Dow Jones Top Company Headlines at 1 AM ET: L'Oreal Taps Advisers to Explore Unloading Chemical-Related Liabilities | Berkshire ...
Dow Jones2026/10/06 05:00L'Oreal Taps Advisers to Explore Unloading Chemical-Related Liabilities The cosmetics company's U.S. subsidiary is working with Weil Gotshal and Ducera to address talc-related lawsuits. ---- Berkshire Buys $190 Million More Lennar Stock; It Now Owns 12% of the Big Homebuilder Berkshire's latest purchases were made last Thursday and Friday. Lennar stock fell almost 7% Monday after the publication of a negative report on the company. ---- NYC Lawmakers Grill AI Executives and Former Employees as City Weighs Guardrails Former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon repeated his warnings at a hearing Monday. ---- KKR Strikes Deal to Buy Private-Capital Fund Administrator Gen II Private-capital funds have proliferated in recent years as investors seek to reduce reliance on public markets. ---- Barbie-Maker Mattel Faces Growing Shareholder Pressure to Consider a Sale Ariel Investments, which has a 5.4% stake in Mattel, said Monday it believes the company's shares remain significantly undervalued with its current structure as a public company. ---- Supreme Court Questions Oil Companies' Bid to Shut Down Climate Lawsuits Justices debate whether local governments can sue energy giants for harms linked to climate change. ---- Electronic Arts Bondholders Allege Default Following Largest LBO EA bondholders alleged a $1.4 billion debt default, escalating a dispute over whether the videogame maker must pay them off at a premium after going private in the largest leveraged buyout of all time. ---- Texas AG Paxton Launches Investigation Into UnitedHealth Group Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sent civil investigative demands to the company to collect evidence around potential violations of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, according to his office. ---- Paramount Names Leadership Team for Combined Entity Post $81 Billion Warner Deal David Ellison, CEO of Paramount, will be chairman and chief executive of the combined company-dubbed Skydance-alongside co-CEO Ynon Kreiz. ---- C.H. Robinson to Buy RXO for About $5.8 Billion C.H
L'Oreal Taps Advisers to Explore Unloading Chemical-Related Liabilities
The cosmetics company's U.S. subsidiary is working with Weil Gotshal and Ducera to address talc-related lawsuits.
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Berkshire Buys $190 Million More Lennar Stock; It Now Owns 12% of the Big Homebuilder
Berkshire's latest purchases were made last Thursday and Friday. Lennar stock fell almost 7% Monday after the publication of a negative report on the company.
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NYC Lawmakers Grill AI Executives and Former Employees as City Weighs Guardrails
Former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon repeated his warnings at a hearing Monday.
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KKR Strikes Deal to Buy Private-Capital Fund Administrator Gen II
Private-capital funds have proliferated in recent years as investors seek to reduce reliance on public markets.
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Barbie-Maker Mattel Faces Growing Shareholder Pressure to Consider a Sale
Ariel Investments, which has a 5.4% stake in Mattel, said Monday it believes the company's shares remain significantly undervalued with its current structure as a public company.
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Supreme Court Questions Oil Companies' Bid to Shut Down Climate Lawsuits
Justices debate whether local governments can sue energy giants for harms linked to climate change.
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Electronic Arts Bondholders Allege Default Following Largest LBO
EA bondholders alleged a $1.4 billion debt default, escalating a dispute over whether the videogame maker must pay them off at a premium after going private in the largest leveraged buyout of all time.
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Texas AG Paxton Launches Investigation Into UnitedHealth Group
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sent civil investigative demands to the company to collect evidence around potential violations of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, according to his office.
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Paramount Names Leadership Team for Combined Entity Post $81 Billion Warner Deal
David Ellison, CEO of Paramount, will be chairman and chief executive of the combined company-dubbed Skydance-alongside co-CEO Ynon Kreiz.
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C.H. Robinson to Buy RXO for About $5.8 Billion
C.H. Robinson Worldwide has agreed to buy truck broker RXO for around $5.8 billion in cash and stock in a deal that would create a logistics company with an enterprise value topping $25 billion.
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GE HealthCare to Buy Sofie for Nearly $1 Billion to Grow Medical-Imaging Business
The deal expands GE HealthCare's footprint in radiopharmaceuticals, its fastest-growing segment.
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October 06, 2026 01:00 ET (05:00 GMT)
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