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In a year when theme park revenue slid 37% and movie division revenue fell 13%, total company revenue came down only 6%, helped by a booming reception for the company’s streaming services. from WSJ.com: Markets https://ift.tt/2IvlViU https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

A blank-check company backed by real-estate investor Barry Sternlicht is in talks to merge with Cano Health in a $4.4 billion deal that would take the health-care provider for seniors public, according to people familiar with the matter. from WSJ.com: Markets https://ift.tt/2GWBXlc https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

The timing this week of Albert Bourla’s sale of about $5.6 million in company shares—on the same day it announced positive results from its Covid-19 vaccine—is drawing scrutiny from some investors from WSJ.com: Markets https://ift.tt/3nhq1db https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

In Translation: As interest in sustainable investing grows, more companies are making misleading claims about their ESG practices. from WSJ.com: Markets https://ift.tt/32muEus https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Recent results suggest that these funds have a hard time in turbulent markets. from WSJ.com: Markets https://ift.tt/3n3GP7p https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Some analysts think military spending is likely to stay high in the coming years. from WSJ.com: Markets https://ift.tt/3eCZVyn https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

New research says that a flawed definition has led value investing to be such a poor performer over the past 15 years. from WSJ.com: Markets https://ift.tt/2I6UtIh https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Here are seven major companies whose stocks moved on the week’s news. from WSJ.com: Markets https://ift.tt/3keMCW5 https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

The result of the presidential election is still unclear, but divided government—and a persistent U.S. political divide—could complicate attempts to shore up America’s economic leverage with Beijing. from WSJ.com: Markets https://ift.tt/32jnyHc https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Allstate’s net income rose 27% to $1.13 billion, while MetLife’s net income declined 71% to $633 million. from WSJ.com: Markets https://ift.tt/2I66xsA https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Futures erased an earlier rally as results showed a tight presidential contest in the battleground state of Florida. from WSJ.com: Markets https://ift.tt/3637PNy https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

The embattled founder of one of Europe’s best-known hedge-fund firms will focus solely on managing money instead. from WSJ.com: Markets https://ift.tt/3kWZNMa https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

A gauge of China’s factory activity remained in expansionary territory for an eighth consecutive month, pointing to continued recovery across the world’s second-largest economy. from WSJ.com: Markets https://ift.tt/3ebK0qo https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Here are seven major companies whose stocks moved on the week’s news. from WSJ.com: Markets https://ift.tt/320ZubT https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

A final rule published Friday requires that funds in retirement plans only consider risk-and-return for stocks and bonds—and not environmental or social issues. from WSJ.com: Markets https://ift.tt/34JWgLu https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Strong results from Apple, Amazon, Google and Facebook leave investors mostly unimpressed. from WSJ.com: Markets https://ift.tt/37RkwgL https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Equitable has entered an agreement with Venerable for the privately held company to reinsure a total of 114,000 variable-annuity policies that it sold between 2006 and 2008. from WSJ.com: Markets https://ift.tt/31QYhUt https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Here are seven major companies whose stocks moved on the week’s news. from WSJ.com: Markets https://ift.tt/31AkGVU https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

The law firm Dechert is selected to examine the business dealings between the private-equity firm’s CEO and the disgraced financier. from WSJ.com: Markets https://ift.tt/34gKVSZ https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Among them: What happens to my art collection after I die? from WSJ.com: Markets https://ift.tt/35arKcL https://ift.tt/eA8V8J