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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Markets

Stock Prices in Half-Pennies Are in Your Future

The SEC voted unanimously to change market rules so that roughly 1,700 securities can be quoted in increments of $0.005.

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Banking

Regulators Point the Finger at Banks for Overdraft Fees, Fintech Records

Two US financial regulators told banks Tuesday to step up protections for consumers: for overdraft fees and tracking fintechs.

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Big Tech

Wall Street Spreads More Love Outside of Big Tech

Investors are pivoting away from the Magnificent Seven, favoring the rest of the S&P 500.

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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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Finance

PwC Slashes 1,800 Jobs in First Mass Cuts Since 2009

PricewaterhouseCoopers said it will lay off 1,800 staff members at its US unit next month. It will impact 2.5% of the unit’s employees.

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Banking

Fed Majorly Backtracks on Proposed Bank-Capital Hike

The proposal to hike holdings for the biggest lenders to buttress market shocks was sliced more than in half.

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Markets

Can a Texas Stock Exchange Really Lock Horns with Wall Street?

The Texas Stock Exchange is hoping to become the center of a new financial mecca in the Lone Star state when it launches next year.

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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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