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The World in Brief from The Economist
Paramount sweetens Warner bid; Carney placates Trump after bridge threat, and more
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Paramount, a film and TV giant, sweetened its offer for Warner Bros Discovery as part of attempts to derail a competing acquisition of Warner by Netflix, which values the former at $83bn.
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