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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Artificial Intelligence

Finding the Real in Artificial Intelligence

Does the AI hype actually hold any substance? As long as you don’t get distracted by shiny things, these venture capitalists say.

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M&A

Dealmaking Is Coming Back — With or Without Fed Rate Cuts

Dealmaking-related revenue at a handful of major investment banks collectively rose 27% year-over-year in the first quarter.

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Banking

Goldman Sachs Leans On ‘Core Strengths’ to Crush Q1 Earnings

In the first three months of the year, the investment bank scored a 16% jump in revenue and $4.1 billion in net income, a 28% rise.

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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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