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Sheldon Cooper | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesSalesforce shares popped 5% on Friday, extending a rally that began after the company’s better-than-expected earnings report earlier in the week. The stock climbed 13% over the past five days, its best weekly performance since December 2023.The company reported adjusted earnings per share of $3.25, topping Wall Street’s estimates of $2.86 per share. Revenue increased 8.6% year over year to $10.26 billion but just missed analyst projections of $10.27 billion.Although the artificial intelligence boom has pushed several tech companies into record surges, cloud software firms have seen a rocky year as investors wonder whether…

Josh Brown, a long-term Netflix bull , said on CNBC Friday afternoon that he had cut his position in the streaming platform by 85% following its $72 billion deal to buy pieces of Warner Bros. Discovery. In the deal, announced on Friday, Netflix will acquire Warner Bros.’ film studio and streaming service at $27.75 per WBD share. While Brown said that he still likes the stock, the year or so it could take for this deal to settle represents a big opportunity cost in terms of other lost investments. “I can’t sit for a year and watch this become a…

MPD Chief of Police Pamela Smith and U.S. Capitol Police Chief Michael Sullivan attend a news conference at the Department of Justice on Thursday, December 4, 2025, announcing the arrest of Brian Cole Jr., who allegedly placed pipe bombs near the Republican and Democratic National Committee offices on January 6, 2021. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty ImagesAccused pipe bomb planter Brian Cole Jr. confessed his crimes to the FBI, and told agents he supported President Donald Trump and held anarchist views, MS NOW reported Friday.Cole, 30, was arrested Thursday morning at his family’s home in Woodbridge, Virginia,…

Rubrik shares soared 22% on Friday after the data management company posted blowout fiscal third-quarter numbers and boosted guidance.The stock, which debuted on the market in April 2024, had its second-best day on record. Revenue jumped 48% from a year earlier to $350 million, topping the $320 million average analyst estimate, according to LSEG. In its announcement late Thursday, Rubrik reported adjusted earnings of 10 cents per share, while analysts had expected a loss of 17 cents per share. The company boosted revenue guidance for the fiscal year to a range of $1.28 billion to $1.282 billion, up from a…

Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison speaks during the Bloomberg Screentime conference in Los Angeles on October 9, 2025.Patrick T. Fallon | Afp | Getty ImagesThis isn’t exactly what David Ellison had planned in September. Just a few months ago, the Paramount Skydance CEO sent a letter to the Warner Bros. Discovery board of directors arguing a combination of the two media and entertainment companies made sense. That letter was the first of several that offered increasingly higher prices to acquire the company along with arguments of why the assets were better together.Paramount’s interest spurred a formal sale process — bringing…

The popular American children’s content creator, Ms Rachel, has said that since being shortlisted by a pro-Israel group for “Antisemite of the Year”, there has been a spike in threats towards her and her family.  In a statement posted on Instagram on Thursday, Ms Rachel, also known as Rachel Griffin Accurso, revealed that constant attacks by the pro-Israel group StopAntisemitism had forced her to hire security amid false claims that she supported the Palestinian group Hamas. “The Stop Antisemitism Now group should not be able to try to ruin people’s lives, cause them to receive threats and need security, try to get all business…

U.S. President Donald Trump was awarded the new FIFA peace prize on Friday at the 2026 World Cup draw — giving the soccer spectacle to set matchups for the quadrennial tournament even more of a Trumpian flair.Trump, who has openly campaigned for the Nobel Peace Prize, had been heavily favored to win the newly created FIFA prize. He and FIFA president Gianni Infantino are close allies, and Infantino had made it clear that he thought Trump should have won the Nobel for his efforts to broker a ceasefire in Gaza.Editor’s Picks2 RelatedTrump told reporters upon arriving at the Kennedy Center…

The oversight body of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has shunned US demands for the court to drop its investigation into Israeli war crimes and to amend its founding treaty to prevent the prosecution of nationals from countries that do not recognise the court’s jurisdiction, Middle East Eye can reveal. In a statement issued on Wednesday after its annual meeting in The Hague earlier this week, the Assembly of States Parties (ASP) vowed to uphold the integrity of the Rome Statute and said it was “gravely concerned” by threats and coercive measures targeting the court. The meeting took place in…

Tokenized stocks are gaining ground as a way for ordinary people to access investment opportunities long reserved for high net-worth individuals and other accredited investors. But while retail traders’ interest in the emerging asset class is accelerating, some experts are cautioning them to pump the breaks. Tokenization refers to the process of creating a digital version of a real-world asset – for example, a stock, bond or real-estate deed – on a blockchain, or decentralized network. And as real-world asset tokenization booms, blockchain-based stocks have started to gain traction. But, experts are divided on tokenized equities. The products have become popular with…

A man walks past movie posters at at AMC Theater in Montebello, California on May 5, 2025. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty ImagesMovie theater operators woke up Friday to the possibility of a new world order.Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery announced a deal for the streaming giant to acquire WBD’s film studio and streaming service, bringing an end to a months-long bidding process that saw Paramount Skydance and Comcast also vying for the assets.With Netflix as the victor, exhibitors are in a panic. Unlike traditional movie studios, the streamer has not adhered to conventional theatrical distribution, and there are fears that…