Stocks get a lift from earnings reports; Berkshire Hathaway boosts banks

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Stocks get a lift from earnings reports; Berkshire Hathaway boosts banks

U.S. stocks finished broadly higher for the third day in a row Monday. Media, retail and technology companies rose, and Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway led gains for the financial sector.
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FCC admits it was never actually hacked

The FCC has come clean on the fact that a purported hack of its comment system last year never actually took place, after a report from its inspector general found a lack of evidence supporting the idea.
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Indra Nooyi's journey from marriage pressure at 18 to heading PepsiCo at 50

Growing up in conservative Madras (now Chennai), Indra Krishnamurthy (later Nooyi) and her older sister, Chandrika, were often assigned an unusual task by their mother Shantha.
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Disney-Fox Deal Approaches the Finish Line — What Lies Ahead?

Both shareholders and U.S. regulators have signed off on the deal. The bidding war has come to an end. What should we expect now from the massive combination of Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS) and 21st Century Fox (NASDAQ:FOX) (NASDAQ:FOXA)?
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Carl Icahn to Publicly Oppose $54 Billion Cigna-Express Scripts Deal

Carl Icahn is going public with his campaign to scuttle Cigna Corp.'s $54 billion plan to buy Express Scripts Holding Co. Billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn in a letter says the Cigna-Express Scripts deal carries a “ridiculous” price tag.
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