Finance

Private Equity

Private Equity, Sports and Games Sidestep Frozen M&A Pipelines

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Dealmaking among private equity firms and in the sports and video games sectors has gone full steam ahead amid a global M&A freeze.

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Banking

Chase, PayPal Digital Ad Gambits Bring New Privacy Worries

Unlike making a purchase on Amazon or eBay, financial transaction data gives a more complete profile picture.

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Advisor Upside

Wells Fargo Fires Employees for Pretending to Work

Wells Fargo said the allegations involved “simulation of keyboard activity” that created the “impression of active work.”

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Advisor Upside

Fidelity Wins Latest Battle in ETF Fee War

Fidelity is making good on a promise to impose a new fee for companies looking to feature ETFs on its platform. Issuers are not impressed.

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Markets

Coca-Cola Sees Glass Half Full Even as Trade War Drains Fizz From Pop Sales

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Coca-Cola was one of several companies whose earnings last week flashed positive signs, despite the hail of uncertainty around tariffs.

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Markets

Midday Market Brief: Eurovision

Far-right gains in the European Parliament elections put investors globally in a tentative mood, though the dollar got a big boost.

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Markets

Where Have All the Short Sellers Gone?

Since 2008, funds with a short bias have seen assets decrease to $4.6 billion from around $7.8 billion.

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Advisor Upside

Financial Advisors Are On the Fence About Bitcoin ETFs

As cryptocurrency flirts with record highs, the new ETF products may help advisors gain exposure to a highly volatile asset class.

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Finance

Ken Griffin’s Citadel Securities Has Some Tips for SEC

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Top of the list is a warning over the rise of 24-hour trading, just as the Nasdaq and the New York Stock Exchange pursue it.

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Markets

Midday Market Brief: Big Tech Takes Over

Nvidia is back to its winning ways, lifting tech stocks and pushing the broader S&P 500 index to another all-time high.

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Markets

Midday Market Brief: Hiring Freeze

The job openings report for April fell to its lowest level in about three years, giving investors pause about the impact on profits.

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Markets

Midday Market Brief: Just Another Meme-Stock Monday

The market appeared yawn-inducing at the broad index level, but there was a flurry of activity under the hood.

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Finance

Buffett’s $300B Cash Pile, Fed by Apple, Spurs Investment Guessing Game

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Buffett acolytes are primed to be receptive to new ideas after Berkshire’s more contrarian bets over the last decade have proven prescient.

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