Five stats from the market and the stories behind them. This week: The Dow hits a new high, potential M&A deals continue, Dell's buyout gets activist pushback, and more.
Morningstar's Mike Hodel thinks that AT&T's deal for T-Mobile is good for AT&T shareholders, but regulators may be hesitant to allow the telecom giant to get even bigger.
Morningstar markets editor Jeremy Glaser gives the blow-by-blow on recent showdowns between Coke and Pepsi, Apple and Google, Facebook and Twitter, and more.
Despite aggressive debt repayment at the large incumbent telecom players, most income investors would do better to take a little more risk on the firms' equity versus buying the debt.
On the heels of getting recognized for its social media marketing content, Regions Bank dishes on what material has worked best for it and what it plans to do next in the socialsphere.
Nearly 70% of affluent investors who use social media for financial information have reallocated investments or have started or changed their relationship with investment providers based on content they’ve received through those channels.