A boom in dealmaking and higher spending point to a healthy economy, while bears are watching frothy stock prices and a weakening job market.https://www.wsj.com/finance/banking/the-nations-biggest-banks-are-saying-the-economy-is-still-strong-689a0d63?mod=rss_markets_main
Find insight on Novartis, Klinique Medical Clinic and more in the latest Market Talks covering Health Care.https://www.wsj.com/articles/health-care-roundup-market-talk-841a0b9c?mod=rss_markets_main
The bank’s quarterly profit rose 23%, with consumer spending up and investment banking results booming.https://www.wsj.com/finance/banking/bank-of-america-bac-q3-earnings-report-stock-2025-6af3d29d?mod=rss_markets_main
The investment giant readies a new business unit after President Trump issues an executive order regarding the inclusion of private assets in retirement plans.https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/blackstone-joins-race-to-bring-private-assets-to-401-k-market-9401bbe4?mod=rss_markets_main
Find insight on Bank of America, American car loans and more in the latest Market Talks covering Financial Services.https://www.wsj.com/articles/financial-services-roundup-market-talk-d9f202fe?mod=rss_markets_main
PNC Financial Services Group logged higher profit and revenue in the third quarter as it continued adding customers.https://www.wsj.com/business/earnings/pnc-profit-lifted-by-net-interest-income-growth-3fae759d?mod=rss_markets_main
The companies said the transaction ranks among the largest data-center deals ever.https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/blackrocks-ai-consortium-to-buy-aligned-data-centers-in-40-billion-deal-b3637f9b?mod=rss_markets_main
Hillenbrand has agreed to be acquired by private-equity firm Lone Star Funds for about $2.25 billion.https://www.wsj.com/business/deals/lone-star-funds-to-buy-hillenbrand-for-about-2-25-billion-359cedd8?mod=rss_markets_main
S&P Global struck a deal to buy markets data and analytics firm With Intelligence for $1.8 billion, expanding its data coverage and reach across private markets.https://www.wsj.com/business/deals/s-p-global-buying-data-and-analytics-firm-with-intelligence-for-1-8-billion-f13fe996?mod=rss_markets_main
U.S. natural gas futures settled lower ahead of weekly inventory data, with mild October weather keeping the front month trading each side of $3.https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-natural-gas-little-changed-in-early-trade-409f3f81?mod=rss_markets_main
Shares of Bunge and other agricultural companies are rising thanks to threats of a ban on used cooking oil – a key ingredient needed to produce renewable fuels.https://www.wsj.com/finance/commodities-futures/bunge-soars-after-trump-targets-cooking-oil-imports-from-china-f71c8ab2?mod=rss_markets_main
The development comes as the U.S. military is drawing up options for President Trump to consider, including possible strikes inside the country.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/us/politics/trump-covert-cia-action-venezuela.html
Democrats would be in danger of losing around a dozen majority-minority districts across the South if the court struck down part of the Voting Rights Act.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/upshot/supreme-court-voting-rights-gerrymander.html
The proposals would transform a program aimed at helping the most vulnerable people in the world into one that gives preference to mostly white people who say they are being persecuted.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/us/politics/trump-refugee-white-people.html
The move would allow county officials to provide financial aid to those affected by Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/world/americas/los-angeles-emergency-immigration-raids.html
A video this week captured Hamas fighters in Gaza executing Palestinian rivals as the militant group tries to assert that it is still the dominant force in the territory after two years of war with Israel.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/world/middleeast/hamas-crackdown-rivals-gaza.html
Hamas has handed over the bodies of eight people, but says it is struggling to find the remains of others after two years of war.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/world/middleeast/israel-hostages-hamas-returned-gaza-funerals.html
The Great Storm of 1987 was a forecasting blunder that left at least 18 people dead, felled 15 million trees and caused a billion pounds’ worth of damage.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/weather/uk-great-storm-1987-forecast.html
Xi Jinping’s need to project strength before a crucial meeting of Communist Party leaders may help explain why Beijing announced new rare earth controls.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/world/asia/china-trump-tariffs.html
A new analysis found that nearly 700 drugs approved for use in the United States depend on chemicals solely produced in China.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/health/us-drugs-china-production.html