🎬Netflix Inc. exited the bidding for Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., clearing the path for Paramount Skydance Corp. to secure its $111 billion deal for the studio.
🔍 Google LLC won conditional approval from South Korea to transfer high-precision map data overseas, easing long-standing restrictions tied to security and trade tensions.
⚫️ BlackRock Inc. says long-dated Japanese government bonds can deliver about 6% to dollar investors—roughly 4% in yield plus 2% from currency hedging—calling it a “golden age” for fixed income.
🔪 Mizuho Financial Group Inc. plans to automate about 5,000 clerical roles over 10 years using AI, aiming to lift productivity at Japan’s third-largest lender without cutting overall headcount.