--- title: "Dow Jones Top Company Headlines at 3 PM ET: Paramount Has Discussed Creating a Board to Ensure CNN's Independence | Wendy's ..." type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/295700854.md" description: "Dow Jones headlines cover diverse corporate developments: Paramount discusses CNN oversight; Wendy's stock surges on Trian Partners' private bid; Home Depot CEO takes medical leave; Eli Lilly sues black market drug sellers; Nebius stock jumps 28% on AI revenue beat; Brinker forecasts growth; Bank of America deploys $250B for AI/energy; Norway Oil Fund hits record profit; Tata Sons chairman exits; NYC investigates prediction markets; Foxconn ramps AI server production; Tencent's profit growth slows despite AI progress; Cracker Barrel CEO plans exit; Paramount considers leaving California; Form Energy raises $750M; ABN AMRO boosts guidance." datetime: "2026-08-12T19:34:00.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/295700854.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/295700854.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/295700854.md) generator: "portal-rs" --- # Dow Jones Top Company Headlines at 3 PM ET: Paramount Has Discussed Creating a Board to Ensure CNN's Independence | Wendy's ... Paramount Has Discussed Creating a Board to Ensure CNN's Independence Talks about an oversight committee began before a lawsuit to block the Warner deal was filed. ---- Wendy's Stock Soars on Report Trian Partners Prepares Bid to Take Company Private Wendy's tells Barron's it would 'thoroughly review any proposal submitted by Trian consistent with its fiduciary duties.' ---- Home Depot Chief Executive to Take Medical Leave of Absence A senior vice president and the chief financial officer will oversee operations during CEO Ted Decker's absence. ---- Eli Lilly Sues Sellers of Black Market Weight-Loss Drugs Eli Lilly has filed six new lawsuits against U.S. entities that it alleges are selling a version of the company's investigational weight-loss drug on the black market. ---- Nebius Stock Soars 28% as Revenue Beat Bolsters AI Rally. Michael Burry May Be Helping. Nebius stock surges after second-quarter numbers from the AI cloud infrastructure company beat expectations. Short pressure may be helping, too. ---- Brinker Forecasts Continued Growth on Chili's Momentum Brinker International guided for another year of profitable growth, as its Chili's chain continues to attract value-seeking diners with its Triple Dipper appetizer, burgers and ribs. ---- Bank of America to Deploy $250 Billion to Bolster AI and Energy Infrastructure The bank is joining rivals that are rolling out pledges to back investments in U.S. critical industries. ---- Norway Oil Fund Makes Record Profit, Buoyed by Asia Tech Stock Rally The investment portfolio of the world's largest sovereign-wealth fund returned 9.4% in the first half, delivering a profit of nearly $185 billion before currency effects. ---- Performance Food Sales, Profit Rise on Higher Prices Performance Food logged higher sales and profit in the fiscal fourth quarter, as both costs and prices increased. ---- Tata Sons Chairman to Exit After a Decade at the Helm Natarajan Chandrasekaran has resigned as chairman of Tata Sons, putting an end to a decade at the helm and casting a spotlight on leadership at one of India's oldest and most prominent business groups. ---- New York City Launches Sweeping Investigation Into Polymarket and Kalshi The probe targets the marketing practices of four prediction markets with operations in the city. ---- Foxconn Ramping Up Global AI Server Production to Ride Booming Cloud Investment The Taiwanese company reported another strong quarter as it boosted production of servers and other tech hardware for the global artificial-intelligence build-out. ---- AI Spending Snuffs Out Tencent's Profit-Growth Run Tencent has reported promising progress on the AI front in recent months, including the release of its Hy3 model. ---- Cracker Barrel's CEO Was Plotting a Turnaround-but Opened the Door to Her Own Exit Julie Masino quietly blessed efforts to find her successor as she publicly charted a path out of a controversial rebranding. ---- Will Paramount Leave California? Executives Say It's on the Table CEO David Ellison has suggested a possible move as the antitrust battle drags on over the company's Warner Bros. deal. ---- Energy Startup Raises $750 Million for Rust-Powered Batteries Form Energy's fundraising has surpassed $2 billion for batteries that can continuously run for 100 hours. ---- ABN AMRO Bank Boosts Guidance as Profit Jumps The bank's operating income climbed 13% in the second quarter while its net interest income rose 11%. 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