In TrendsN ChandrasekaranStock MarketNSE IPONifty OutlookStocks To WatchCrude Oil PricesUS FED MeetingBRICS SummitUS FCC approves foreign investment in Paramount Warner mergerFCC approved Paramount Skydance's request for foreign investment in its Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition, waiving the 25% cap but prohibiting voting stock for foreign investors.By Reuters September 18, 2026, 7:02:45 AM IST (Published)The Federal Communications Commission approved a Paramount Skydance request to allow foreign investors to back its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery but said they could not hold voting stock.A group of Democratic senators had raised concerns about Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds taking stakes.In a decision released by the FCC's media bureau on Thursday, the commission said it was waiving the 25% cap on foreign equity ownership and said individual investors could own up to 20% of the equity.It also said foreign investors can have no voting stock and "will not have any influence, direction, or control over or provide any commentary or guidance on Paramount’s content decisions, company management," or access to non-public data on US citizens.Paramount praised the approval and said it followed a review by a US government committee of national security officials known as "Team Telecom" after ensuring that foreign investors will…
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