Ubisoft appoints advisors to explore strategic options after report on potential buyout

• Options Trump could have to potentially stop the TikTok ban

  The United States is set to ban TikTok on Sunday, but President-elect Donald Trump could potentially delay or stop it from happening. CBS News MoneyWatch Kelly O'Grady reports.
  
  CBS News - 6d
• 

  Trump adviser says president-elect is exploring options to 'preserve' TikTok

  Trump’s pick for national security adviser, Florida Rep. Mike Waltz, said during an interview on Wednesday that the president-elect is exploring options to “preserve” TikTok
  
  ABC News - 6d

• Kalshi names Donald Trump Jr. as strategic advisor to prediction market firm

  The president-elect's eldest son's growing business footprint now includes the prediction market platform that rose to prominence during the 2024 election.
  
  CNBC - Jan. 13
• 

  Ubisoft Shares Fall After Net Bookings Slump, Assassin's Creed Delay

  The stock dropped after the videogame maker said it expected a decrease in third-quarter net bookings and pushed back the release of its blockbuster game for a second time.
  
  The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 10
• 

  Carson Beck to enter transfer portal: Georgia QB will explore options after declaring for 2025 NFL Draft

  Beck is expected to enter the portal to use his sixth and final season of collegiate eligibility
  
  CBS Sports - Jan. 9
• 

  Ubisoft Refuses To Comment On Tencent Rumors But Says It's Exploring Options To Maximize Value

  As part its delay of Assassin's Creed Shadows , Ubisoft has announced that it's putting plans in place to pursue "various transformational strategic and capitalistic options" to help put itself ...
  
  GameSpot - Jan. 9
• 

  West Ham to appoint Potter after sacking Lopetegui

  Graham Potter will be appointed as West Ham's new manager after the club sacked Julen Lopetegui.
  
  BBC News - Jan. 8

• Piers Morgan targets US after YouTube venture buyout from Rupert Murdoch’s News UK

  British presenter’s production company to acquire his ‘Uncensored’ show
  
  Financial Times - Jan. 8
• 

  Giants owner says QB stands as team's 'No. 1 issue:' Top potential options to address position in 2025

  New York is searching for an answer at the game's most important position
  
  CBS Sports - Jan. 6

More from CNBC

• Musk undercuts Trump on Stargate AI investment announcement

  Open AI CEO Sam Altman, Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison and Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son appeared alongside President Donald Trump to announce the Stargate plan.
  
  CNBC - 5h

• EA shares drop 7% after company lowers guidance due to weakness in soccer, other games

  Electronic Arts slashed its full-year guidance on Wednesday, blaming the shortfall on underperforming games, in particular, its soccer franchise.
  
  CNBC - 3h

• Billionaire Frank McCourt is open to a 50% share of TikTok after Trump comments

  Frank McCourt's Project Liberty and other investors have submitted a bid to buy TikTok from China-based ByteDance after a court-ordered divestiture or shutdown.
  
  CNBC - 4h

• CNN to lay off hundreds of employees as post-inauguration transformation begins, sources say

  Both CNN and NBC News are planning layoffs this week as newsrooms transition away from linear TV toward digital audiences.
  
  CNBC - 2h

• Microsoft's business development chief Chris Young resigns

  Chris Young, who joined Microsoft in 2020, worked on the software company's investments, its OpenAI relationship and the Activision Blizzard acquisition.
  
  CNBC - 1h

More in Business

• SK Hynix fourth-quarter profit soars to a record high, beating expectations on AI boom

  South Korea’s SK Hynix, one of the world’s largest memory chipmakers supported by strong sales of high bandwidth memory (HBM) used in generative AI.
  
  CNBC - 2m

• Why AMD could surprise Wall Street with better-than-expected earnings

  AMD is under heavy pressure to defend its stock-market valuation.
  
  MarketWatch - 13m

• South Korea fourth-quarter GDP grows at its slowest pace in six quarters, missing expectations

  The country's GDP grew 1.2% year-on-year, missing expectations of 1.4% from economists
  
  CNBC - 31m

• As Nvidia’s stock gains, one analyst shows why Stargate could be so significant

  Will Nvidia become part of the “Trump trade?” Melius Research says the new Stargate joint venture may signal more AI-friendly moves ahead and help the company’s long-term growth.
  
  MarketWatch - 37m

• CEOs are saying they back Trump’s policies — but this stock-market indicator suggests otherwise

  Corporate insiders are more bearish than they’ve been in over a decade.
  
  MarketWatch - 46m