approval
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Any transaction would be subject to approvals, and there can be no assurance a deal will result from the talks.
"The transaction we negotiated would have created shareholder value with a clear path to regulatory approval," Netflix said in a statement.
From Barron's
During the wedding breakfast, Mother Fox, dead more than seven years, showed up in spirit to speak to her new son-in-law, “expressing her approval of the marriage.”
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Paramount has long said its all-cash bid was superior because it wanted the entire company, unlike Netflix, and it believed it had a cleaner path to regulatory approval.
It still requires approval from lawmakers in the European Parliament, which referred it to the EU's top court within days of being inked in January.
From Barron's
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