Good Thursday morning. Welcome to Opening Bid. I'm Yahoo Finance executive editor Brian Sazi.Let's get right after it. Here's what's on my mind right now. Inflation in President Trump's late night TV show.The consumer price index rose 2.7% in November according to new data out today. The headline result came in below estimates for a 3.1% increase. Consumers are still being pinched by high healthcare, rent, and food costs this holiday season, though.On the other end of the spectrum, we have President Trump d ...

Trump Media CEO Devin Nunes and TAE CEO Dr. Michl Binderbauer intend to serve as co-CEOs of the combined company. Related Education The news has brought some life back into Trump Media's shares, which have lost more than half their value this year and are well off 2025 highs seen around the time of Trump's second inauguration. Why This Matters Shares of Truth Social parent company Trump Media & Technology have mostly fallen this year, losing more than half their value and dropping even further from early ye ...

Trump Media and Technology Group (DJT) stock surged more than 35% on Thursday after the parent company of Truth Social announced a merger with fusion power firm TAE Technologies (TATE.PVT). The deal underscores a bet on the energy demands from AI and data centers and the technologies that could prevail. TAE's backers include tech giant Google (GOOG, GOOGL), Goldman Sachs (GS), and oil major Chevron (CVX). The agreement, valued at more than $6 billion, is a bet on the future of fusion, a type of nuclear ...

涉及的公司与行业 * **公司**：特朗普媒体与技术集团 和 TAE技术公司 [2] * **行业**：核聚变能源 人工智能 媒体与社交媒体 [3][5] 核心观点与论据 * **交易概述**：特朗普媒体与技术集团 与 TAE技术公司 计划进行全股票合并 交易价值超过60亿美元 包含债务 [5] * **交易结构**：合并后 特朗普媒体与技术集团 股东将拥有合并后公司约50%的完全稀释后股权 [5] * **交易时间**：预计在2026年中完成 需满足股东和监管批准等惯例成交条件 [5] * **交易动机**：合并将创建美国首家公开上市交易的核聚变能源公司 [3] * **战略协同**：特朗普媒体与技术集团 超过30亿美元的金融资产 可用于快速推进TAE的聚变技术 [4] * **技术前景**：核聚变被描述为自20世纪50年代商业核能出现以来最重大的能源突破 将降低能源价格 确保美国人工智能优势 并振兴制造业 [3] * **技术优势**：TAE的第五代反应堆设计已验证 使其能够以更低成本和复杂度向公用事业规模迈进 [9] * **技术特点**：聚变电站将生产可靠 经济 可调度 无碳的电力及工业热 无核熔毁风险或放射性废物 [3] * **公司定位**：TAE被描述为世界领先的聚变能源公司 拥有27年历史 已成功建造五座示范聚变反应堆 [3][4] * **领导团队**：合并后公司将由Devin Nunes和Michael Benevides担任联席首席执行官 [5] * **董事会构成**：董事会将由九人组成 包括Michael Schwab担任主席 以及其他独立董事 [5][6] * **业务构成**：合并后公司将包括TAE技术公司核心部门 以及TAE电力解决方案 TAE生命科学和Truth Social资产 [5] 其他重要信息 * **资金注入**：特朗普媒体与技术集团 将在交易中向TAE投资高达2亿美元 并在向美国证券交易委员会提交S-4表格后再投资1亿美元 [8] * **发展路线图**：合并后公司计划在2031年实现首次发电 [8] * **电厂计划**：计划在2026年底前开始选址 建设首个公用事业规模聚变电站 未来电厂规模预计在350至500兆瓦之间 [7][9] * **历史融资**：TAE已从包括谷歌 雪佛龙 住友 NEA和嘉信理财在内的合作伙伴筹集了超过13亿美元的私人资本 [9] * **监管流程**：将进行股东投票 并提交包括S-4表格在内的一系列公开文件 [6] * **风险提示**：发言包含基于当前预期的前瞻性陈述 实际结果可能因多种因素而存在重大差异 [1]

President Donald Trump’s social media company, Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG), said on Thursday that it’s merging with TAE Technologies, a Southern California-based company that has been chasing the dream of fusion power for nearly 30 years.The all-stock transaction, valued at more than $6 billion, would expand Trump Media’s presence into the nascent fusion power space while data centers clamor for more electricity amid the ongoing AI boom. TMTG is the parent company of Truth Social, the microblo ...

Alex, stay with us for just a moment because we've got some news about a new media merger and it's pretty unusual one. Uh, the Trump Media and Technology Group is announcing plans to merge with TAE Technologies. That is a fusion power company.This is an all stock merger of equals that's valued at more than $6 billion. And upon closing, Trump Media will be a holding company for its current portfolio of media brands including Truth Social. also the power brands that are owned by TAE.If you read this release, ...

President Trump's media company Trump Media & Technology Group agreed to merge with fusion power company TAE Technologies in an all-stock deal worth more than $6 billion. ...

Trump Media and Technology Group on Thursday announced a merger agreement with TAE Technologies, a fusion power company, valued at more than $6 billion.The all-stock deal, expected to close in mid-2026, will result in shareholders of each firm owning approximately half of the combined company.The merger would create "one of the world's first publicly traded fusion companies," according to a press release.The announcement shows Trump Media, which operates President Donald Trump's Truth Social platform, branc ...

Dec 18 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's social media firm is entering the fusion-power business through a $6 billion merger with privately held TAE Technologies, betting on the ​7experimental technology as AI datacenters drive a surge in energy demand. The all-stock deal ‌announced on Thursday comes just days after industry representatives met government officials to urge federal funding for the nascent ‌fusion industry and adds to the Trump family's holdings in businesses ranging from cryptocurr ...

Combined company expects to site and commence construction of the first utility-scale fusion power plant in 2026 Fusion power to blaze path toward America’s A.I. dominance and energy security Conference call scheduled for 9 a.m. ET, December 18, 2025 SARASOTA, Fla. and FOOTHILL RANCH, Calif., Dec. 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. (Nasdaq, NYSE Texas: DJT) (“TMTG”) and TAE Technologies, Inc. (“TAE”) today announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement to combine in ...