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ValueAct began buying Disney this summer during the Hollywood strikes and it is now one of the investor's largest positions, the Activist Spotlight has learned.

UBS Group CEO Sergio Ermotti says the "incredible" market demand for the bank's recent issuance of AT1 bonds is a "signal to the Swiss banking system."

Russia is attempting to make the APEC summit, and talks between Xi and Biden, look like a diplomatic and geopolitical failure.

Sega Chief Operating Officer Shuji Utsumi said that the company is thinking of bringing more of its lucrative intellectual property to other platforms.

China on Wednesday reported better-than-expected retail sales and industrial data for October, while the real estate drag worsened. 

Siemens Energy has secured 7.5 billion euros in project-related state guarantees from the German government to safeguard the company's order book.

U.K. inflation fell sharply in October to a two-year low of 4.6% from 6.7% the previous month.

Kristalina Georgieva of the IMF said that the public sector should keep preparing to deploy CBDCs and related payment platforms in the future.

German housebuilding is on the brink of collapse as construction is slowing, and the country's broader economy could be negatively impacted, experts say.

Israel has significantly stepped up its ground invasion over recent days.

The size of unfinished, pre-sold homes in China is about 20 times the size of developer Country Garden as of the end of 2022, Nomura analysts said.

Over 1,400 CEOs have stepped down from their positions between January to September, marking an almost 50% rise from a year ago.

It’s hard to describe yesterday’s market movements as anything but exuberant. This time, there’s a rational basis behind them: Inflation's receding.

The deals, which were recommended for ratification by UAW leaders, are each currently on pace to pass. Yet they've received notable rejections at Ford and GM.

Republicans' two-step continuing resolution to fund the government in phases passed with the help of Democrats.

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai on Tuesday confirmed that Google pays Apple 36% of Safari search revenue, under the terms of a default search agreement.

The PGA Tour is in talks with Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund to complete a framework aagreement they reached earlier this year.

House Speaker Mike Johnson said he expects to win bipartisan backing Tuesday for his "laddered" continuing resolution to fund the government.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, chairman of the committee, broke up the argument between Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., and Teamsters President Sean O'Brien.

Airbnb has made its first acquisition as a public company, in a deal valued at just under $200 million, sources familiar with the deal told CNBC.