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Skydance Appoints New Board Members

Skydance (SKYD) announced the director and advisor designees for the newly combined company, formed through Paramount's (PSKY) merger with Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). The designees will join the Skydance Board of Directors, effective immediately. David Ellison will chair the Board and continue to serve as Skydance's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. The Board will include all current members of Paramount's Board, along with three new additions: Ynon Kreiz, Co-Chief Executive Officer of Skydance, Laurene Powell Jobs, founder and president of Emerson Collective; and Bobby Kotick, founder and former Chief Executive Officer of Activision. Powell Jobs and Kotick will join as Independent Directors. Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair will join as a Board Advisor. Blair, who will be acting in a personal capacity, is Executive Chairman of the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, a not-for-profit organization, which helps leaders govern in the age of AI. His global leadership experience and commitment to innovation position him as an invaluable advisor in shaping Skydance's strategic priorities.

McKesson and CD&R Agree to Acquire Option Care Health for $32.05 per Share

Stocks advanced for a second day in a row amid a Treasury yield retreat, though oil prices flipped from lower to higher. The market's broader gains were bolstered by a number of chip names - including Marvell, Nvidia, and Broadcom - as traders take advantage of renewed optimism in artificial intelligence.Get caught up quickly on the top news and calls moving stocks with these five Top Five lists.1. STOCK NEWS:McKessonand CD&R agreed to acquire Option Care Healthfor $32.05 per shareConstellation Energyand Googleannounced a long-term clean energy collaborationUberagreed to acquire ezCater in a $2.3B all-cash transactionParamount Skydancehas completed its takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, with the combined entity now named SkydanceAMDintends to increase its chip supply in 2027 to meet growing demand, Reuters reports2. WALL STREET CALLS:Nikedowngraded to Sell at BerenbergCleveland-Cliffsupgraded to Overweight at Wells FargoVertivinitiated with a Sell at GLJ ResearchDeutsche Bank upgraded Penn Entertainmentand Boyd Gamingto BuyBarclays started Intelliaat Underweight on expected commercial headwinds3. AROUND THE WEB:McDonald'sambitious plan to revamp its restaurants and menu is getting pushback among U.S. franchisees facing costly upgrades, Bloomberg reportsSeagateand Toshiba are vying for TDK's magnetic-heads business for hard-disk drives, Bloomberg saysExxon Mobilis eyeing offshore projects off the coast of Trinidad and Tobago, FT reportsNvidiais edging closer to becoming the first company with a $6T market capitalization, Bloomberg reportsAriel Investments, which has a 5.4% stake in Mattel, said it believes the company's shares remain significantly undervalued with its current structure as a public company, WSJ says4. MOVERS:Xanadu Quantumgained in New York after entering a strategic multi-year partnership with GlobalFoundriesSecuritizeincreased after announcing a strategic partnership with LG CNS to advance the development of tokenized assets and digital asset infrastructure in South KoreaCortevawas higher after JPMorgan upgraded the stock to OverweightArriVentfell after announcing its Phase 3 firmonertinib trial did not meet its primary endpointSpyre Therapeuticswas lower after announcing a 4.12M share offering5. EARNINGS/GUIDANCE:RPMreported Q1 results and provided guidance for Q2 and FY27Apogee Enterprisesreported Q2 results and raised its outlook for FY27, with CEO Don Nolan noting results "exceeded our expectations"Zscalerbacked its outlook for Q1 and FY27Blaizeprovided guidance for Q3 and cut its outlook for FY26Lamb Westonreported Q1 results and increased its guidance for FY27, with CEO Mike Smith calling it a "solid start to the year"INDEXES:The Dow rose 253.38, or 0.49%, to 51,521.28, the Nasdaq gained 122.48, or 0.45%, to 27,599.79, and the S&P 500 advanced 44.98, or 0.58%, to 7,818.93.