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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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Dutch Authorities Block $115 Million Deal by a U.S. Tech Company

The Netherlands blocked a U.S. company from buying a Dutch firm that handles its national ID system, saying it would create a “threat to the public interest.”

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Willemijn Aerdts, the Dutch minister for the digital economy and sovereignty, spoke to the news media last month after blocking the acquisition of Solvinity, a Dutch tech company, by the U.S. firm Kyndryl.
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