "tragic accident," the company said on Sunday. Goetz, 52, died on Saturday, a statement said, without giving details of the accident. Goetz spent his entire professional career, spanning more than 36 years, in the Daimler Group, and was largely responsible for the successful spin-off of Daimler Truck Holding from what is now the Mercedes-Benz Group in December 2021.

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US trucking firm Yellow files for bankruptcy, blasts Teamsters
(Reuters) -Some 30,000 workers at Yellow Corp were looking for jobs on Monday after the major trucking company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, potentially saddling U.S. taxpayers with losses from a government rescue of the long-troubled carrier. It laid blame for the bankruptcy, likely the largest ever for a U.S. trucking firm, at the feet of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union that represents about 22,000 of its employees. Teamsters leadership "was able to halt our business plan, literally driving our company out of business," Yellow CEO Darren Hawkins said in a statement late Sunday.


Bloomberg
Biotech Firm Vistagen Surges 1,370% on Social Anxiety Spray Trial Success
(Bloomberg) -- A beaten down micro-cap biotech company, Vistagen Therapeutics Inc., notched its best day ever, surging by as many as four digits after its experimental nasal spray for social anxiety disorder hit targets in a late-stage trial.Most Read from BloombergMusk Says He May Need Surgery, Will Get MRI on Back and NeckTexas Power Prices to Surge 800% on Sunday Amid Searing HeatPayPal Launches a Stablecoin in Latest Crypto Payments PushUkraine Black Sea Drone Attacks Signal Rapidly Expandin

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Palantir raises annual revenue forecast on 'unprecedented demand' for AI platform
Palantir Technologies raised its annual revenue forecast on Monday and said it would buy back shares worth up to $1 billion as the data analytics software maker enjoys "unprecedented demand" for its artificial intelligence platform. In a letter to shareholders, CEO Alexander Karp said the platform has users across over 100 organizations, including from automotive and healthcare industries, and that Palantir was in talks with more than 300 additional companies. Investors expect Palantir to have an edge over others in working with large language models in heavily regulated industries such as defense due to its work with U.S. government bodies including the Central Intelligence Agency.

Bloomberg
Vietnam’s Richest Man Poised to Briefly Triple Fortune on EV Bet
(Bloomberg) -- The fortune of Vietnam’s wealthiest man is poised to soar by as much as $11 billion, vaulting him to the upper ranks of the world’s richest people — for a while, at least.Most Read from BloombergMusk Says He May Need Surgery, Will Get MRI on Back and NeckTexas Power Prices to Surge 800% on Sunday Amid Searing HeatPayPal Launches a Stablecoin in Latest Crypto Payments PushUkraine Black Sea Drone Attacks Signal Rapidly Expanding WarHSBC Executive Slams ‘Weak’ UK for Backing US Again

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Goldman Sachs Says Now Could Be the Best Time to Buy These 2 Stocks — Here’s Why They’re on the Conviction List
This year started with a red-hot stock market, there is no question of that. Since the start of 2023, even accounting for losses last week, the S&P 500 shows a year-to-date gain of 17%, and the NASDAQ is up 33%. Currently, the gains are narrow, mainly relying on a handful of deep-pocketed, big-name tech firms, but there’s a likelihood that investor money will start spreading more widely. If the bull market does widen out, it will raise the question of which stocks to buy. This is where Goldman S