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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Patent Drop

JPMorgan Chase Continues AI Rampage with Volatility Prediction Patent

JPMorgan Chase wants to predict overly-aggressive investors with AI.

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Banking

Blackrock, Vanguard and State Street Face Probe Over Bank Stakes

The FDIC is investigating Blackrock, Vanguard, and State Street over their large investment stakes in major US banks.

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Markets

US Home Insurance May Reach Record High

Amid an increase in severe weather events, homeowners insurance rates in the US are skyrocketing toward record highs.

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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

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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