Samsung reports record Q4 operating profit amid booming chip demand

Samsung Electronics reported historic Q4 operating profits, with projections near 20 trillion won driven by surging memory and AI chip demand. Multiple outlets note unprecedented profit gains fueled by a chip market supercycle, underscoring Samsung’s dominant position in global semiconductor production.

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Samsung forecasts record profit and signals sustained AI boom

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Memory Boom Highlights

Samsung Reaps Memory Dividends As Operating Profits Surge By ~3x

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Samsung smashes profit record on memory boom

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Samsung Electronics estimates nearly three-fold profit surge as memory prices skyrocket

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Samsung’s Q4 operating profit hits all-time high of $14 bn amid memory boom - KED Global

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Samsung Electronics estimates nearly three-fold profit surge as memory prices skyrocket

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Samsung Electronics estimates nearly three-fold profit surge as memory prices skyrocket - CNBC

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Samsung Elec’s Q4 profit triples to all-time high on strong memory chip business - 매일경제

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Record Profit Announcements

(4th LD) Samsung estimates record 20 tln-won operating profit in Q4 amid chip market supercycle

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KOSPI extends record rally late Thu. morning as Samsung projects record Q4 earnings

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Samsung Electronics forecasts record US$13.8bil profit in Q4 - Free Malaysia Today

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(URGENT) Samsung's quarterly operating profit reach 20 tln won for 1st time in Q4

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Samsung squashes hopes that it will release its Ballie home robot

Scharon Harding / arstechnica - Six years after its CES debut, Samsung has demoted Ballie to internal use.

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Samsung’s Ballie robot won’t be rolling into your home after all

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You won’t be able to buy Samsung’s household Ballie robot after all

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Samsung squashes hopes that it will release its Ballie home robot

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Samsung's Rolling Ballie Robot Indefinitely Shelved After Delays

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Samsung’s Ballie robot is probably never coming out

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Apple Inks A Deal With JPMorgan To Power Its Apple Card As Goldman Sachs Surrenders The Business At A $1 Billion Discount

Rohail Saleem / wccftech - The inevitable seems to have come to pass. Apple has reportedly inked a deal with JPMorgan to take over its Apple Card business, which is now being surrendered by Goldman Sachs at a rare $1 billion discount. Apple Card will soon be powered by JPMorgan's f…

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Deal Details and Negotiation Saga

Apple swaps card to JPMorgan

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JPMorgan Chase to Become New Issuer of Apple Credit Card

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JPMorgan Chase Reaches a Deal To Take Over the Apple Credit Card

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Apple Inks A Deal With JPMorgan To Power Its Apple Card As Goldman Sachs Surrenders The Business At A $1 Billion Discount

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JPMorgan to take over Apple’s $20bn credit card portfolio from Goldman Sachs

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JPMorgan Chase reaches deal to take over Apple Card

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Apple Card Will Move From Goldman Sachs to JPMorgan Chase

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Ubisoft is shutting down a studio 16 days after it unionized

Will Shanklin / engadget - Ubisoft is closing a Canadian studio just over two weeks after it unionized. In a dizzying claim, the company told GamesIndustry.biz that the closure of Ubisoft Halifax was part of "company-wide actions to streamline operations" and unrelated to the union…

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Ubisoft Shuts Down Assassin's Creed: Rebellion Developer Halifax Studio Just Weeks After It Unionized - IGN

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Ubisoft is shutting down a studio 16 days after it unionized

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Ubisoft Shuts Down Halifax Studio Days After Union Vote

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Ubisoft Shuts Down Ubisoft Halifax, Claims the Decision Had Nothing to do With the Studio Unionizing Three Weeks Ago

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Ubisoft shuts down Halifax studio right after it unionized

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Anthropic Raising $10 Billion at $350 Billion Value

Kate Clark / wsj - The planned deal represents nearly a doubling of the AI startup’s valuation from four months ago.

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Direct reports on Anthropic’s $10B, $350B funding move

Anthropic Eyes $10B Funding Round at $350B Valuation

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Anthropic to raise $10 billion at $350 billion valuation

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Claude maker Anthropic to raise $10bn round at $350bn valuation – reports

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Anthropic aims to raise $10B with a valuation of $350B

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Anthropic Said to Be in Talks to Raise Funding at a $350 Billion Valuation

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Anthropic Said to Be in Talks to Raise Funding at a $350 Billion Valuation

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Anthropic Raising $10 Billion at $350 Billion Value

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Claude creator Anthropic reportedly hits $350 billion valuation as it raises another $10 billion

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Anthropic reportedly raising $10B at $350B valuation

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Anthropic Raising $10 Billion at $350 Billion Value, WSJ Says

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Investor details shaping Anthropic’s mega funding round

Claude-maker Anthropic targets $10B raise at $350B valuation with GIC in mix

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Anthropic reportedly seeking to raise $10B at $350B valuation

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Anthropic signs term sheet for $10 billion funding round at $350 billion valuation

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Wider AI investment climate influences Anthropic’s valuation surge

AI investors brush off bubble fears by fundraising more

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Anthropic Aims to Nearly Double Valuation in New Funding Round

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Anthropic is reportedly in talks to raise $10 billion at a $350 billion valuation, marking its third mega-round in a year.

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Amgen acquires Oxford-based Dark Blue in deal worth up to €718 million to advance leukemia programme

David Cendon Garcia / eu-startups - Dark Blue Therapeutics, a British discovery and development BioTech company innovating the next generation of precision oncology medicines, has been acquired by US-based global BioTech company Amgen, in a transaction valued at up to €718 million ($840 mil…

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Biotech Amgen acquires UK-based Dark Blue Therapeutics in $840m deal

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Amgen Acquires UK’s Dark Blue Therapeutics For Up To €718M To Advance Precision Oncology

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Amgen acquires Oxford-based Dark Blue in deal worth up to €718 million to advance leukemia programme

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Dark Blue Therapeutics acquired by Amgen for up to £622m

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Second big exit for OSE: Dark Blue’s $840M sale to Amgen

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Warner Bros. Discovery rejects Paramount’s bid again, calls it a ‘leveraged buyout’

Ram Iyer / techcrunch - The studio's board unanimously rejected Paramount Skydance's revised $108.4 billion bid, calling the proposal a "leveraged buyout" that would saddle the company with $87 billion in debt.

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Board opts Netflix over risky Paramount bid (13)
Industry warns of broader deal risks (2)
Larry Ellison’s backing falls short for Paramount (2)
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Board opts Netflix over risky Paramount bid

Warner Bros. Discovery rejects Paramount’s $108.4 billion takeover bid

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‘More risk’: Warner Bros rejects revised Paramount takeover offer

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Warner Bros Rejects Revised Paramount Bid, Sticks With Netflix

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Warner Bros. rejects Paramount’s revised $108B takeover bid, sticks with Netflix deal - The Express Tribune

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Warner Discovery Rejects Paramount’s Amended Hostile Bid - The Wall Street Journal

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Warner Bros. rejects revised Paramount bid, citing risky leveraged buyout - MS NOW

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Warner Bros rejects revised Paramount bid, continues with Netflix - WION

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WBD Board Rejects Revised Paramount $108.4 Billion Bid, Sticks With Accepted Netflix Offer - Media Play News

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WBD Rejects Revised Paramount $108.4 Billion Bid, Sticks With Accepted Netflix Offer

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Warner Bros. Discovery rejects Paramount’s bid again, calls it a ‘leveraged buyout’

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Warners Bros. Discovery board urges shareholders to reject amended Paramount bid

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Warner Bros., unswayed by Ellison backing of Paramount bid, sticks with Netflix

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WBD rejects latest Paramount offer; backs Netflix deal

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Industry warns of broader deal risks

GOP focused on prices, not labour, with Netflix/WB

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Exhibitor Trade Group Warns Against Netflix or Paramount Acquiring Warner Bros. Studios

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Larry Ellison’s backing falls short for Paramount

Warner Bros. sticks with Netflix merger, calls Paramount’s $108B bid “illusory”

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Warner Bros. tells shareholders that Larry Ellison’s wealth isn’t enough to best Netflix bid

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Shareholder blasts board’s negotiation approach

WBD Shareholder Claims Board Not Negotiating With Paramount in Good Faith

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Swap Raises $100M in Series C Funding

FinSMEs / finsmes - Swap, a NYC-based provider of a commerce operating system, raised $100m in Series C funding. The round was co-led by DST Global and ICONIQ. The company intends to use the funds to continue to expand operations and its business reach, as well as to invest …

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London E-Commerce Startup Swap Secures $100M Funding

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VC firms DST Global and Iconiq are piling into e-commerce startup Swap Commerce, which is going up against Shopify.

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Shopify competitor Swap raises $100M six months after raising $40M

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Swap Raises $100M in Series C Funding

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Swap raises $100M Series C round to expand global commerce operating system

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Swap raises $100M from DST, ICONIQ to unify fragmented global e-commerce ops

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E-commerce operating startup Swap raises $100M

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Beijing mulls intervention in Meta’s deal to buy Manus amid AI ‘brain drain’ fears

scmp - Chinese authorities are considering whether to step in over Meta Platforms’ acquisition of Manus – an artificial intellligence agent developer with Chinese roots – amid concerns the deal could breach technology export controls and encourage more start-ups…