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China Inflation Takes Off After Holiday Boost as Oil Shock Looms

China’s consumer-price growth accelerated to the quickest in over three years and factory deflation moderated again, after a rally in energy markets and as household spending boomed during a later-than-usual Lunar New Year holiday.

By Bloomberg News

Tencent Is Said to Rejoin Paramount-Warner Deal With Funding

Tencent Holdings Ltd. intends to invest several hundred million dollars in Paramount Skydance Corp.’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., according to people familiar with the situation.

Private Credit Gate-Crashers Are Forcing Funds Into Brutal Spot

For months, private credit executives sensed the reckoning was coming.

Goldman Says Hedge Funds Add Short Bets on US Stocks Amid Rout

Fast-money investors are ramping up bets against US stocks, wagering on more pain ahead as tensions in the Middle East show few signs of subsiding.

Musk’s Spam Frustration Was ‘Confusing’ to Ex-Twitter Executives

Two former top executives at Twitter Inc. sought to beat back Elon Musk’s narrative at a jury trial that they lied to him about the makeup of the platform’s user base when he was purchasing the company in 2022.

Trump DOJ Fights to Revive Big Law Orders After Reversal

The Justice Department Friday aired its first defense of President Donald Trump’s executive orders against law firms after reversing course on a move to drop the case earlier this week.

New Mountain Scraps $32 Billion Deal With Ex-Executive Holt

New Mountain Capital has scrapped a deal with one of its former top executives, ending a dramatic and ambitious bid by the veteran dealmaker to acquire five portfolio companies on his way out of the firm.

AMC Secures $425m Credit Facility to Refinance Odeon Notes

AMC Entertainment secured a commitment letter with Deutsche Bank for a $425 million senior secured credit facility to refinance its Odeon unit’s 12.75% notes due 2027.

Dealmakers See Iran War Stymieing M&A With Delays, Diligence

Dealmakers are, for the second year in a row, seeing their chances of a record haul of mergers and acquisitions potentially fizzle out before the end of the first quarter.

SEC, CFTC Discuss Moving Into Same Building Complex

Wall Street’s two top regulators are discussing plans to move into the same building complex in Washington just steps from the US Capitol, according to people familiar with the matter.