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Why Lumen Technologies Stock Is Soaring Today
Lumen Technologies (NYSE: LUMN) stock is seeing strong bullish momentum in Wednesday's trading. The telecommunications company's share price was up 6.3% as of 3:20 p.m. ET. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 index was up 0.7%, and the Nasdaq Composite index was up 1.3%. The stock had been up as much as 11.3% ea...The Motley Fool
Jan 22, 2025
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UPDATE 3-Former NJ Senator Menendez loses bid for new trial, faces sentencing next week
Adds Menendez statement in paragraph 6, prosecutors decline to comment in paragraph 7By Luc Cohen NEW YORK, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Former New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez on Wednesday lost a bid for a new trial, after arguing his recent corruption conviction should be thrown out because jurors were al...Reuters
Jan 22, 2025
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Ally Financial (ALLY) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Transcript
Image source: The Motley Fool.Ally Financial (NYSE: ALLY)Q4 2024 Earnings CallJan 22, 2025, 9:00 a.m. ETContents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks: OperatorGood day, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the fourth quarter 2024 Ally Financial earnings ...The Motley Fool
Jan 22, 2025
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Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions
Adds ASML, Telecom Italia, CommerzbankJan 22 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2040 GMT on Wednesday:** Commerzbank CBKG.DE on Wednesday defined UniCredit's approach for a potential tie-up as "hostile", and said there had been no discussion of it wi...Reuters
Jan 22, 2025
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Crisis pregnancy centers ask Supreme Court to revive suit against New Jersey
By Brendan Pierson Jan 22 (Reuters) - A New Jersey crisis pregnancy center operator has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to revive its federal lawsuit seeking to block the state's attorney general from investigating whether it deceived women into believing it offered abortions.The petition filed on T...Reuters
Jan 22, 2025
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BRIEF-PPL Corp Says Rhode Island Energy Customers Can Expect Lower Electricity Supply Costs For Upcoming Summer Season
Jan 22 (Reuters) - PPL Corp PPL.N:PPL CORP: RHODE ISLAND ENERGY CUSTOMERS CAN EXPECT LOWER ELECTRICITY SUPPLY COSTS FOR UPCOMING SUMMER SEASON BEGINNING ON APR 1Further company coverage: PPL.N (((( Reuters.Briefs@thomsonreuters.com ;));))Reuters
Jan 22, 2025
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Trump signs executive order suspending migrant entry at US southern border
Jan 22 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order suspending the entry of migrants into the United States at the southern border with Mexico, the White House said on Wednesday. (Reporting by Costas Pitas; Editing by Caitlin Webber) ((Costas.Pitas@thomsonreuters.com; Reuters M...Reuters
Jan 22, 2025
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CBOT wheat dips, following corn and soybeans
CHICAGO, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Chicago Board of Trade benchmark wheat futures Wv1 ticked down on Wednesday following corn and soybeans, but received support from winterkill risks in the United States. CBOT's March soft red winter wheat futures WH25 settled down 4-3/4 cents at $5.54 a bushel. Earlier in...Reuters
Jan 22, 2025
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BUZZ-Citi sees risks in Australia's Beach Energy on Waitsia plant delay
** Citi sees execution risks in Australia's Beach Energy BPT.AX as the first gas sale from its Waitsia plant is delayed** Brokerage retains "sell" recommendation and price target of A$1.3, a 12.2% discount to stock's last close of A$1.48** Oil and gas producer targets first gas sale from Waitsia pla...Reuters
Jan 22, 2025
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REFILE-Trump's DEI cuts force Davos elite to find new words for diversity
Refiling to correct envoy's first name to Lutfey from LufteyExecutives look for new ways to describe DEI initiativesNikki Haley tells Davos: Americans don't want to be a labelBofA CEO describes diversity as having 'commercial logic'DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 22 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's esca...Reuters
Jan 22, 2025
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UPDATE 1-US PJM power demand hits preliminary winter record during winter freeze
Adds details on Tennessee Valley Authority hitting record peak demand Jan 22 (Reuters) - Power grid operator PJM Interconnection on Wednesday said it hit a preliminary record for winter demand with a peak load of 145,000 megawatts (MW), while also exporting 8,000 MW, driven by extreme cold nation...Reuters
Jan 22, 2025
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US judge says Trump Jan. 6 pardons reflect 'revisionist myth'
Judge says pardons raise 'dangerous specter of future violence'Trump pardoned almost 1,600 people charged with joining riotBy Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON, Jan 22 (Reuters) - A federal judge who has overseen scores of criminal cases related to the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol condemned ...Reuters
Jan 22, 2025
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UPDATE 1-US natgas prices jump 5% on signs Freeport LNG restarted, colder forecasts
Gas demand hits record highs on Monday and TuesdayTuesday was coldest day in US in at least five years Flows to Freeport LNG export plant in Texas set to rise on WednesdayAdds latest prices in paragraphs 1 and 3By Scott DiSavino Jan 22 (Reuters) - U.S. natural gas futures climbed about 5% on Wedn...Reuters
Jan 22, 2025
Cryptocurrencies
Trump’s SEC and CFTC appointments reduce crypto market volatility
Following Donald Trump’s inauguration as the 47th President of the United States on Monday, market volatility across the crypto market has been on the low. Bitcoin, at the top of the key, has seemingly stabilized along the $103,000-$105,000 levels, while other coins sitting at the top 20 market cap ranking haven’t witnessed price upticks or […]Cryptopolitan
Jan 22, 2025
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BREAKINGVIEWS-A $65 bln US gas IPO looks to leave port too soon
The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are his own.By Robert CyranNEW YORK, Jan 22 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Venture Global’s initial public offering is leaving port too soon. The liquefied natural gas company benefitted from breakneck growth in U.S. exports, puttin...Reuters
Jan 22, 2025
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UPDATE 1-Cornell University sues AT&T, Verizon over Wi-Fi patents
Adds comment from Cornell in paragraph 3By Blake BrittainJan 22 (Reuters) - Cornell University has sued AT&T T.N and Verizon VZ.N in Texas federal court, accusing the telecom giants of infringing two patents related to Wi-Fi standards.The Ithaca, N.Y., university said in a pair of lawsuits filed on ...Reuters
Jan 22, 2025
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UPDATE 8-Oil eases to one-week low amid Trump tariff uncertainty
Trump discussed a 10% tariff on Chinese goods from Feb. 1Iran denies it wants nuclear weaponsUS crude stocks seen down for 9th week in a row - pollUpcoming: Weekly US oil inventory data from API at 4:30 p.m. ETAdds latest pricesBy Scott DiSavino Jan 22 (Reuters) - Oil prices eased to a fresh one-...Reuters
Jan 22, 2025
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US Meta users report automatic re-follows of president, VP accounts
Meta users report automatically re-following president, VP accounts after unfollowingMeta says account rollovers occur with new administrationBy Doyinsola OladipoNEW YORK, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Some Meta META.O social media users said on Wednesday that their accounts re-followed the profiles of Preside...Reuters
Jan 22, 2025
