Business News 5 December 2025

Ben & Jerry’s vs Magnum Ice Cream: Court Filings Warn of More Board Ousters as Foundation Fights Funding Threat (Dec. 19, 2025)

Ben & Jerry’s long-running battle over who controls the brand’s famously activist “social mission” escalated again this week—this time with the ice cream maker’s independent board warning a federal judge that more directors could be pushed out within days, and

19 December 2025

Larry Page in the News (Dec. 18, 2025): Alphabet’s AI Rally, a $256 Billion Fortune, and Fresh Scrutiny in Palo Alto

Larry Page has spent most of the past decade doing what he appears to prefer: staying out of the spotlight while the company he co-founded—Google, now the core of Alphabet—reshapes how billions of people find information, buy products, and build

18 December 2025

Artificial Intelligence · Business · Silicon Valley · Technology · Wealth

AI News Roundup Today (Dec. 18, 2025): OpenAI’s $750B Funding Talks, Google’s Gemini 3 Flash, Amazon’s AI Shakeup, and the Data Center Backlash

Thursday, December 18, 2025 — Today’s AI news cycle had one clear throughline: scale is getting expensive, and the industry is now wrestling with the consequences of building at “national infrastructure” size. OpenAI is reportedly exploring a funding round that would be

18 December 2025

Artificial Intelligence · Business · Data Centers · Industry Trends · NASDAQ:AMZN · NASDAQ:GOOGL · NASDAQ:ORCL · Tech News

WSP Global to Buy TRC Companies for $3.3 Billion, Building a U.S. Power & Energy Leader

December 15, 2025 — WSP Global is making one of its biggest strategic bets yet on the North American energy transition. The Montreal-based professional services firm said it has agreed to acquire U.S.-based TRC Companies in an all-cash transaction valued

16 December 2025

Business · Corporate News · Energy · Infrastructure · Mergers & Acquisitions

Disney Invests $1 Billion in OpenAI to Bring Marvel, Pixar and Star Wars Characters to Sora AI Video Platform

The Walt Disney Company is making one of the boldest bets yet on generative AI. On December 11, 2025, Disney announced a three‑year “landmark” agreement with OpenAI that will let the company’s Sora video generator create short, fan‑prompted clips featuring

11 December 2025

Artificial Intelligence · Business · Entertainment · Movies · NYSE:DIS · Technology

Eli Lilly’s $6 Billion Huntsville Plant: 450 High‑Paying Jobs, GLP‑1 Drug Boom and Alabama’s Biggest Industrial Bet

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — December 9, 2025 Eli Lilly and Company will invest more than $6 billion in a new advanced pharmaceutical manufacturing campus in Huntsville, Alabama, creating 450 high‑value permanent jobs and an estimated 3,000 construction jobs in what state

10 December 2025

Alabama · Business · Industry · Jobs · NYSE:LLY · Pharmaceuticals

IBM to Acquire Confluent for $11 Billion in All‑Cash Deal to Power Enterprise AI Data Streaming

December 8, 2025 International Business Machines (IBM) has agreed to acquire data‑streaming specialist Confluent in an all‑cash transaction valued at $11 billion, the latest sign that Big Tech’s AI arms race is shifting from models to the real‑time data infrastructure

8 December 2025

Artificial Intelligence · Business · Data Streaming · Mergers & Acquisitions · NASDAQ:CFLT · NYSE:IBM · Technology

Netflix’s $82.7B Warner Bros Deal Faces Trump Scrutiny, Hollywood Alarm

Netflix’s move to buy Warner Bros in a deal valued at about $82.7 billion has instantly become the biggest story in global media — and U.S. President Donald Trump and Warner Bros. executives are already shaping the narrative around it.

8 December 2025

Business · Hollywood · Media Industry · NASDAQ:NFLX · NASDAQ:WBD · Politics · Streaming

Anthropic News Roundup: IPO Prep, $1B Claude Code Milestone and New AI Risks (Dec 5–7, 2025)

SAN FRANCISCO — December 7, 2025 — Anthropic, the company behind the Claude AI models, has entered December with a burst of news that spans blockbuster deals, fresh warnings about AI risks, and growing speculation about a 2026 IPO. Over

7 December 2025

Artificial Intelligence · Business · Innovation · Startups · Tech News

Peebles William Hill Bookies Set for Restaurant Conversion as Landmark High Street Site Heads to Auction

Published 6 December 2025 A prominent stretch of Peebles High Street looks set for its biggest shake‑up in years, as plans emerge to turn the former William Hill betting shop into a new restaurant just as the building goes under

6 December 2025

Business · High Street · Local News · Property · Restaurants

Foxtel Business iQ Wins Major MinRes Deal, Bringing Premium Sport and Streaming to 3,000 Remote Mining Rooms

Published 6 December 2025 Foxtel Group has secured a major commercial win in Australia’s resources sector, expanding its Foxtel Business iQ platform into Mineral Resources’ (MinRes) remote accommodation network in Western Australia. The upgraded partnership will see Business iQ installed

6 December 2025

Business · Corporate Partnerships · Mining Industry · Sports Streaming · Technology

ByteDance Valuation Soars to $480 Billion: What TikTok’s Parent Is Really Worth in 2025

Key takeaways Where ByteDance’s valuation stands today In late November 2025, a private share auction involving Chinese venture firm Capital Today sent ByteDance’s implied valuation soaring to about $480 billion. The firm bought roughly $300 million worth of shares from a

5 December 2025

Business · Market Analysis · Social Media · Startups · Technology

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