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William D. Cohan
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July 12, 2026
PSKY’s $6.7 Million-a-Day Question
As the scheduled close date of the Paramount–Warner Bros. merger nears, the question from Sacramento to London remains whether local regulators are really going to pull up a seat at the table. And if California A.G. Rob Bonta actually understands his hand.
William D. Cohan
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July 8, 2026
The Year of the I.P.O.rgasm
During the Year of the I.P.O., as declared by Blackstone’s Jon Gray back in February, two recent entrants into the canon stand out—one just completed and the other still to come. And neither has anything to do with space.
William D. Cohan
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July 1, 2026
Breaking Up Comcast Is Hard to Do
Both David Zaslav and Bob Iger considered splitting up their entertainment conglomerates, though neither ultimately went through with it. Will Brian Roberts actually go all the way?
William D. Cohan
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June 28, 2026
Dimon Is Forever
The latest, shocking twist in the JPMorgan Chase succession race has whittled the contest down to two men, catalyzed the exit of a major respected talent, and left the door open for the continuation of Dimon’s tenure.
William D. Cohan
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June 24, 2026
Tinker Saylor Soldier Spy
Bitcoin has now fallen by more than 50 percent from its all-time high. Does the cryptocurrency’s number one evangelist have an escape hatch?
William D. Cohan
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June 21, 2026
Ruth or Dare
Alphabet president and chief investment officer Ruth Porat has a cogent and forceful argument for all those A.I. doomers out there—starting with a productivity revolution that she believes will add trillions to the U.S. economy.
William D. Cohan
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June 17, 2026
S.B.F.’s White Whales
With his request for a new trial now officially rejected by the Second Circuit, Sam Bankman-Fried’s dwindling hope for salvation is down to the Supreme Court or Trump. Alas, S.B.F. may be the only white-collar fraudster the president isn’t open to pardoning.
William D. Cohan
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June 14, 2026
Lloyd Management
A very candid conversation with Lloyd Blankfein, the former Goldman C.E.O., about the tremors in private credit land, this summer’s multitrillion-dollar I.P.O. bonanza, and whether the markets have an Apollo 13 problem.
William D. Cohan
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June 10, 2026
Free Solomon
My candid chat with Goldman C.E.O. David Solomon.
William D. Cohan
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June 7, 2026
Lesley’s Choice
In a candid chat, the longtime 60 Minutes star correspondent explained her fraught decision to stay on after perhaps the most bizarre week in the show’s history. “It’s just been obviously the hardest chapter of my career,” she said. “This was by far the worst experience I’ve been involved in, or even witnessed.”