The settlement ends a fractious two-month legal battle.

On Sunday, settlement talks between Paramount and the state attorneys general that sued to block its Warner Bros. Discovery deal continued — but there was no resolution by the end of the day. But while California Attorney General Rob Bonta, who is leading the 12-state coalition’s antitrust litigation, is said to be open to considering […]

Paramount's Anti-Trust Settlement Negotiators Are Still Divided on Terms

Paramount has reached a deal with California Attorney General Rob Bonta and 11 other state A.G.s that clears a major obstacle acquiring Warner Bros.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and China’s Vice Premier He Lifeng huddled in the newly minted JPMorgan Chase & Co. headquarters in midtown Manhattan Sunday ahead of their bosses’ big meet later this week. He and Bessent began their meeting just after 10 a.m., with a goal of laying the groundwork for President Trump’s upcoming high-stakes summit with China’s leader Xi Jinping. “I’m looking forward to focused, fulsome and constructive talks...

Treasury Scott Bessent meets China's Vice Premier ahead of the high-stakes summit between Presidents Trump and Xi.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, speaking after hours of talks with China’s Vice Premier He Lifeng and other officials, said the two sides agreed to set up a dialogue on AI aimed at reaching a common understanding on goals and threats.

US and Chinese officials began talks in New York to lay the groundwork for a high-profile summit between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, as the world’s two biggest economies seek to maintain — and potentially extend — a fragile trade truce.

Social Security benefits are determined by lifetime career earnings and the age at which benefits are first claimed. The annual COLA is added to that amount. COLA is determined by taking the average yearly change in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) for July,

Larger-than-normal Social Security raises come with advantages and potentially steep drawbacks.

Current estimates point to a significant boost, but it's not set in stone.

While many seniors are hoping for a large cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), they won't actually be getting a raise in the traditional sense.