Speculation has run rampant for months, with several Wall Street analysts expecting a deal soon.
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Texas Instruments Earnings Pass the Test
The company’s third-quarter earnings and fourth-quarter guidance both exceeded expectations.
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Winnebago Busts Out Rut Despite High Gas Prices
While the RV maker missed on revenue, investors overlooked that in light of other signs of improving financials.
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Digital Collectibles
An NBA Trading Card Sold for $8M. Here’s the Twist.
Fanatics, GameStop, and now lottery-operator Allwyn, are racing to build card collections—a signal that collectibles are the next frontier in gambling.
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Retirement and Well-Being
Stranded Retirement Accounts Are Piling Up to the Tune of $43 Billion
Costly maintenance fees eat into workplace retirement accounts with balances of less than $7,000 when an employee leaves a company.
Investors Will Clean Up With Veolia Environnement
Negative headlines in France mask multiple growth opportunities for the stock.
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Elevance Health Lifts Guidance. CFO Sees a ‘Clear Path’ to Growth.
Investors are continuing to watch how the insurer navigates costs in its Medicare Advantage and Medicaid portfolios.
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United Airlines Earnings Were Disappointing. The Stock Is Flying.
Airlines have had a rough year as skyrocketing jet fuel prices have eaten into profits.
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October 19, 2026
Explaining Earnings Season in 5 Charts
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How Selling Beer to Sober Gen Zs Will Add Fizz to Bud Light Brewer’s Stock
Americans and Europeans are drinking less alcohol, but that’s no problem for AB InBev. The Bud and Michelob brewer’s shares are trading at a discount as new zero-alcohol concoctions hit store shelves.
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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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What’s the Ideal Retirement Withdrawal Rate? Capital Group Has Two Suggestions.
The variable-dollar method calls for a 5% to 5.5% drawdown and could carry less risk of asset depletion than a fixed-dollar method.
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Social Security Is on the Ballot This Fall. What Voters Should Know.
The midterms will usher in the first class of senators who will be in office during the projected depletion date of the retirement trust fund in 2032.
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Wealth Advisors Are Ditching Mortality Tables and Planning for Clients to Live to 100
Improving medicine is lengthening life spans. Here is how that is affecting retirement planning assumptions.
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Vanguard’s Jack Bogle Begged Them to Run a Fund. Now They Are Launching Their First ETF.
A fan of Vanguard Primecap is excited there is a new ETF from the same team of stand-out stockpickers.
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