Is Paramount's $110 Billion Warner Bros. Discovery Mega-Merger Getting Closer To DOJ Approval?

Benzinga05-27

The DOJ staff attorneys, who have previously disagreed with President Donald Trump-appointed DOJ leaders over merger approvals, appeared to be persuaded by Paramount’s argument that the merger would ...

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