January 2026 – Page 61 – Finance Updates

Florida & U.S. Short-Term Rental Trends: Demand, Costs & Smart Investor Moves

U.S. second-home mortgage originations fell t...

Florida led the pullback, with major metros l...

Higher insurance, HOA fees, property taxes, m...

Short-term rentals remain active as hosts shi...

RIA M&A Deals Surge in 2025: Trends Driving Record Deal Volume & What’s Ahead

Americas M&A Asset Management

RIA M&A hit a new high in 2025 (~273 deals by...

Succession needs from aging owners and scale-...

Private equity-backed platforms dominate buye...

Recession, market volatility, inflation/stick...

Stranger Things Expands: New Live-Action Spin-Off & Tales from ’85 Under Netflix’s IP Strategy

Global FYI Financial Services

The Duffer Brothers are developing a live-act...

The project is still early, with its title, c...

It will sit alongside the animated Tales from...

The move extends the franchise beyond Season ...

Stranger Things Finale Ends Hawkins Saga, Sets Stage for Ambitious Spinoff Mythology

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The Stranger Things series finale plants a ke...

The Duffers say the spinoff will explain that...

Netflix is treating the main saga as complete...

An animated project, Stranger Things: Tales F...

Stranger Things Spinoff: Netflix Builds New Mythology, Characters & Strategy

Global Firms Streaming & Digital Media

Netflix is developing a live-action “Stranger...

The new series will be “1000% different,” wit...

Matt and Ross Duffer will help steer the proj...

A separate animated series, “Stranger Things:...

What We Know About Stranger Things Season 5 & the Upcoming Netflix Spinoff

Global FYI Financial Services

“Stranger Things” ends its main Hawkins story...

Matt and Ross Duffer are fast-tracking a stan...

The spinoff aims to explain a key loose end f...

No release date is set, and the Duffers resum...

Why Netflix’s Deal Beats Paramount’s $108.4B Offer for Warner Bros Discovery

Global FYI Financial Services

Warner Bros. Discovery’s board unanimously ur...

The board flags Paramount’s financing as shak...

Though lower headline value, the Netflix tran...

Next steps hinge on whether Paramount sweeten...

Commerce Bancshares Completes FineMark Acquisition: $36B In Assets, Earnings Accretive

Americas M&A Asset Management

Commerce Bancshares (CBSH) completed its all-...

The exchange ratio was adjusted from 0.690 to...

Pro forma, CBSH has about $36B in assets and ...

Management expects ~6% 2026 GAAP EPS accretio...

BioMarin’s $4.8B Acquisition of Amicus Boosts Rare-Disease Portfolio & U.S. Patent Exclusivity

Americas M&A Technology

BioMarin will buy Amicus for $4.8B in cash ($...

The deal brings about $599M in trailing annua...

BioMarin will fund the purchase with ~$3.7B o...

Shares jumped (Amicus ~30%, BioMarin ~18%–20%...

Short Interest Spikes in Trump Media Amid Massive TAE Merger & Investor Concerns

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Short interest in Trump Media (DJT) has risen...

The stock surged more than 30% after a propos...

Rising short interest alongside the rally sig...

Trump's roughly 40% stake (about 115 million ...