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Aug 2025
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The Real Risk

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Netflix may be forced to offer all cash for WBD if the cable assets being spun off doesn’t have the value Netflix thought they did. But is that something Netflix will do and what are the risks? We break it down. Travis Hoium, Lou Whiteman, and Jon Quast discuss: - Netflix offerin ... Show More
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When ChatGPT was released, the company most impacted was supposed to be Google. But over the past year Google has surpassed OpenAI’s models and Gemini is gaining market share. This week, the company also won a deal to power Apple’s Siri and announced a shopping protocol. It looks ... Show More
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