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Capital One Discover acquisition has $1.4 billion breakup fee for another buyer
Capital One headquarters in McLean, Virginia on February 20, 2024. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images Capital One‘s blockbuster takeover proposal for Discover Financial includes a $1.38 billion breakup fee if Discover decides to…
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Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon’s advice to summer interns: ‘Be an entrepreneur’
David Solomon, CEO, Goldman Sachs, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 23, 2020. Adam Galacia | CNBC Internships have started at Goldman Sachs‘ offices in the U.S. this week, according to…
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Goldman Sachs gives senior managers a new perk: ‘Flexible vacation’ policy
David Solomon, CEO, Goldman Sachs, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 23, 2020. Adam Galacia | CNBC Goldman Sachs is giving its top managers a new perk more common in the…
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Grayscale tells SEC that turning biggest bitcoin fund into ETF will unlock $8 billion for investors
Michael Sonnenshein, CEO, Grayscale Investments at the NYSE, April 18, 2022. Source: NYSE Grayscale, the asset manager running the world’s largest bitcoin fund, met privately with the Securities and Exchange Commission last week in an…
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Despite the Fed’s big rate hike, most banks won’t pay much in interest
Jerome Powell, Federal Reserver Governor. Katie Kramer | CNBC The Federal Reserve just raised its benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point, its largest such move in more than two decades, as it seeks…
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Bank stocks, once a Buffett favorite, take a back seat at Berkshire Hathaway
Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. David A. Grogan | CNBC Warren Buffett has begun to unleash Berkshire Hathaway‘s massive cash stockpile in recent weeks, snapping up an insurer and multi-billion dollar stakes…
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JPMorgan rolls back Covid precautions as U.S. cases drop
JPMorgan Chase on Monday told its U.S. employees that the bank was rolling back several coronavirus precautions as cases continue to drop. Wearing a mask at corporate buildings will be “completely voluntary” for workers starting…
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Investing app Acorns taps ‘choppy’ private markets at $1.9 billion valuation after scrapping SPAC
Noah Kerner, CEO of Acorns. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Acorns, the fintech start-up that scrapped plans to go public in January, has raised $300 million from private investors, CNBC has learned. The savings and investing…
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Morgan Stanley CEO says he was wrong on return-to-office push
Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman walked back an edict that employees should be back at the office by now and issued a new forecast for how long companies would delay the return. “I was wrong…
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Capital One says it’s ditching all consumer overdraft fees
Capital One says it is eliminating all overdraft fees for retail banking customers. It’s the largest U.S. bank yet to end the industry practice of charging customers a hefty fee, typically $25 to $35 in…