Applied Nutrition has entered a three-year partnership with supermarket chain Morrisons for a high-protein range, including GLP-1 ready meals. The UK-based sports nutrition business said Morrisons will “formulate, produce and sell” its own brand food range, which also features food-to-go sandwiches, salads and cheese. London-listed Applied Nutrition added the agreement with Morrisons marks its "first out-licensing deal", including what it said are "GLP-1-friendly" ready meals. An initial 53 products ar ...

The financing comes after Netflix earlier this month agreed to buy Warner Bros. for $72 billion. - Lucy Nicholson/Reuters Netflix is laying the foundation for its deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery’s studios and HBO Max streaming service, securing up to $25 billion in bank financing to fund it. The Los Gatos, Calif., streaming company entered into a $5 billion senior unsecured revolving credit facility and two senior unsecured delayed-draw term-loan facilities totaling $20 billion, according to a Monday ...

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Gold (GC=F) futures opened at $4,369.90 per troy ounce Monday, just down from Friday’s closing price of $4,387.30. The closing price on Friday eclipsed the previous high the yellow metal reached back in October. The price of gold moved above $4,444 in early trading. Economic and geopolitical conditions continue to spur the precious metal into record territory. Analysts are pricing in at least a couple more rate cuts from the Federal Reserve next year, and the U.S.-Venezuelan tensions continue to ratche ...

Cintas, a maker of workplace products, is offering $5.2 billion for smaller uniform supplier UniFirst. - Erik McGregor/LightRocket/Getty Images Cintas, a big maker of workplace products, has submitted another offer to acquire smaller uniform supplier UniFirst, showing no signs of giving up after nearly four years of failing to get a deal done. This time, it is bidding $5.2 billion and vowing to make sure the transaction clears any regulatory hurdles by including a sizable break fee to sweeten the deal. ...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has allocated €8m ($9.3m) to Sparkasse Bank Skopje for the green finance facility (GFF) in North Macedonia. The funding will be used to offer loans to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that are investing in renewable energy and energy efficiency. The GFF pools resources from the Joint SDG Fund, the government of North Macedonia, the EBRD, and various local banks. The programme is delivered through partnerships involving the United Nati ...

Cell-cultivated protein company Meatable has wound up operations after failing to raise new funding. London-listed Agronomics, a long-term investor in the Dutch business founded in 2018, said the Meatable board and its shareholders “have resolved to dissolve the legal entity and its related group companies and to terminate all operating activities”. In a stock exchange notice on Friday (19 December), Agronomics added the Dutch firm has faced a number of challenges in 2025, described as “foreseeable and ...

Warren Buffett isn’t called the “Oracle of Omaha” for nothing. With a net worth of around $150 billion, he’s the world’s most prominent and lucrative investor, thanks to his expert timing and knack for predicting the best buys. Though Buffett has announced his plans to retire at the end of 2025 (at age 95!), his impact on investment strategy is simply unmatched. With that in mind, is there anything he won’t invest in? Actually, yes. Buffett instinctively knows when to hedge his bets, and if you like to f ...

Dec 22 (Reuters) - Oracle (ORCL) co-founder Larry Ellison will provide a personal guarantee of $40.4 billion in equity financing to back Paramount Skydance's (PSKY) all-cash $108.4 billion bid for Warner Bros Discovery (WBD), a regulatory filing showed on Monday. The guarantee ​aims to address Warner Bros board's doubts over Paramount's deal financing and the lack of a full ‌backing from the Ellison family, which had led the company to prefer a cash-and-stock deal with Netflix (NFLX). Paramount said the ...

When you start building wealth at a young age, that wealth has more time to grow. Cumulative interest and investment gains can add up over time, leaving you much wealthier if you make the right decisions early. Money expert Humphrey Yang understands the value of early money lessons. In a recent video on his YouTube channel, he shares money lessons he wishes he’d learned earlier in life — though, still in his 30s, he still has time to apply them himself. 1. Income Matters More Than Expenses Money expert ...