Finance

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

Stock Buybacks are the Ultimate Gift for Companies in Record Year

This month marks the end of what Goldman Sachs estimates will be a record year for stock buybacks, with a volume of roughly $930 billion.

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Advisor Upside

Why Wells Fargo Is Tapping Into Banking Customers

Wells Fargo Advisors is hoping it can cross-sell products to customers in other business lines, specifically banking customers.

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Private Equity

Investment Giant SoftBank Promises $100 Billion and 100,000 Jobs to the US

SoftBank’s gigantic pledge undoubtedly represents a major PR victory for the incoming Trump 2.0 administration.

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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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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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Finance

Why Stock Exchanges Want a Piece of Texas, ‘The Wall Street of the South’

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