Paramount Global should consider other proposals before merging with David Ellison’s Skydance Media, according to Ariel Investments founder John W. Rogers trib.al/cENkfpQ

Municipal bonds this month showed that all credit markets are vulnerable to the worry over interest rates remaining high trib.al/suBDKl7

Molson Coors' CEO isn't seeing an Ozempic effect, saying it's just general volatility that's dimming the brewer's outlook trib.al/vzjPkKD

Walgreens shares are capping off their worst month in more than five years as the troubled drugstore chain navigates a difficult turnaround trib.al/ZBm2D7A

The UAE canceled meetings with London’s Lord Mayor and other British officials as a dispute deepened over the Persian Gulf nation’s alleged role in the civil war ravaging Sudan trib.al/jPvs7oH

For US cities, urban innovation solutions from Latin America can be more useful than better-known practices from Europe trib.al/0OiKkOQ via @citylab

The time has come to “rebalance” his personal and professional life after years of globe-trotting and long hours, HSBC CEO Noel Quinn said when he announced his surprise resignation trib.al/EeuaTBw

Emirates Telecommunications Group Co. is considering a potential acquisition of eastern European carrier United Group as it seeks further expansion outside its home market. trib.al/RYyvmk3

The Supreme Court let Texas keep imposing age-verification requirements on porn sites trib.al/zBc3bMa

Binance’s CZ may become the richest person ever to go to jail in the US. How did it all come to this?

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Central bankers treat the 2% inflation target like the ring of power.

🎥 They need to take it off, says Marcus Ashworth trib.al/4ogezea

Cocoa prices down another >10% today, following an historic >15% plunge on Monday.

With Robert Burgess permission, let's declare the chocolate market has entered 'meltdown' territory.

Last month, we at @Opinion warned the cocoa market was 'disorderly.'
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An almighty diplomatic row has erupted between Britain and Ireland over Irish plans to return asylum seekers to the UK. Get the Readout with Ailbhe Rea. trib.al/QTe9l0Z

Microsoft will invest $1.7 billion to build out cloud computing and AI infrastructure in Indonesia, betting on Southeast Asia’s biggest economy to spur growth trib.al/UmE9psk

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TotalEnergies is increasingly making noise about moving its stock listing to New York trib.al/eUMH47O

Investors are plowing into technology ETFs at a record clip as conviction builds that the market’s biggest stocks can thrive in almost any economic cycle trib.al/IOM02uD

Javier Milei notches a congressional win after Argentina’s lower house approves the privatization of some public companies and other key chapters of his omnibus reform bill trib.al/SmbZTrB

California said its population grew last year for the first time since the pandemic began in 2020 amid decreased mortality and a pickup in legal immigration. trib.al/H64I0M4

US wind power slipped last year for the first time in a quarter-century due to weaker-than-normal Midwest breezes trib.al/17zw4tW