Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Stock Pop on Antitrust Settlement

Paramount Skydance has cleared the last major hurdle to its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery by reaching a settlement with California and 11 other states that sued over antitrust concerns. A settlement would remove a key obstacle for the $110 billion megamerger of the two entertainment giants. Warners Bros. Discovery stock surged 10% to $30.57 on the reports, erasing all its losses for the year.