AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoHollywood Antitrust: California and 11 other states sued to block Paramount Skydance’s $110B Warner Bros. Discovery takeover, arguing it would reduce competition, raise prices, and cut quality for film and TV. Corporate Pressure on CA: Reports say Paramount CEO David Ellison is being urged to move the company out of California if the merger fight escalates. AI Legal Clash: Apple’s lawsuit accuses OpenAI of stealing trade secrets to build AI hardware, while OpenAI and xAI keep trading blows in separate litigation. Tax & Compliance: California signed SB 122 to tax SaaS starting in 2027, pushing software vendors to plan now. Housing Costs: Newsom signed a bill limiting local development impact fees to spur affordable housing construction. Workplace Health: A new push highlights how night shifts can be deadly, not just inconvenient, as research links shift work to serious health risks. Public Safety: A knife-wielding man caused major damage during a hours-long Fullerton smoke shop standoff before being taken into custody. Finance & Deals: First Hawaiian Bank agreed to acquire California’s TriCo Bank in an all-stock deal. Tech/Startups: Quadric raised a second close of its Series C to $46M, backed by the World Bank’s IFC, to expand its on-device AI chip push.
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