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In challenging Microsoft Corp.’s MSFT -0.80% $75 billion acquisition of Activision ATVI 0.54% Blizzard Inc., the Federal Trade…
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Southwest Airlines Co. LUV 1.39% Southwest’s quarterly dividend is taking flight again. The airline is the first major carrier to reinstate the payout…
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I don’t care how often I have to say it: The war in Ukraine can end only with Vladimir Putin’s defeat. Russian forces must be pushed back to the de facto boundary of Feb. 24. There is no way…
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I heard the MC call my name and felt my legs carry me toward the stage. It was time to enter the Punderdome.I’d never competed in a pun contest, much less in front of hundreds of people at an event considered the Roman Colosseum of…
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In this brutal year for markets, some mutual-fund investors are facing a double whammy: big losses and big tax bills. This is happening because fund managers have had to sell holdings to raise cash to pay investors leaving their funds. That…
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In challenging Microsoft Corp.’s MSFT -0.08% $75 billion acquisition of Activision ATVI 0.72% Blizzard Inc., the Federal Trade…
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President Biden is hosting a summit with U.S. and African leaders in Washington next week.…
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NASA’s Artemis moon mission is set to conclude this weekend when the agency attempts to return part of the Orion spacecraft to Earth, a maneuver that will expose the vehicle to intense heat after a nearly monthlong journey.The crew module…
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The cliché is that when China sneezes, commodities catch a cold. Logically, then, when it’s feeling better the commodity complex should too: Industrial metals like copper, aluminum and iron ore have staged an…
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Wind turbines and power transmission lines in Rio Vista, Calif., March 30, 2021. Photo:…
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