Market Voices: Disney shareholders, Lisa Cook, euro stablecoin launch

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* Two major Disney (NYSE:DIS [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/DIS]) shareholders are seeking corporate records relating to the temporary suspension of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!", asserting that the decision was made for political reasons and not in the best interests of shareholders.

CEO Bob Iger reportedly received a letter Wednesday from lawyers representing the American Federation of Teachers and the AFL-CIO asking the company for board materials and internal communications related to the suspension.

“Disney’s stock suffered significant declines in response to the abrupt suspension, which appeared to be in response to political threats,” the shareholders wrote in their letter, according to CNBC. [https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/25/jimmy-kimmel-disney-investors-politics-fiduciary-duty.html]

Kimmel's show returned to the air on Tuesday.

* A group of former Federal Reserve chairs, Treasury secretaries, and White House economic advisors has asked the Supreme Court to block the removal of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook by the Trump administration while her case is still pending.

“The independence of the Federal Reserve, within the limited authority granted by Congress to achieve the goals Congress itself has set, is a critical feature of our national monetary system," the group said in an amicus brief to the court.

“Allowing the removal of Governor Lisa D. Cook while the challenge to her removal is pending would threaten that independence and erode public confidence in the Fed,” they added.

Signers of the brief included former Fed chairs Alan Greenspan, Ben Bernanke, and Janet Yellen, along with former Treasury secretaries Robert Rubin, Larry Summers, Hank Paulson, Jack Lew, and Timothy Geithner, according to CNBC [https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/25/fed-trump-lisa-cook-supreme-court.html].

* A group of European banks is forming a new company to launch a euro-dominated stablecoin.

Participating banks include ING (ING [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/ING]), UniCredit (OTCPK:UNCFF [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/UNCFF]) (OTCPK:UNCRY [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/UNCRY]), Banca Sella, KBC (OTCPK:KBCSF [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/KBCSF]) (OTCPK:KBCSY [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/KBCSY]), DekaBank, Danske Bank (OTCPK:DNSKF [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/DNSKF]) (OTCPK:DNKEY [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/DNKEY]), Caixabank (OTCPK:CAIXY [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/CAIXY]) (OTCPK:CIXPF [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/CIXPF]) and Raiffeisen Bank International (OTCPK:RAIFF [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/RAIFF]) (OTCPK:RAIFY [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/RAIFY]). The new company will be based in Amsterdam, with the stablecoin slated to launch in the second half of 2026, according to Reuters [https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/big-european-banks-form-company-launch-stablecoin-2025-09-25/].

The move comes as several U.S. banks are preparing to launch U.S. dollar-backed crypto tokens, Reuters added.

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