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Warner Bros. Discovery stock jumps as Paramount Skydance launches a hostile bid, just days Warner Bros. reached a deal to be bought by Netflix. Paramount rises sharply and Netflix tumbles.

Morgan Stanley analyst Andrew Percoco launched coverage of Tesla stock with a Hold rating and $425 price target.

Lower-cost models are designed to help Tesla arrest recent sales declines. Investors are far more focused on Tesla’s AI opportunities these days.

Are cheap, fuel-efficient, and tiny, cars coming to America? Don’t hold your breath.

Rolling back fuel economy standards won’t save Americans buying a car much money now. There are some theoretical benefits down the road.

Wall Street has started to value Tesla’s nascent robot business. Some of the numbers are wild.

Job losses raise hopes for rate cut, Salesforce’s AI agents are picking up corporate customers, PayPal forecasts slower growth, and more news to start your day.

Lower efficiency standards mean fewer compliance costs.

Barclays analyst Dan Levy said in a research note that the White House is considering a potential 2026 executive order related to humanoid robots.

A damaged seat belt pretensioner cable may not restrain occupants as intended.

Sales of F-series pickup truck sales fell about 10% year over year in November. Sales of electric vehicles fared much worse.

December is a pretty good month for shares of the electric-vehicle maker.

Those four companies, culled from a list drawn up by KBW analyst Shreyank Gandhi, are among the largest not in the index.

Synopsys jumps after Nvidia invests $2 billion in the company’s common stock, while Tesla follows Chinese electric-vehicle makers to the downside after the companies issue deliveries for November.

XPeng, NIO, and Li Auto delivered a combined 106,184 vehicles in November, up about 6% from a year ago.

Alphabet fell and Nvidia rose Wednesday. Investors are betting Alphabet can become a dominant player in AI.

Shares are down 24% so far this year, with falling sales and earnings weighing on investor sentiment.

NIO posted a third-quarter per share loss of 16 cents versus a 30 cent loss a year ago. Wall Street was looking for a 23 cent loss.

Car markers are struggling with what self-driving technology means for their business models.

Alphabet stock continues its surge on the back of excitement around Google’s latest large-language model, while Tesla rises after CEO Elon Musk indicates the electric-vehicle maker has designed AI chips for its cars and data centers.

Analysts at Wedbush Securities upgrade Carvana stock to Outperform from Neutral in a research note Monday.

Zoox is offering self-driving rides in San Francisco. Tesla has a permit for self-driving in Arizona., according to Reuters.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk sat with Ron Baron for an hour on Friday. Here’s what they talked about.

Nvidia and Microsoft unveil a massive AI partnership with Anthropic, Home Depot reduces its full-year sales outlook, and Cloudflare reports widespread outages.

Alphabet rose after Berkshire Hathaway disclosed that it bought $4.3 billion worth of shares in the third quarter.