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Fintech Plaid Bets on Credit Scores to Fuel Next Phase of Growth

EXCLUSIVE: Plaid is doubling down on its credit-scoring business with new AI models as the company aims to chart its next era of growth with a suite of products beyond its core business.

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SoftBank-Backed DayOne Plans to Raise Up to $5 Billion in U.S. IPO

Singapore-based DayOne Data Centers plans to list its American depositary shares on the Nasdaq by the end of the year.

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What Oura's Stalled IPO Tells Us About One-Hit Wonders

Oura pitched itself as a tech platform, but investors saw through that.

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Forbion Raises $2.6 Billion in Boost to European Biotech Industry

Dutch haul comes despite European drugmakers and investors warning the region is losing ground.

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L'Oreal Taps Advisers to Explore Unloading Chemical-Related Liabilities

The cosmetics company's U.S. subsidiary is working with Weil Gotshal and Ducera to address talc-related lawsuits.

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Genmab Shares Climb After Positive Study Results for Blood-Cancer Drug

The Danish company and AbbVie said their Epkinly drug helped extend the time patients with a common type of lymphoma lived.

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KKR Strikes Deal to Buy Private-Capital Fund Administrator Gen II

Private-capital funds have proliferated in recent years as investors seek to reduce reliance on public markets.

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NYSE Owner Launches Gold Futures in London

The contract began trading Monday alongside new futures for silver, platinum and palladium.

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Berkshire Buys $190 Million More Lennar Stock; It Now Owns 12% of the Big Homebuilder

Berkshire's latest purchases were made last Thursday and Friday. Lennar stock fell almost 7% Monday after the publication of a negative report on the company.

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NYC Lawmakers Grill AI Executives and Former Employees as City Weighs Guardrails

Former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon repeated his warnings at a hearing Monday.

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Supreme Court Questions Oil Companies' Bid to Shut Down Climate Lawsuits

Justices debate whether local governments can sue energy giants for harms linked to climate change.

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Barbie-Maker Mattel Faces Growing Shareholder Pressure to Consider a Sale

Ariel Investments, which has a 5.4% stake in Mattel, said Monday it believes the company's shares remain significantly undervalued with its current structure as a public company.

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Electronic Arts Bondholders Allege Default Following Largest LBO

EA bondholders alleged a $1.4 billion debt default, escalating a dispute over whether the videogame maker must pay them off at a premium after going private in the largest leveraged buyout of all time.

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Centalion, Fresh From Rebrand, Does Deal for U.S. Gas Fields

The trading firm formerly known as Gunvor is poised to become a major player in the Haynesville basin with $1.5 billion deal.

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Texas AG Paxton Launches Investigation Into UnitedHealth Group

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sent civil investigative demands to the company to collect evidence around potential violations of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, according to his office.

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October 06, 2026 07:15 ET (11:15 GMT)