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Travelers Posts Big Earnings Beat. The Stock Adds to Strong 2026 Gains.
Travelers stock rises modestly even as the property and casualty insurer reports better-than-expected earnings.
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Alcoa Earnings Were a Relief, and the Stock Looks Cheap
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CPI Is Precise. That Doesn’t Mean It’s Right.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics should give markets more information about its inflation data, Nishant Sahdev writes.
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The Danger in Financial Doublespeak
Start calling things what they are not and risks balloon, Aaron Klein writes.
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Bank of America CEO Sparks Bank Stock Selloff
Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan said at a conference on Monday that sales and trading revenue for the fiscal third quarter will be “flat.”
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Apple’s $4 Trillion Handoff: Cook Steps Down, Ternus Steps Up
Under CEO Tim Cook, Apple added $4.32 trillion in market cap. John Ternus, senior vice president of hardware engineering, takes over on Tuesday.
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