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Investment Firm General Atlantic Is Eyeing an IPO Again

The company manages around $130 billion and had filed to go public in 2023.

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The Secret Word Game Bank of America's CEO Plays With Wall Street

It's no happenstance that Brian Moynihan regularly jams "gainsay," "concomitant" and "fantods" into otherwise ordinary sentences in analyst calls.

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Why Goldman Sachs thinks the Fed won't be hiking interest rates in September

Goldman expects that the Fed will stand pat - barring any dramatic data.

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Financial Services Roundup: Market Talk

Find insight on the Hong Kong IPO market, National Australia Bank and more in the latest Market Talks covering financial services.

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Jane Street Suffers Loss of About $15 Billion Following Troubles at Situational Awareness

The trading firm posted its worst month ever in July after bets at Leopold Aschenbrenner's hedge fund soured.

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Trump Family's World Liberty Financial Gets Preliminary Approval to Launch a Bank

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency gives the flagship crypto venture a conditional approval to be a trust bank.

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PayPal in Talks to Sell Itself to Stripe, Private-Equity Firm Advent

The fintech startup and private-equity firm Advent offered to buy the struggling payments company in July.

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JPMorgan Ended Banking Relationship With Polymarket Over Regulatory Concerns

The move comes as questions about prediction markets and debanking swirl.

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Berkshire Hathaway Boosted Alphabet, Delta Stakes, Sold Bank of America

Berkshire Hathaway boosted its stake in Alphabet by about 80% to 106 million shares in the second quarter.

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Berkshire-Backed Marubeni Favors Strong Yen

The Japanese trading house favors a stronger yen to better leverage a $12 billion investment plan, its CEO said, as a firmer currency gives it greater firepower for overseas acquisitions.

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Aviva Posts Strong First-Half Profit Growth

The insurer and asset manager's operating profit rose in the first half, though it cut full-year expectations for its health business.

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Bleeding-Edge AI Meets Cutting-Edge Finance. Is This Peak AI?

These new futures contracts would allow investors to hedge and speculate on the cost of renting chips that machines need to train and run AI models.

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Cleveland Fed President Says Central Bank Must 'Act Now' to Bring Down Inflation

Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack has called out the high level and persistence of inflation.

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Bill Ackman Calls His New Fund's Slumping Stock Price 'Frankly Absurd'

The billionaire investor's portfolio has trailed the broader market since he took the fund, Pershing Square USA, and his firm public in April.

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

August 17, 2026 11:00 ET (15:00 GMT)