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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Industries

Economic Slowdown Isn’t Hurting Law Firm Bonuses

As 2023 wound to a close, major law firms across the US doled out hefty bonuses and annual raises, according to the Financial Times.

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Regulation

Lina Khan’s Square Deal: How the FTC is redefining antitrust for a populist age

After a lengthy process, the FTC and the DoJ recently released new guidelines for evaluating the legality of mergers and acquisitions.

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M&A

Dealmakers Fall Short of Decade-long Standard

For the first time in exactly 10 years, Wall Street dealmakers will fall short of facilitating at least $3 trillion worth of deals.

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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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