January 2026 – Page 66 – Finance Updates

Google Pilot for AI Summaries in News: What It Means for Publisher Traffic & Revenue

Global FYI Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services

Google is piloting AI-generated article overv...

Google will pay participating outlets to offs...

The move shifts publisher economics toward pl...

Publishers may need to differentiate with exc...

Meta’s Big Bet: Why Licenses for Real-Time News are Reshaping AI Strategy

Americas FYI Scientific Research and Development Services

The linked primary article could not be acces...

Meta has signed multi-year licensing deals wi...

The shift reflects rising legal and competiti...

Implications include higher ongoing costs for...

2025 Sees Surge in AI & Financial Services M&A: Deal Value, Valuations, Structural Shifts

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

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Broader 2025 markets show rising M&A and ECM ...

Financial-services deal counts are roughly fl...

Key unknowns include valuation, financing mix...

How Google’s Workforce Strategy Is Evolving: Buyouts, Cuts & AI Focus

Global Firms Scientific Research and Development Services

Google has moved from the 2023 mass layoff to...

Buyouts and reductions have touched many majo...

Management layers have been thinned by roughl...

The strategy trades cost efficiency and sharp...

How Google News’ Auto-Generated Pages & AI Summaries Are Rewriting Media Strategy

Global FYI Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services

Google News has fully shifted to algorithmica...

Google is piloting AI-generated article overv...

Google Discover is increasingly replacing hea...

Publishers worry the new formats reduce custo...

Global M&A Hits $4.4 Trillion in 2025 with Mega-Deals Led by Energy, Health, Tech

Global M&A Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities

Global M&A value rose ~45% in 2025 to about $...

The U.S. led with ~$2.23T across ~11,300 deal...

Mega-deals set a record at 68 deals over $10B...

Private equity and sovereign wealth capital h...

Due Diligence Guide: Verifying Investment Banking News to Manage Risk

Global Risk Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities

The linked Google News RSS item did not provi...

Attempts to corroborate the story via searche...

Any interpretation or deal inference from thi...

Next step is to obtain a working full-text li...

U.S. Bancorp Shows Strength in Fee Income and Capital—but Faces Margin & Regulatory Stress

Americas Firms Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

U.S. Bancorp posted strong Q3 2025 profitabil...

Fee income is driving diversification, with p...

Net interest income and margin are pressured ...

Regulatory easing (FDIC merger and compliance...

Broadridge Taps Kenneth MacHarg to Drive Global Futures & Options Platform Growth

Global Firms Finance and Insurance

Broadridge has appointed JP Morgan derivative...

MacHarg will lead commercial strategy for Bro...

He brings extensive futures execution and cle...

His hire is intended to accelerate adoption a...

SEBI Bars Jane Street Over Alleged ₹36,500 Crore Market Manipulation in Derivatives Markets

Asia Markets Finance and Insurance

SEBI alleges Jane Street repeatedly manipulat...

The regulator claims these trades lacked inde...

SEBI has banned Jane Street from India’s secu...

The case marks a landmark enforcement against...