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1. Netflix ditches deal for Warner Bros. Discovery after Paramount’s offer is deemed superior

2. Block shares soar as much as 24% as company slashes workforce by nearly half

3. Anthropic CEO Amodei says Pentagon's threats 'do not change our position' on AI

4. U.S. and Iran wrap up 'most intense' nuclear talks with no deal — more negotiations ahead

5. Trump administration faces first big tariff refund court deadline on Friday

6. Russia and Ukraine agree local truce to allow repairs at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant

7. CoreWeave shares slip 8% as quarterly revenue guidance disappoints

8. Smartphone market poised for 'sharpest decline on record' in 2026

9. See the movie, play the game: How Nintendo is pulling out all the stops to sell the Switch 2

10. Big Tech and banking stocks helped Norway's $2 trillion wealth fund book a $250 billion profit in 2025

11. UK PM Keir Starmer suffers major blow after his party comes third in key vote

12. Opinion: Block's layoffs might just be the biggest story of a tumultuous week. Here's why

13. Columbia U. student Elmina Aghayeva released from ICE custody after Trump, NY mayor meeting

14. Not all strategies belong in an ETF wrapper. Here's why

15. Newly spun off Qnity proves it's an AI force that investors should not ignore

16. India's economy grows at faster-than-expected pace of 7.8% in December quarter

17. FanDuel parent Flutter reports disappointing fourth-quarter earnings

18. Novartis, Genentech file suit alleging illegal importation of prescription drug

19. Trump said beef, egg and chicken prices are falling. Here's what the data shows

20. Small investors buy Nvidia in record numbers after Thursday's open