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J&J's Proposed $5.5 Billion Talc Settlement May "Lift Remaining Overhang" On Shares, Says Guggenheim
J&J's Proposed $5.5 Billion Talc Settlement May "Lift Remaining Overhang" On Shares, Says Guggenheim
Johnson & Johnson announced late Monday that it had reached an agreement to commit $5.5 billion to resolve most lawsuits alleging its talc products caused ovarian cancer. The settlement could end 15 years of litigation and "lift the remaining overhang" on J&J shares, according to one institutional trading desk.
The "comprehensive resolution," as described by J&J, requires participation from law firms representing at least 95% of pending state and federal claims. The company faces roughly 76,000 lawsuits,...
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May 8, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Ukrainian Drone Strike Paralyzes Airports Across All Southern Russia
Ukrainian Drone Strike Paralyzes Airports Across All Southern Russia
Russian cities and communities are busy preparing Victory Day WW2 memorial events all across the country ahead of Saturday, and so security is already on edge and on high alert, especially in the Moscow area, given that Ukraine's devastating cross-border drone attacks have persisted and expanded of late.
On Friday air traffic at 13 airports across southern Russia was suspended after drones struck a building at a regional air navigation center in Rostov-on-Don, Russia's transport ministry confirmed. This was the crucial air traffic...
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May 25, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Corrections Vs Bears: How The Fed Rewired The Market
Corrections Vs Bears: How The Fed Rewired The Market
Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com,
After three decades of watching market cycles play out from both sides of the trade, I’ve come to a simple conclusion: Wall Street’s love of simple rules is one of the most dangerous aspects of investing. When stocks fall 10%, it’s just a “correction.” However, if they decline 20%, it’s a “bear market.” Simple, clean, repeatable, and printed on every financial media graphic from here to Tokyo. The problem is that the definitions of a correction and bear market have not...
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Mar 4, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Crude Stocks Rise 3.5 Million, Highest Since May 2025
Crude Stocks Rise 3.5 Million, Highest Since May 2025
With oil flows passing through the Straits of Hormuz blocked indefinitely, markets were paying especially close attention to today's weekly DOE report on oil stocks, to see how much capacity the US has in case of a prolonged lockout. The result was satisfactory.
The DOE reported the following weekly changes:
Crude +3.475MM, more than the expected +3.00MM, and the highest since May 2025
Gasoline -1.704MM, down to the lowest since Jan 9, 2026
Distillates +429K, biggest increase since Jan 2026
Cushing +1.6MM, rising to the highest...
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