Dan Rollins, CEO, Cadence Bank at the NYSE, Jan. 25, 2022. Source: NYSE Huntington Bancshares agreed to buy smaller rival Cadence Bank in an all-stock deal valued at $7.4 billion on Monday, underscoring a broader push by regional lenders to grow their footprint and compete with larger banks. Dealmaking has gathered pace under the Trump…
Home values continue to rise across the country, but the areas where housing markets are heating up the most may surprise you. Wyoming has seen the largest increase in home value this year, according to Cinch Home Services’ analysis of Zillow home price data. Homeowners in the Cowboy State enjoyed more than an $18,000 increase,…
UBS is urging investors not to rely solely on the ongoing rally in U.S. equities, arguing that diversification into select Asian markets, higher-quality bonds, and gold will be critical to building more resilient portfolios over the next 12 months. The Swiss bank expects the U.S. bull market to extend, supported by an accommodative Federal Reserve,…
Argentina’s President Javier Milei addresses the audience during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 23, 2025. Milei said at a Bloomberg event on January 22, 2026 that “The world should celebrate the arrival of President Trump,”before Donald Trump will star on January 23, 2025 in an eagerly-anticipated online appearance at…
A view of the logo of HSBC bank on a wall outside a branch in Mexico City, Mexico, on June 14, 2024. Henry Romero | Reuters HSBC said on Monday that it will recognize a provision of $1.1 billion in its third quarter results following a court ruling in Luxembourg related to the Bernard Madoff…
We had some big wins this week from investing in stocks and managing a portfolio — not speculating, not betting, not risking it all on a wing and a prayer that would make Vegas casino owners green with envy. Honeywell delivered with a terrific quarter in aerospace — and you can, at last, see that…
Laura Brown and Kristina O’Neill were at the top of their games. They had dream magazine jobs as editors in chief, with Brown at Instyle and O’Neill at WSJ. Magazine. Then they got fired. That’s the term they prefer, by the way. Not part of a restructure, made redundant or laid off. “Same s—canning, different…
People hold signs during a strike rally for the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) at the Seattle Union Hall in Seattle, Washington, on October 15, 2024. Jason Redmond | AFP | Getty Images Striking workers at Boeing Defense in the St. Louis area rejected the company’s latest contract proposal on Sunday, sending…
A strong start to the third-quarter earnings season has propelled the stock market back to record highs. Investors are hoping an even busier week of corporate reports — oh, and a Fed meeting — can keep the good times rolling. A wild card: President Donald Trump is in Asia for some high-stakes diplomacy. The S…
One of the busiest weeks of the earnings season is upon us, with more than 150 S & P 500 companies set to report. Among the stocks on deck are five of the “Magnificent Seven”: Apple , Amazon , Alphabet , Meta Platforms and Microsoft . Others include UnitedHealth and Caterpillar . So far, third…
