Paramount Launches Hostile Bid for Warner Bros. | Bloomberg Businessweek Daily 12/8/2025

On today's episode of Bloomberg Businessweek Daily, Carol Massar and Matt Miller discuss Paramount Skydance launching a hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery valued at $30 a share in cash. Bloomberg's Felix Gillette and Geetha Ranganathan of Bloomberg Intelligence join the show to break it down. Also on today's show, Bloomberg's Alexandre Rajbhandari and Sri Natarajan on JPMorgan hiring Berkshire’s Todd Combs for a prominent investing role, and CSIS Critical Minerals Security Program Director Gracelin Baskaran weighs in on the ongoing global race to dominate rare earths imports for trade, tech, and more.

Chapters:
00:00:00 - Bloomberg Businessweek Daily Starts
00:05:02 - Felix Gillette and Geetha Ranganathan on Warner Bros. Bidding War Ramping Up with Paramount $108B Hostile Bid
00:14:30 - Schwab Center for Financial Research’s Kevin Gordon Talks Stocks Skidding as Traders Gird for Heated Fed Meeting
00:20:48 - Alexandre Rajbhandari and Sri Natarajan Break Down JPMorgan Hiring Berkshire’s Combs for Investing, Adviser Role
00:36:45 - CSIS’s Gracelin Baskaran Details How US Critical Minerals Deals Impact China
00:43:16 - Denitsa Tsekova with Stocks on the Move
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