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Jamie Dimon's National-Security Pledge Finances $230 Billion in First Year
JPMorgan's "security and resiliency initiative" is helping bolster U.S. supply chains and defense contractors.
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Quantinuum Sees Path to Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing by 2029 With New Milestone
EXCLUSIVE: Quantinuum says it hit a technical milestone that puts it on a path to achieve fully accurate and reliable quantum computers by 2029.
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Unilever Agrees to Sell Welly Bandage Business to Private-Equity Firm
Forward Consumer Partners is acquiring the company known for its colorful bandages and bringing back its founder as an adviser.
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DHS Orders DeepSeek Technology Removed From Federal Civilian IT Systems
The order, which also bars future purchases of the company's products and services, extends to products developed by DeepSeek affiliates and third-party products built using the company's implementations.
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Cleveland-Cliffs Revenue Rises on Higher Volumes, Selling Price
Cleveland-Cliffs swung to a third-quarter profit as revenue rose, as the company sold more steel products and at higher prices.
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Mattel Names Peter Griffith Chief Financial Officer, Replacing Paul Ruh
Mattel hired Amgen executive Peter Griffith as its new chief financial officer, replacing Paul Ruh, who joined the toy maker as finance chief in May 2025.
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Musk Vows to Give Each U.S. Child a SpaceX Share
The world's richest person made the announcement following similar pledges by Anthropic and other high-profile billionaires.
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H.B. Fuller Rejects Ancora's Latest Acquisition Bid
Company says Ancora's revised cash offer of $1.2 billion to $1.4 billion still undervalues its building adhesives solutions business.
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Germany's Merck to Buy U.K. Biotech Silence Therapeutics for $1.3 Billion
Merck said it is offering $20 in cash for each American depositary share for Nasdaq-listed Silence Therapeutics, more than double the target's closing price as of Friday.
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Lindt Replaces CEO With Former Boss in Bid to Revive Growth
The board replaced Adalbert Lechner-who has been with the company for 33 years-with Dieter Weisskopf on an interim basis.
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KKR Sent Formal Objection by EU Over Information Provided in NetCo Deal
The European Commission said it provisionally found that the group gave what it said was incorrect or misleading information related to long-term wholesale access agreements.
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Silgan to Combine With Trivium Packaging in $3.4 Billion Deal
Silgan Holdings has agreed to combine with Trivium Packaging, creating a global supplier of metal packaging products for consumer products.
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Anthropic to Commit 5% of Its Shares to New 'Public Benefit' Fund
The fund could send distributions directly to populations affected by AI labor disruption.
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Roche Partners With China's Hansoh in Deal That Could Top $15 Billion
The Swiss drugmaker will assume responsibility for outside China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan after the completion of early-stage clinical trials.
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Nvidia-Backed Startup doubleAI Launches Model to Pare Cost of Compute
The company, co-founded by Mobileye CEO Amnon Shashua, says it slashed one early customer's compute costs by 67%.
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
October 19, 2026 13:15 ET (17:15 GMT)
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