Market Minute 12-8-25- Warner Deal Facing Antitrust Backlash

Markets are off to a relatively quiet start this week, with stocks, gold, silver, and the dollar largely unchanged. Crude oil is down a bit along with bonds. Could Netflix Inc.’s (NFLX) $72 billion deal for Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. (WBD) face more antitrust concerns than anticipated? President Trump weighed in on the transaction Sunday, saying “it could be a problem” given the combined firm’s market share in the entertainment production and streaming industry. Regulators will ultimately have to decide ...