- Crédit Agricole raised its stake in Worldline to 7% and intends to remain a "long-term minority shareholder". Worldline welcomes this move, having called on two investment banks in advance to avoid a hostile takeover, Reuters has learned.
- JetBlue and Spirit Airlines seek to challenge the antitrust veto of their merger.
- Meta Platforms hits all-time high.
- Sony notified the end of its operation with Zee in India. Zee to take legal action.
- Microsoft has suffered a cyberattack by hackers linked to the Russian state.
- SolarEdge will lay off 16% of its staff to reduce operating costs.
- United Airlines cancels all Boeing B737MAX 9 flights until January 26.
- Sandoz purchased ophthalmology drug Cimerli from Coherus for $170 million.
- Exxon Mobil takes two ESG investors to court.
- Chevron sells its majority interest in the Duvernay shale gas field in Canada.
- First Quantum Minerals considers capital increase to reduce debt.
- The Italian government plans to sell a 10% to 20% stake in Poste Italiane, according to La Repubblica.
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SEC investigates B. Riley's dealings with a client linked to a failed hedge fund.
Inditex is to resume operations in Venezuela. - Amer Sports plans to raise $1.8 billion for its IPO.
- Macy’s on Sunday rejected a $5.8 billion takeover offer from a consortium of investors including Arkhouse Management and its partner Brigade Capital Management, citing concerns over the financing and valuation of the deal.
- Boeing - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recommended on Sunday that Boeing 737-900ER operators visually inspect the exit doors to ensure that the component is properly secured. The stock was down 1.8% before the opening.
- Occidental - The US Federal Trade Commission has requested additional information and documents from the group and Crownrock relating to their pending merger, the two companies said on Monday.
- Choice Hotels International continued its $8 billion hostile bid for Wyndham Hotels & Resorts on Monday, naming a slate of directors to replace the eight members of Wyndham's board, according to people familiar with the matter.
- Archer-Daniels-Midland fell 8.5% after putting its CFO on administrative leave, effective immediately.
Today's main publications: Brown & Brown, United Airlines, Belimo... The full earnings calendar is here.