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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Finance

US Treasury Preps for Massive Bond Auction

With a sale that includes a massive $70 billion offering of 5-year notes, the government hopes to close the widening deficit.

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Private Equity

VCs Are Sitting Tight On Top of a Big Cash Pile

Potential investors have pivoted toward less-risky bets that will hopefully deliver results even sooner.

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M&A

Amazon Backs Out of iRobot Acquisition

The ecommerce titan is pulling out of the $1.4 billion deal, citing difficult antitrust hurdles.

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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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