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Now i'm monica recs. Warner brothers discovery is considering

reopening sale talks with paramount skydance after Paramount sweetened its

bid for the studio last week. Addressing several concerns, Bloomberg's

Tony Zizka has details. The Paramount offer is the most recent

one, which they now seem to have taken up.

Has does have some what seem like pretty big incentives, including debt financing

and the break up fee. And so.

So that's a new a new twist here. The board reportedly hasn't decided how

to respond. It's still in a binding agreement with

Netflix, but a move could ignite a second bidding war for the studio.

U.S. markets are closed today for Presidents

Day, but foreign markets are still trading the footsie in London.

And Jack in Paris are both up about 2/10 percent right now.

The DAX in Germany is up about a 10th of a percent.

Asian markets are mixed ahead of lunar New Year holidays.

The Nikkei in Japan is down about 2/10 percent.

The Hang Seng in Hong Kong is up about a half percentage point and China's CSI

300 is down about one and a quarter percent.

U.S. and Iranian officials kick off another

round of nuclear talks in Switzerland tomorrow as the U.S.

continues to build up forces in the region.

President Trump has threatened to strike if Iran can't agree to limit its nuclear

ambitions. He's also threatened to step in over

Iran's deadly crackdown on anti-government protests that have

already killed thousands. U.S.

Energy Secretary Chris Wright has spent the last few days in Venezuela and says

major oil companies are on the ground there.

Now, getting started on what the White House is calling a historic energy deal.

Chevron's on the ground right now. They are growing their production this

month and next month. So it's happening right now.

New American companies will be entering Venezuela in the next few months this

year. It comes as the U.S.

military continues to intercept Venezuelan oil tankers.

The Pentagon didn't say whether it was seized, but forces boarded one this

weekend in the Indian Ocean after tracking it from the Caribbean.

Today show host Savannah Guthrie has posted a new video pleading for the

return of her 84 year old mother who's been missing for two weeks now in

Arizona. We still have hope

and we still believe.

Friends of the Guthrie say the family's frustrated with the pace of the

investigation but aren't giving up hope. It is never too late to do the right

thing. A daughter's found a glove about two

miles away from Nancy Guthrie's home this weekend that appears to match

doorbell surveillance footage. The FBI is now testing it for DNA

evidence. White House borders are Tom home and

pulled about a thousand ICE officers from Minnesota yesterday and hundreds

more are leaving today as part of the Trump administration's drawdown of its

immigration enforcement search. I got to give credit to the governor.

We had a good conversation. The state prisons are helping us.

And Mayor Frye, me, Mayor Frye would never agree on much.

But you know what? His officers did respond to take down

illegal roadblocks that made unsafe for not only citizens of Minnesota, but our

officers. I think we're in a lot better spot than

we ever have been home in on CNN. He says a small security force will stay

back for a while to protect remaining agents and respond if things get out of

control. Wal-Mart's the first retailer to hit

$1,000,000,000,000 value as a company. And this week, we'll hear what it plans

to do to keep that growth going. Bloomberg's Andrew O'Dea reports.

Wal-Mart said to post its latest quarterly results, which includes the

holidays. Industry analysts think we may get a

weaker than anticipated full year forecast from Wal-Mart amid consumer

economic worries. But we also may hear more about its

Google Gemini digital shopping partnership, which could boost

excitement about its e-commerce hopes. And zero Day Bloomberg Radio.

Wall Street will also have its eyes on Amazon this week.

Its stock is riding a nine day losing streak, the longest in two decades, with

shares tumbling 18%. Investors are worried about Amazon's

A.I. spending plan this year.

The company wants to invest about $200 billion on data centers, chips and other

equipment to support its ambitions. And tax season is underway now.

You have until April 15th to file your return.

But experts say you should start now, especially if you have questions.

Julie Brown signals, the former deputy chief of staff at the Treasury

Department. If you make a mistake, you're probably

going to be waiting for weeks or months or maybe even longer

to fix that dispute. Longer wait times are mostly due to

staffing shortages at the IRS this season, which could also delay your

return. Ticket prices skyrocketed this weekend

for the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in California.

Thanks to Swifties. Travis Kelce played in it, but rumors

swirled that his fiancee, Taylor Swift, could show up to watch him.

She didn't. But tournament officials say possible

sightings of the pop star helped sell tens of thousands of dollars worth of

tickets within hours of announcing Kelsea would be there.

And it's a big day for Team USA at the Milano Olympics.

The U.S. women's hockey team will face Sweden in

the semifinals for a spot in the gold medal game.

U.S. teams will also compete for medals in

pair skating. And three Americans are in contention

for the podium today in Women's Monobob. Team USA's racked up 17 medals at the

Winter Games so far, including five gold.

Norway still tops the overall medal count with 26.

And that's news when you want it with Bloomberg News now.

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