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Coca-Cola stock price rises as Jefferies lifts target ahead of Feb. 10 earnings

Coca-Cola stock price rises as Jefferies lifts target ahead of Feb. 10 earnings

Coca-Cola shares rose 1.7% to $78.65 Thursday, bucking a weaker U.S. market after Jefferies raised its price target to $88 ahead of next week’s earnings. CEO-elect Henrique Braun will take over March 31 as James Quincey becomes executive chairman. Quincey sold 337,824 shares for about $26 million on Feb. 3 under a prearranged plan. Coca-Cola reports fourth-quarter and full-year results Feb. 10.
5 February 2026
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Capital One stock slides as Trump’s 10% credit-card rate cap spooks lenders

Capital One stock slides as Trump’s 10% credit-card rate cap spooks lenders

New York, Jan 12, 2026, 08:13 EST — Premarket Shares of Capital One Financial dropped roughly 10% in premarket Monday after investors offloaded credit-card and consumer-lending stocks amid fresh chatter about rate caps. The squeeze landed hard on a business built around spreads. Credit-card interest powers issuer profits, and a 10% cap would plunge well below the industry’s current rates. The bids quickly evaporated. Synchrony Financial and Bread Financial tumbled between 10% and 11% in early trading. American Express slipped about 4%, while Visa and Mastercard each dropped roughly 2%. On the flip side, alternative lenders gained ground: Affirm rose
12 January 2026
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First Brands Group Files for Chapter 11, Discloses $10–$50 Billion in Liabilities

First Brands’ Implosion Rips Through Private Credit: $2.3 B Disappears, Wall Street Scrambles

How a Hidden Financing Scheme Brought Down First Brands In hindsight, red flags were mounting at First Brands Group well before its spectacular implosion. The Ohio-based auto-parts supplier had become an industry heavyweight by gobbling up rivals with debt-fueled acquisitions, amassing an enormous debt load in the processreuters.com. By mid-2025, the company’s finances were growing increasingly murky: in August, First Brands abruptly halted a $6 billion refinancing deal after lenders demanded independent audits of its booksts2.tech. Rumors swirled of large off-the-books loans, late supplier payments, and frustrated investors asking to see invoices backing their loans. Yet few outsiders grasped the full picture of the trouble lurking
10 October 2025
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Jefferies Scrambles as First Brands’ $10 Billion Bankruptcy Reveals $2.3 Billion in ‘Vanished’ Debt

Jefferies Scrambles as First Brands’ $10 Billion Bankruptcy Reveals $2.3 Billion in ‘Vanished’ Debt

First Brands’ Debt-Fueled Rise and Spectacular Fall First Brands Group’s journey from industry consolidator to bankruptcy cautionary tale was swift and dramatic. The company – a leading supplier of replacement auto parts like oil filters, brake pads and windshield wipers – grew aggressively through debt-financed acquisitions in the 2010s Livemint. By 2025, it owned well-known aftermarket brands such as Raybestos (brake components), TRICO (wiper blades) and FRAM (engine filters), selling through major retailers like Walmart and AutoZone ts2.tech. However, this rapid expansion came at the cost of a towering debt load that far outpaced its earnings. Over the summer of
9 October 2025
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Stock Market Today

Blockchain’s New Pitch: Tracking Supply-Chain Emissions for a Price

Blockchain’s New Pitch: Tracking Supply-Chain Emissions for a Price

7 February 2026
Blockchain industry groups are promoting supply-chain emissions tracking and data transparency, not crypto trading, as key business uses. Companies face mounting pressure to map Scope 3 emissions, which are often hard to verify. Past blockchain supply-chain projects, including Maersk’s TradeLens, struggled with adoption when partners failed to participate.
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