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TikTok reaches deal with investors on its US business
Business Insider· 2025-12-18 23:22
TikTok reached a deal with a group of investors to form a new joint venture for its US business, according to an internal memo viewed by Business Insider. The deal comes more than a year after Congress passed a law that forced its owner, ByteDance, to divest from its US operations or face a ban, because TikTok was deemed a "foreign adversary-controlled" company.The new US joint venture will operate independently in areas like US data protection and training its content recommendation algorithm while still ...
Trump signs executive order easing federal restrictions on marijuana
Business Insider· 2025-12-18 19:06
政策变动 - 美国总统特朗普签署行政命令 将大麻从管制级别最高的第一类物质重新分类为第三类物质 使其与氯胺酮和合成代谢类固醇并列[1] - 此举未完全实现大麻合法化 但将使研究人员更容易对该药物进行研究[1] 政策动因与影响 - 政策变动源于患者群体的游说 包括承受剧痛、患有不治之症和癫痫等疾病的患者[2] - 总统承认大麻的医疗用途 包括作为“成瘾且可能致命的阿片类止痛药的替代品”[2] - 此举可能为在已合法化州份运营的大麻企业带来税收减免[2] 管制级别差异 - 此前大麻被列为第一类物质 定义为“目前未被接受的医疗用途且滥用可能性高”[3] - 第三类物质则定义为“对生理和心理依赖具有中度至低度可能性”[3] 市场反应与政治信号 - 在特朗普即将签署命令的广泛传闻中 大麻类股票上周大幅上涨[3] - 在2024年竞选活动中 特朗普释放出比其第一任期更友好对待大麻的信号[4] - 特朗普表示将投票支持佛罗里达州旨在娱乐用大麻合法化的投票措施 该措施获得了56%的投票 但未达到通过所需的60%[4] - 特朗普在2024年还表示支持立法 以使大麻企业更容易运营[5]
Nasdaq's 23-Hour Trading Day in the Works. What Finance Pros Are Saying.
Business Insider· 2025-12-18 17:50
A major shift may be coming for the stock market in 2026. Nasdaq is planning to submit paperwork to the Securities & Exchange Commission seeking approval to enable around-the-clock stock trading for 23 hours a day during the week.The move would shake up the long-standing 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. trading session that's been in place since the 1980s, and market pros have mixed views on the prospect. While some market veterans believe that around-the-clock trading would ultimately be beneficial for the market, ot ...
CPI Report: US Stocks Surge on Cooler Inflation, Micron Earnings
Business Insider· 2025-12-18 15:04
Stock investors got two pieces of good news on Thursday. US stocks jumped as investors took in a cooler-than-expected inflation report, bolstering confidence in the economy and lifting hopes that the Fed will continue its rate-cutting cycle heading into next year.Consumer prices rose 2.7% year-over-year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, lower than the 3.1% annualized increase economists were expecting. Meanwhile, the tech sector got a break after days of weakness. Chip stocks, led largely by M ...
Welcome to the hectocorn era: 7 tech startups valued at $100 billion or more
Business Insider· 2025-12-18 10:23
Nearly two decades ago, tech startups used to chase the distinct pedigree of being a unicorn — reaching a $1 billion valuation.Now, fast-growing tech startups like OpenAI and SpaceX have shifted the goal posts by hundreds of billions of dollars. The era of the hectocorn has arrived. It is a small but growing club, and you must be valued at more than $100 billion to qualify.The next company to join the list could be Waymo, the self-driving robotaxi startup owned by Alphabet Inc. The autonomous automaker i ...
I'm the US CEO of Philip Morris International. My schedule books out a year in advance, but I'm not very timely — here's my routine.
Business Insider· 2025-12-18 10:23
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Stacey Kennedy, the US CEO for Philip Morris International, based in Stamford, Connecticut. It's been edited for length and clarity.I began my career with Philip Morris International, a tobacco company, in 1995 as a territory sales manager. I held several other positions before becoming vice president of sales for the Southeast region in Atlanta in 2006.From there, I worked in Lausanne at the VP level and subsequently became the managing director for mul ...
Mystery solved: Amazon is the tenant in talks with data center developer rocked by stock plunge
Business Insider· 2025-12-17 23:42
核心事件 - 亚马逊作为潜在主力租户,取消了向Fermi America数据中心项目提供的1.5亿美元预付款,导致Fermi股价在消息公布后暴跌近一半 [1][2] - Fermi首席执行官确认亚马逊是取消预付款的租户,双方谈判的是一份为期20年、价值超过200亿美元的协议 [3] - 公司表示谈判仍在进行中,预付款取消是由于独家谈判期结束,不代表谈判破裂,且意向书仍然有效 [6][7][9] 项目详情 - Fermi America正在德克萨斯州开发一个名为“斗牛士项目”的巨型数据中心园区,总规划电力容量高达11吉瓦,旨在满足AI热潮带来的激增能源需求 [1][8] - 项目计划在未来十年以上并网,电力将来自电网、天然气和核能混合来源 [8] - 项目依赖于与德州理工大学系统签订的99年土地租赁协议,该协议以Fermi与租户签署意向书为前提 [9] 公司财务与市场表现 - Fermi America于2024年9月上市,发行价为每股21美元,筹集资金超过6.8亿美元,上市时公司估值接近140亿美元 [8][12] - 受此次事件影响,公司股价近期暴跌,市值已降至60亿美元以下 [12] 商业谈判与潜在客户 - 根据分析师报告,主力租户(亚马逊)曾试图在最后时刻修改协议定价,但被Fermi拒绝 [10] - 除亚马逊外,软件公司Palantir也曾对该项目表示出兴趣 [11] - 公司管理层表示,目前正与另外两家潜在租户积极洽谈,并与另外四家保持对话 [11] 公司背景 - Fermi America由首席执行官Toby Neugebauer、前能源部长Rick Perry及其子Griffin Perry在不到一年前联合创立 [12]
The 6 biggest reveals from WBD's filing on why it rejected Paramount
Business Insider· 2025-12-17 21:52
文章核心观点 华纳兄弟探索公司董事会建议股东拒绝派拉蒙每股30美元的全公司收购要约,并支持奈飞每股27.75美元仅收购其工作室和流媒体业务的要约,认为奈飞的报价提供了更优价值和更高确定性 [1][2] 竞购过程与关键方 - 大卫·埃里森在9月华纳兄弟探索公司拒绝其秘密报价后,曾请求华纳CEO大卫·扎斯拉夫与其父拉里·埃里森会面,但最终交易未成,部分原因在于华纳对报价依赖一个资产或负债可能发生变化的可撤销信托表示担忧 [3] - 派拉蒙为争取交易,向扎斯拉夫提出若交易达成将提供价值数亿美元的薪酬方案,并提议其担任合并后公司的联席CEO和联席董事长 [4][5] - 派拉蒙的法律和财务顾问对一封质疑程序偏向奈飞的律师函不知情,并认为该信件不应被发送、无帮助且是一个错误 [6] - 除奈飞和派拉蒙外,还有一家“公司C”(据报道为Starz)提出以250亿美元现金收购华纳的有线电视频道及20%的流媒体和工作室业务,但该报价被认定为“不可行” [7][8] - 埃里森方面曾计划使用240亿美元的中东资金为其报价提供资金 [11] 交易条款与财务影响 - 根据奈飞或派拉蒙的交易若达成,艾伦公司、摩根大通和Evercore三家投行将总共获得2.25亿美元的费用 [9] - 根据文件,若与派拉蒙交易达成,扎斯拉夫主要因其股份将在交易完成后立即归属,将获得超过5亿美元(具体为567,712,631美元) [4] 行业并购趋势 - 普华永道数据显示,过去一年媒体和电信行业的并购交易价值(不包括已宣布的华纳兄弟探索公司出售交易)增长了61%,且受投资者对优质IP的渴求推动,这一势头在未来几年应会持续 [10] 监管考量 - 华纳兄弟探索公司董事会考虑到其监管顾问的建议,即监管风险并非派拉蒙与奈飞提案之间的重要差异化因素 [14] - 双方均声称己方交易能顺利通过监管审查,而对方则会遇到问题:派拉蒙认为奈飞与华纳的交易将损害消费者和好莱坞人才;奈飞则认为派拉蒙与华纳合并后的实体,按美国电视总观看时间衡量,将比其自身提议的新实体更大 [13]
The Oscars have a new stage on YouTube. The audience may have other plans.
Business Insider· 2025-12-17 21:13
行业结构性转变 - 数字媒体平台正在收购传统媒体最宝贵的资产 Netflix赢得收购华纳兄弟影业和HBO的权利[1] 若交易完成 一家纯数字媒体将控制一家仍向影院发行电影的制片厂以及最负盛名的付费电视服务[2] - 奥斯卡颁奖礼将从传统电视网络ABC转移到数字平台YouTube 这一转变具有重要的象征意义[3] 奥斯卡颁奖礼的转变与挑战 - 奥斯卡颁奖礼将于2029年开始在YouTube上播出 为期五年[3] 但主办方美国电影艺术与科学学院仍将负责节目的制作 因此节目形式可能不会发生根本性改变[6] - 奥斯卡收视率长期处于下滑趋势 1998年收视峰值达到5700万美国观众 目前收视人数已不足当年的一半[7] - 收视下滑的原因包括 电影观影本身在衰退 提名影片知名度不高 以及节目本身不够精彩[8] 但根本原因是互联网的普及导致电视整体受欢迎程度下降[8] - 尽管转向互联网并向全球免费播放可能扩大潜在观众群 但能否吸引更多观众仍不确定[9] 观众可随时在社交媒体上看到明星 这可能降低观看颁奖礼的动力[10]
The head of Amazon's AGI team is leaving
Business Insider· 2025-12-17 19:15
The executive who led Amazon's efforts to build top AI models is out. Rohit Prasad, SVP and head scientist, is leaving two years after launching a new Artificial General Intelligence group. CEO Andy Jassy said Prasad plans to depart at the end of the year. Prasad was elevated to report directly to Jassy in 2023 to lead the AGI team, which was tasked with developing Amazon's "most ambitious" AI models, Business Insider reported at the time. Since then, Prasad helped launch Amazon's Nova family of AI model ...