ECB, BOE, Riksbank and Norges Bank make final calls of 2025

ECB, BOE, Riksbank and Norges Bank make final calls of 2025

A projected illumination marking the 75th anniversary of the Schuman Declaration, on the Grossmarkthalle building at the European Central Bank headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, on May 9, 2025. Alex Kraus/Bloomberg via Getty Images Investors are gearing up for the last interest-rate decisions of 2025, with four of Europe’s central banks announcing their monetary policies and…

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WBD board tells shareholders to reject Paramount Skydance’s takeover offer, saying ‘value is inadequate’

WBD board tells shareholders to reject Paramount Skydance’s takeover offer, saying ‘value is inadequate’

The Paramount logo is displayed on the water tower at Paramount Studios on December 8, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images The Warner Bros. Discovery board on Wednesday said it unanimously recommended that WBD shareholders reject a takeover offer from Paramount Skydance and stick with a “superior” proposal from Netflix. Last…

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Sheryl Sandberg says corporate climate ‘one of the worst’ ever seen

Sheryl Sandberg says corporate climate ‘one of the worst’ ever seen

Former Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg warned that public displays of misogyny and “tech bro” rhetoric are damaging corporate culture at the world’s biggest companies. “Rhetoric matters, who says what matters,” Sandberg told CNBC Senior Media & Tech Correspondent Julia Boorstin in the latest episode of the “CNBC Changemakers and Power Players” podcast. Sandberg’s comments come…

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A look back at the U.K. in 2025

A look back at the U.K. in 2025

This report is from this week’s CNBC’s UK Exchange newsletter. Like what you see? You can subscribe here. The dispatch It is tempting, in assessing what 2025 brought for the U.K. economy and for Britain’s corporates and financial markets, to focus more on what didn’t happen than on what did. Most obviously, widely expected interest rate…

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