Wall Street banked on a flurry of deals under Trump in 2025. It wasn’t that simple

[ad_1] The Wall Street Bull statue covered in snow on Nov. 15, 2018. Erik Mcgregor | Lightrocket | Getty Images Wall Street expected U.S. mergers and acquisitions to roar back in 2025. The reality was something closer to fits and starts. Following the re-election of President Donald Trump more than a year ago, executives and … Read more

What’s ahead for media in 2026? Anonymous executives make bold predictions

[ad_1] CEO and President of Warner Bros. Discovery David Zaslav and CEO of Paramount Skydance, David Ellison. Mike Blake | Brendan McDermid | Reuters It’s time for everyone’s favorite holiday tradition — CNBC’s annual anonymous media executive predictions! CNBC spoke with 16 of the most powerful and influential executives in U.S. media, sports and entertainment, … Read more

Wall Street barrels toward final week of October against backdrop of Big Tech earnings, Fed meeting

[ad_1] Wall Street is barreling toward a big week ahead with Big Tech earnings, a critical Federal Reserve meeting and an important meeting between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping that could set the tone for the rest of the year. Stocks are on pace to wrap up a strong October next week. … Read more

The Sims Turned Players Into Gods. And Farmers. And Vampires. And Landlords.

[ad_1] Will Wright kindly requests that admirers stop describing him as a god. “I don’t think God would concern himself with taking out the trash and cleaning the toilet,” he quipped while chain-smoking cigarettes. Besides, he’s an atheist. But what is better shorthand to describe the man who created The Sims? The influential video game … Read more