
IonQ Stock Falls on $1.3B Elisity All-Stock Deal
Quantum leader IonQ is paying up to $1.3 billion in stock for a security company, and the market is not cheering. The deal logic and the dilution risk.
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Quantum leader IonQ is paying up to $1.3 billion in stock for a security company, and the market is not cheering. The deal logic and the dilution risk.

The nation's largest insurer finally got a handle on medical costs, and the sector is listening. UnitedHealth beat Q3 estimates and lifted its full-year profit outlook to at least $20.50 a share.

Investors are suddenly asking how expensive U.S. stocks look, and the 41.85 Shiller CAPE ratio has an awkward answer: only the 1999 dot-com peak sits higher, and history flags that exact zone. Here is the number, the context, and what is dated next.

JPMorgan Q3 2026 EPS of $5.57 missed the $5.92 consensus on $0.18 of securities losses. Learn what the print means for bank stocks and the quarter ahead.

Energy is driving the headline CPI estimate for September, but the core number is what moves the Fed debate Wednesday, and a late-season hurricane adds the surprise risk.

The closing count is a rearview mirror. August sales were 3.98 million annualized, but inventory and financing tell the fuller story before September arrives.

SEC and CFTC are writing crypto's first federal rulebook as ETF outflows hit $1.25B. See what Regulation Crypto Assets and the new CFTC dockets mean for retail.

KRE rose 0.80% on Monday, reversing Friday's decline as regional banks led financials higher into Wednesday's September CPI. What the reversal and the broader rotation signal before the print.

Gold holds near $4,190 as central banks bought a record 289 tonnes in Q2. A 5.3% 10-year yield and strong dollar cap it into Wednesday's CPI.

September CPI preview: an energy-driven +0.6% headline against a cooling core, the last inflation print before the Fed's Oct 27-28 meeting. See the read.

A Wisconsin WARN notice schedules the first phase of Durr CTS's De Pere closure for October 13, with 72 permanent job eliminations expected across three phases.

U.S. on-highway diesel fell 18.3 cents to $6.199 per gallon for the week of October 5, but fuel remains more than 60 cents above late August, leaving transport costs sensitive to each new move.