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Justice Dept. Clears Way for Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger

The $111 billion deal would unite two major movie studios and put CNN under the same roof as CBS News.

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A merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery would include the Warner Bros. movie studio, above, in Burbank, Calif.
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Absent From the SpaceX and OpenAI I.P.O.s? Chinese Investors.

SpaceX will not raise money from investors in China and Hong Kong. Others firms, like OpenAI, may follow suit.

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A Starship test flight at the SpaceX’s Starbase in Texas last month. Investors in China are expected to be excluded from the SpaceX initial public offering.
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Investors Feed A.I. Firms’ Voracious Appetite for New Money

In the race to dominate the artificial intelligence industry, companies like SpaceX and Alphabet are borrowing cash and raising equity from investors at the fastest pace in decades.

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The amount of cash needed for A.I. development is thought to be so enormous that already cash-rich companies are looking for more money.
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How Banks Are Using the SpaceX IPO to Woo the Super Rich

Wall Street is giving its richest clients velvet rope access to this week’s public listing of SpaceX, reflecting the growing importance of the wealth management business.

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SpaceX’s I.P.O. will be an opportunity for banks to nurture their relationships with their richest clients and develop new ones, too.
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