Paramount merger moves toward a contested settlement

Paramount's proposed Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition was the week's dominant thread, moving from court pressure and a foreign-ownership hurdle toward a possible state settlement without a final agreement. Several large deals exposed the cost of expansion, as Grab gained lending scale while Solar's Omnia purchase drew steep share declines over leverage and integration risks.

Elsewhere, buyers pursued scale in wealth technology and radiopharma, with the latter merger following an unexpected FDA rejection.