Oracle

Warner Bros rejects revised Paramount bid, sticks with Netflix

The offer hinges on ‘extraordinary amount of debt financing’ that heightens risk of closing, the board tells shareholders

The board of Warner Bros unanimously recommended that shareholders reject Paramount’s earlier bid in favour of Netflix’s offer.

Paramount’s new offer for Warner Bros is not sufficient, major investor says

The investors now have until Jan 21 to accept or reject the so-called tender offer

Larry Ellison's personal guarantee aims to address the Warner Bros board’s doubts over Paramount’s deal financing and lack of full family backing.

Larry Ellison offers US$40.4 billion guarantee to beef up Paramount's Warner Bros bid

Oracle co-founder agrees not to revoke the family trust during transaction

The sell-off wiped around US$69 billion from Oracle’s market value on Dec 11.

Oracle data centre plan hit as Blue Owl walks from US$10 billion deal: source

Blue Owl’s discussions with lenders and Oracle for an OpenAI-linked Michigan data centre stall after failed negotiations

The queasiness about the AI trade involves its uses, the enormous cost of developing it, and whether consumers ultimately will pay for the services.

Wall Street sees an AI bubble forming and is gaming what pops it

Looking to 2026, investors debate cutting AI exposure or doubling down to ride a potentially game-changing boom

Long a smaller cloud-computing player, Oracle has leaped into the AI infrastructure race this year on the back of a US$300 billion OpenAI data-centre deal.

Oracle denies report on OpenAI data centre delays

Investors have sold off the company’s stock and bonds

Oracle shares tumbled after the company’s quarterly forecasts fell short of analysts’ estimates.

US stocks: Dow, S&P 500 post record closes; Oracle drags on Nasdaq

THE S&P 500 and the Dow boasted record closing highs on Thursday as investors favoured financial stocks after a Federal Reserve policy update that was less hawkish than expected while the tech-heavy N...

Oracle credit derivatives have become a credit market barometre for AI risk.

Oracle shares drop the most since 2001 on mounting AI spending

The stock has already lost about a third of its value through Wednesday’s close since a record high on Sep 10

Known for its database software, Oracle has recently found success in the competitive cloud computing market.

Oracle posts weak cloud sales, raising fear of delayed payoff

The company has taken out significant sums of debt and committed to leasing multiple data centre sites

Oracle’s swoon has vaulted Alphabet co-founder Larry Page past Larry Ellison and into the number two spot on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index for the first time.

Oracle slump sends Ellison sliding down ranks of world’s richest

[NEW YORK] A frenzied, artificial intelligence (AI)-fuelled rally in Oracle stock briefly made Larry Ellison the world’s richest person in September. But a prolonged slump since then has seen the tech...