In this articleCSXSPXDJIAUNPNSCThrough Thursday trading, CSX stock was up about 8% over the past 12 months. (Photograph by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)CSX has been embroiled in merger drama for months. Investors might have forgotten to focus on the business. ...

The Securities and Exchange Commission is asking a federal court to fine and enjoin an unregistered financial advisor who allegedly caused three victims to lose $1.6 million in a fraudulent options-trading strategy. It isn't his first brush with regulators. ...

Janus Henderson said Friday that it had agreed to acquire Richard Bernstein Advisors, a multi-asset investment manager that oversees approximately $20 billion in client assets. ...

The S&P 500 danced around the breakeven line Friday afternoon while the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.8%, or 382 points, and the Nasdaq Composite was up 0.3%.Among the 11 S&P 500 sectors, financials were the biggest decliner. Shares of Capital One, which is acquiring payments startup Brex for $5.15 billion, were down 7.3%.American Express stock was also down 2.4%. Lending stocks have experienced turbulence since President Donald Trump called for credit-card interest rates to be capped at 10% for o ...

Charles Schwab slightly missed analyst expectations with its fourth-quarter earnings report Wednesday, but the stock rose anyway. Investors likely were cheered by strong growth in earnings, revenue, and new assets. Core net new assets were $163.9 billion for the quarter, and total client assets grew to $11.9 trillion. Schwab has benefited from a surge in investor activity that creates a tailwind for the company in 2026. ...

Redwire is positioning itself as a future supplier for the Trump administration's Golden Dome missile-defense initiative. ...

Oracle stock will feel some pressure as the cost to build out artificial intelligence infrastructure continues to rise, this Morgan Stanley analyst says. ...

Wall Street expects another strong quarter from Microsoft when the technology behemoth reports earnings next Wednesday. But at least a couple firms are backing off their most optimistic predictions for the stock. ...

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