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Struggling vintage champagne market begins to fizz again

After several glum years, interest is picking up ahead of the new year

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Ex-Splunk execs’ startup Resolve AI hits $1 billion valuation with Series A

The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, according to people familiar with the deal.

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Record $350 Billion Deals Boom Fuels Upbeat M&A Outlook in Japan

It’s been a record year for deals involving Japanese companies, with transaction volume approaching $350 billion as December draws to a close. And next year is poised to be even busier.

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Dynamite’s CEO Lambastes Quebec Premier Legault Over Immigration

The head of fast-fashion retailer Groupe Dynamite Inc. sharply criticized Quebec Premier Francois Legault, threatening again to move the company’s headquarters if the provincial government doesn’t relax its restrictive immigration policies.

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James Steven Stepping Down as Warner Music’s Chief Communications Officer, Read His Farewell Note

James Steven, Warner Music Group‘s longtime chief communications officer and executive vice president is stepping down from his post. While his next destination has not been announced, multiple sources say he will be taking on a similar role at Universal Music Group, where he will rejoin Will Tanous…

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Tourists to face €2 fee to get near Rome's Trevi Fountain

Visitors who don't live in Rome will have to pay to view the Baroque monument up close from February.

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Warlords v Merchants: who really controls ID and Information Policy

Sooner or later we will have to interface with the global market leaders, including for ID systems and the UK will be a more prosperous and secure place to live, work and do business if we do so ...

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Grassi Clears Hurdle to Take Over Distressed Argentina Soy Giant

Grassi SA, one of Argentina’s top grain brokerages, cleared what could be the last hurdle to take over distressed exporter Vicentin SAIC, whose assets include a significant stake in the world’s biggest soybean crushing plant.

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Elliott Refinanced Altice International's Holding Company Loan

A holding company of Altice International obtained funds from Elliott Investment Management to refinance more than €500 million ($586 million) of debt, as part of a broader effort by Patrick Drahi’s telecommunications conglomerate to sort out its pile of liabilities, people familiar with the matter …

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What the newly signed TikTok deal means for its future in U.S.

TikTok has agreed to sell its U.S. operations to a consortium of investors. CBS News MoneyWatch correspondent Kelly O'Grady joins to assess the potential implications.

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Prediction markets barely make money; sportsbooks make money

Kalshi’s ‘truth machine’ is financialising differences of opinion (about sports)

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Android introduces $2-4 install fee and 10–20% cut for US external content links

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Toss a Coin in the Trevi Fountain? That’ll Be 2 Euros, Wish Not Included

Starting on Feb. 1, Rome will charge tourists a fee to go down into the basin of the famed 18th-century fountain. Not every one is happy (except Romans, who won’t have to pay).

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IBM to Buy Confluent in $11B Bid to Boost Data Streaming

The companies say the deal will allow them to boost data handling in hybrid cloud environments.

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Golden Gate Seeks $1.8 Billion for Deal Backed By Ardian, Apollo

Golden Gate Capital is raising about $1.8 billion from investors including Ardian, Neuberger Berman and Apollo Global Management’s S3 in a deal that will let some investors cash out of its evergreen fund.

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European Commission renews UK data adequacy agreement, ensuring continued free flow of data

Despite calls from some data protection campaigners, the UK's agreement to allow data movement with European Economic Area countries is extended until 2031

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Exclusive: Cursor acquires code review startup Graphite as AI coding competition heats up

The deal will gives Cursor, currently valued at $29 billion, more code review and debugging capabilities

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Pimco, Witkoff Firm Default on $400 Million LA Apartment Complex

Pacific Investment Management Co. and Witkoff Group, the real estate developer founded by US special envoy Steve Witkoff, are in default on a $400 million-plus loan tied to a luxury apartment complex in Santa Monica, California, according to a notice filed with Los Angeles County.

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Here's how Trump's new fusion company could navigate the road ahead

Let's explore what's next for the year's surprise odd couple: Trump Media's merger with TAE Technologies, a company trying to commercialize fusion.Why it matters: The deal injects new cash into TAE as fusion — long more science fiction than energy reality — moves closer to commercial scale. The merg…

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‘The rocket ship keeps going off’: inside the Nvidia phenomenon with author Stephen Witt

"The Thinking Machine" was just crowned the FT and Schroders business book of the year because Witt got deep inside the "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."