Business Bible News Market Minute: December 8 @ 3:00PM ET

This is a Business Bible News Market Minute for Monday December 8 at 3:00 PM Eastern Time. According to Bloomberg, International Business Machines Corp. is set to acquire Confluent Inc. for about $9.3B, which marks a significant expansion into AI services. Global markets are mixed today. In overseas trading, the Nikkei is up 73 points. The Dow is down 269 points to 47,685. Oil is trading at $58 per barrel while gold is at $4,215 per ounce. Today's Daily Principle is BUSINESS: MANAGEMENT, specifically dealing with Fair Value. This principle is found in First Chronicles 21–22. The verse reads: "David said to him, “Sell me your threshing place, so that I can build an altar to the Lord, to stop the epidemic. I'll give you the full price.” Learn more at businessbible.com where Daily News meets Daily Principle.