David Ellison — the founder of a film production company and son of billionaire Larry Ellison — has been at the helm of Paramount Skydance for just over a year. He’s been fighting to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery for nearly as long. The latest roadblock in his path, a group of state attorneys general seeking…
From left, President Donald Trump, Oracle’s Larry Ellison, SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son and OpenAI’s Sam Altman appear at the White House in Washington on Jan. 21, 2025. Jim Watson | Afp | Getty Images The Pentagon on Thursday announced a contract with Oracle worth almost $7 billion over a decade, a big win for the software…
Oracle CEO Clay Magouyrk, right, speaks on a media tour of the Stargate data center in Abilene, Texas, on Sept. 23, 2025. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty Images Oracle just wrapped up its worst week on Wall Street in 25 years as concerns continue to mount about the software company’s debt load and whether…
David Ellison, the chairman and chief executive officer of Paramount Skydance Corp. walks through Statuary Hall to the State of the Union address during a Joint Session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 24, 2026, in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images A group of U.S. and European lawmakers told Paramount Skydance…
Oracle Corp. signage on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Oracle stock traded flat on Wednesday as the multinational tech conglomerate looked to cut thousands of jobs to free up cash to build artificial intelligence data…
Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI Inc., speaks during BlackRock’s 2026 Infrastructure Summit in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, March 11, 2026. Daniel Heuer | Bloomberg | Getty Images When OpenAI CEO Sam Altman took the stage at BlackRock’s U.S. Infrastructure Summit earlier this month, he acknowledged his company is facing a harsh reality:…
Dia Dipasupil | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. America’s top 50 philanthropists gave a whopping $22.4 billion to charity in 2025, according…
The TikTok Inc. sign in front of the building on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026 in Culver City, CA. Kayla Bartkowski | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images TikTok’s U.S. joint venture seems to have survived a turbulent rollout with minimal change in usership, as early narratives of a mass user exodus prompted by service outages…
Paramount Skydance is suing Warner Bros. Discovery and CEO David Zaslav as its latest step in a hostile pursuit to acquire WBD, CEO David Ellison outlined in a letter to WBD shareholders on Monday. The lawsuit asks a Delaware court to direct Warner Bros. Discovery to provide information about its sale process and pending deal…
George Conrades, then chairman and CEO of Akamai Technologies, listens during a meeting of the National Infrastructure Advisory Council in Washington on April 13, 2004. Jay Mallin | Bloomberg | Getty Images Oracle said Friday that two longtime directors, both octogenarians, have resigned from the board. George Conrades, former CEO of content network distribution company…
