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June 15, 2026

Stocks are up more than +1.2% in premarket trading after the U.S. and Iran announced a preliminary peace agreement to end their war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz to oil shipments. Brent crude oil tumbled roughly -4% on the news, falling to around $83. G7 leaders gathering in France today broadly welcomed the deal, with European nations emphasizing that Iran must never acquire a nuclear weapon.

Salesforce (CRM) is up +1.0% in premarket trading after announcing a roughly $3.6B acquisition of Fin, an AI customer agent platform whose core product resolves complex support queries end-to-end across live chat, email, WhatsApp, SMS, phone, and Slack. The deal bolsters CRM's Agentforce product, which hit $1.2B in ARR last quarter, up +205% YoY. The transaction is expected to close in Q4 of CRM's fiscal 2027 with no impact to existing financial guidance or the capital return program.

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) edged up +0.5% in premarket trading after the DOJ approved Paramount Skydance's (PSKY) $110B acquisition without requiring any divestitures, remedies, or concessions, clearing one of the deal's biggest hurdles. PSKY rose +3% on the news. Regulatory headwinds remain, however, with state attorneys general preparing a lawsuit to block the deal, the EU and FCC voicing concerns, and UK regulators setting an August 7 deadline for a potential Phase 3 probe.

Fox Corporation (FOXA) announced a cash-and-stock deal to acquire Roku (ROKU) at $160 per share, valuing ROKU at $22B in enterprise value, with ROKU surging +20% on reports of the imminent deal while FOXA fell -6% on the announcement. The transaction merges FOX's sports, news, and Tubi content library with ROKU's connected TV platform and 100M+ streaming households. The deal is expected to be accretive to free cash flow per share in its second full year and is projected to generate $400M in run-rate cost synergies.

Microsoft (MSFT) has considered spinning out its Xbox division or restructuring it as a standalone subsidiary, though no such steps are currently planned. Under new CEO Asha Sharma, Xbox is undergoing a sweeping reorganization that includes budget cuts and a commitment to accelerating game development, particularly for long-dormant franchises including Halo, Fallout, and Elder Scrolls. MSFT cited infrastructure complexity as a key obstacle and laid out plans to rebuild its gaming stack and pursue M&A to compete across hardware, PC, mobile, and streaming.