The S&P Dividend Aristocrats deserve more coverage. Those are companies that have raised their dividend payouts consistently over the years — they’re dividend royalty, as it were. As a group, they have performed well in the long term. And they held up well in 2022, a year in which broad indexes fell into a bear …
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Microsoft corporation MSFT -1.73% has signaled that it plans to contest the Federal Trade Commission’s lawsuit to block its $75 billion deal for Activision ATVI -0.38% Blizzard Inc., and is expected to argue that it is an underdog in game development. The personal computing company has been publicizing its position for months, saying the acquisition …
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Microsoft corporation MSFT -0.80% had been working for nearly a year to calm regulators’ concerns about the acquisition of video game developer Activision Blizzard Inc., ATVI 0.54% But the Federal Trade Commission’s lawsuit to block the deal raised questions about the company’s commitment not to shut out rivals. This week, the FTC took one of …
A month before Magnus Carlsen and 19-year-old American grandmaster Hans Moke Niemann found themselves battling each other at the center of a high-profile chess cheating scandal, they were two guys pushing pawns on the beach in Miami. Hanging around for a tournament promotion, they played on a board in the sand, watched by only a …
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You may be able to prevent or delay dementia with changes in diet and exercise, research has found. Now, another potential tool for staving off dementia is gaining the attention of researchers: specially designed video games. Companies are marketing a crop of digital games that promise to train the brain, with a battery of exercises …
Short selling is a trading technique that gets especially popular during bear markets in stocks. Short selling — or betting on a decline in prices — can come to the fore if investors suspect a company is entering a difficult period, during a period of stress on financial markets, or when a group of traders …
After a strong showing in July, when stock indexes rebounded from their 2022 lows of June, U.S. equities abruptly reversed course in August. Here’s the damage: Index Price change – July 29 through Aug. 30 Price change – 2022 through Aug. 30 Price change – 2021 S&P 500 SPX -3.5% -16.4% 26.9% Dow Jones Industrial …
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