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- Benzinga
Sony's Bold $26B Paramount Bid Raises Eyebrows: Can They Finance It?
Sony Group Corp’s (NYSE:SONY) shares experienced a significant drop, the largest in nearly three months, following its joint $26 billion bid with Apollo Global Management Inc (NYSE:APO) to purchase American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate Paramount Global (NASDAQ:PARA). The offer has sparked concerns about Sony’s financial capacity to handle the acquisition, as the proposed deal exceeds Sony’s current cash reserves. Despite the concerns, market analysts suggest that more
- Reuters
US STOCKS-Wall Street closes higher for third session on rate cut optimism
U.S. stock indexes closed higher on Monday, their third straight session of advances, as investors continued to gain hope that there was a greater chance of the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates this year. Expectations for rate cuts by the U.S. central bank have been tempered as the year has progressed, as inflation has proven stickier, and some investors had begun to worry they might not materialize at all, sending markets lower in April.
- Reuters
US STOCKS-Wall Street ends higher for third session on rate cut optimism
U.S. stock indexes ended higher on Monday, their third straight session of advances, as investors continued to gain hope that there was a greater chance of the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates this year. Expectations for rate cuts by the U.S. central bank have been tempered as the year has progressed, as inflation has proven stickier, and some investors had begun to worry they might not materialize at all, sending markets lower in April. Coupled with earnings season in corporate America surprising to the upside, this gave equity investors renewed positive moment in recent sessions.
