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Cable TV pioneer. Conservationist. Sailing champion. Dealmaker. Ted Turner, one of the last old-school media moguls, has died at age 87. “Hardly anybody wins all the time,” he said in 2008. “I’ve won more than most.” wsj.com/business/media…

🚨Scoop from @laurenthomas: GameStop Chief Executive Ryan Cohen said in an interview he is making an unsolicited offer to buy eBay for about $56 billion. He says it can be a ‘legit competitor to Amazon.' wsj.com/business/deals…

Greg Abel went into extended detail on Berkshire's businesses in his first appearance before investors as the CEO, sized up AI opportunities and said he has a short list of acquisitions. It was a departure from the folksy vibe of the Buffett meetings. wsj.com/business/earni…

🚨Big Friday p.m. scoop from @laurenthomas: GameStop is preparing to make an offer for eBay, according to people familiar with the matter, part of Ryan Cohen’s plan to turn GameStop into a $100 billion-plus juggernaut. wsj.com/business/deals… via @WSJ

“There are times when bad news is bad news for markets. There are times when bad news is good news for markets. Then there are times like this—when bad news doesn’t even register for investors.” ⁦ wsj.com/finance/stocks…

WSJ has launched a series on "The Cost of Divorce." Today, we look at "financial infidelity" and how money offers a paper trail for the unraveling of many marriages. wsj.com/personal-finan… via @WSJ

The costs of home maintenance and upgrades on America’s aging housing stock are vast and rising fast. on.wsj.com/3Q1aKkj

This 35-year-old hotshot, who built the fastest-growing new hedge fund, is known for making bearish, gusty bets when he’s not taking care of his 160 parrots. wsj.com/finance/invest…

Before the Iran conflict, Gulf nations were a reliable source of financing for Wall Street deals. Here’s a look at the four wealthiest countries, their funds and the key people to know. on.wsj.com/41Po79O

Another WSJ M&A SCOOP: Unilever is in advanced talks to combine its food business with spice-maker McCormick in a deal that would create a new food behemoth worth roughly $60 billion, including debt. Deal announcement expected tomorrow morning. $UL $MKC W/ @BenDummett wsj.com/business/deals…

Exclusive: Unilever Nears Deal to Create $60 Billion Food Giant With McCormick wsj.com/business/deals…

“Can you hear me?” a Mossad agent can be heard, speaking in Farsi. “We know everything about you. You are on our blacklist, and we have all the information about you.” wsj.com/world/middle-e…

"I literally think all the marks are wrong," Apollo’s John Zito on private equity. Apollo says comment was on software cos. Listen to exclusive excerpts from a recent discussion he had with UBS clients: wsj.com/finance/invest… via @WSJ

Exclusive: Apollo’s John Zito called out “arrogance” in private markets, according to audio recordings of a recent discussion he had with UBS clients. Listen to exclusive excerpts from the conversation. wsj.com/finance/invest… via @WSJ

Join our team and write about the people and forces shaping markets. Huge bets on AI. Macro trades affecting nations. Succession dramas. Individual investors making exotic wagers. Requires first-class reporting and the writing to do it justice. dowjones.jobs/new-york-ny/re…

Exclusive: Kalshi and Polymarket are each eyeing roughly $20 billion valuations, evidence of how the leading prediction markets are surging, ⁦@KateClarkTweets⁩ & ⁦@KevinTDugan⁩ report. wsj.com/finance/kalshi…

The worst performers in the S&P 500 this year--software cos like Workday, Intuit and private credit giants Apollo, Blackstone, Ares

The top prediction markets are under scrutiny for bets on the Iran strike. An analysis found that suspected insiders made big profits on Polymarket, while Kalshi faced a user backlash over how it resolved a bet on Khamenei. wsj.com/world/middle-e…

Six Months, 9 Offers and $81 Billion. How Hollywood’s Nasty Takeover Was Won w/⁦@JBFlint⁩ ⁦@davidmichaels⁩ ⁦@laurenthomas⁩ wsj.com/business/media…

Exclusive: The Trump administration is weighing a possible executive order or other action that would require banks to collect citizenship information from customers wsj.com/politics/polic… via @WSJ