Warner Bros favours Netflix offer over $108bn Paramount bid  BBC Warner Demands Larry Ellison’s Personal Guarantee in Paramount Bid  The Wall Street Journal Netflix’s Ted Sarandos, Greg Peters Visit Warner Bros. Studio Lot With WBD’s David Zaslav  The Hollywood Reporter Warner Bros. Urges Shareholders to Reject Paramount Takeover Bid, Saying Ellisons ‘Misled’ Them  The New York Times Netflix Welcomes Warner Bros. Discovery Board Recommendation  About Netflix

Stocks close sharply lower as AI anxiety returns  NBC News Oracle stock dips 5% as Blue Owl Capital pulls out of funding $10 billion data center  CNBC US tech stocks slide as Oracle data centre setback reignites AI concerns  Financial Times Oracle-Blue Owl Split Over Data Center Rattles Markets Banking on AI Boom  Bloomberg.com Oracle says Michigan data center project talks on track without Blue Owl  Reuters

BP appoints Woodside's Meg O'Neill as CEO after Auchincloss' abrupt exit  Reuters BP names new boss as current CEO leaves after less than two years  BBC BP's CEO shake-up could pave way to mega merger  Reuters BP replaces CEO Murray Auchincloss after less than two years in the role  Financial Times BP names Meg O'Neill CEO as Auchincloss steps down in Big Oil shakeup  Axios

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Warner Bros. rejects Paramount's hostile bid, accuses Ellison family of failing to put money into the deal  Los Angeles TimesView Full Coverage on Google News

CEO of Roomba maker iRobot says previous management was ‘in denial’  Financial Times The Roomba Was a Disappointment  The Atlantic Welcome to home robotics limbo  CNN iRobot’s Cofounder Weighs In on Company’s Bankruptcy  IEEE Spectrum A short-seller who bet against now-bankrupt iRobot for a decade unpacks how he identifies his bearish targets  Business Insider