 | | | | The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) cautioned investors on Wednesday about buying shares of so-called special purpose acquisition companies only because they are backed by celebrities, including movie stars and athletes. | | |
| | | The National Hockey League and Walt Disney Co have agreed to a seven-year TV, streaming and media rights deal that will bring games to ABC, ESPN and streaming platforms, the two organizations said on Wednesday. | | |
| | | The House of Representatives gave final approval on Wednesday to one of the largest economic stimulus measures in U.S. history, a sweeping $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill that gives President Joe Biden his first major victory in office. | | |
| | | Prominent attorneys Kenneth Feinberg and Camille Biros have been named to oversee a $500 million victim compensation fund for the relatives of 346 people killed in two fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes, a spokeswoman for Feinberg confirmed on Wednesday, the second anniversary of the second crash. | | |
| | | Facebook asked a federal court on Wednesday to dismiss major antitrust cases filed by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and nearly every U.S. state, saying they failed to show the company had a monopoly or harmed consumers. | | |
| | | U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday gave final approval to a new $14 billion payroll assistance package to U.S. airlines as part of a COVID-19 relief bill, the third round of government support to the struggling sector since March 2019. | | |
| | | A gauge of global stocks climbed for a second day on Wednesday to its highest level in a week after a report on U.S. consumer prices calmed concerns about inflation, while the dollar retreated further from a 3-1/2 month high. | | |
| | | The world's two largest aircraft leasing companies are combining to create a new financing giant after Ireland's AerCap finalised a deal worth more than $30 billion to buy the leasing business of General Electric. | | |
| | | When Irishman Aengus Kelly got his first job in aircraft leasing in 1996 it was with a firm so down on its luck the American giant General Electric had an option to buy it for one dollar. | | |
| | | GameStop gyrated wildly on Wednesday, continuing a ride that has vaulted shares of the video game retailer and other so-called meme stocks near levels last seen during their late-January rally. | | |
| | | U.S. fintech firm Taulia, a technology partner of supply chain finance specialist Greensill, said on Wednesday it had secured more than $6 billion in funding from a financing consortium led by JPMorgan. | | |
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