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When Things Go South at Capital One Financial, They Go South Fast

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Capital One Financial (NYSE: COF) is an interesting bank. Capital One is not your typical bank The basic bank model is pretty simple: It takes in cash from customers in the form of deposits (think savings and checking accounts). Capital One doesn't really do this. It has instead built out a credit card business.

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EG Group targets $13bn New York IPO to drive growth and reduce debt

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The company, co-owned by the Issa brothers and private equity firm TDR Capital, plans to list later this year in one of the largest retail IPOs in recent memory. EG Group aims to use the proceeds to reduce its $9bn debt and fund expansion, with a focus on strengthening its US operations. Source: Retail Gazette Can’t stop reading?

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This Unstoppable Telecom Giant Returned More Capital to Shareholders Than Both AT&T and Verizon Over the Past Year, and It Just Raised Its Dividend 35%

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The only caveat is this telecom giant is primarily using share repurchases in its capital-return program, something that's practically non-existent recently at Verizon and AT&T. T-Mobile's massive capital-return program could prove even better for shareholders than big cash dividends from its competition.

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This Completely Off-the-Radar Company Yielding 11.5% Might Be the Safest High-Octane Dividend Stock to Own in 2025

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This may be Wall Street's safest 11%-plus-yielding stock for 2025 Though there are well over 100 publicly traded companies currently yielding north of 10% on an annual basis, the one that could allow income seekers to sleep easy at night is little-known business development company (BDC) PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NYSE: PFLT).

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Goldman Sachs launches Capital Solutions Group to boost private equity financing

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Goldman Sachs unveiled its Capital Solutions Group, a new division aimed at strengthening its focus on financing solutions for private equity sponsors. The group combines the firms corporate finance, leveraged finance, and equity capital markets teams into one unit. Source: Reuters Can’t stop reading? The London Stock Exchange.

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Blue Owl Capital supports $4bn acquisition of PCI Pharma Services

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Blue Owl Capital backed the $4bn acquisition of PCI Pharma Services, a leading provider of pharmaceutical packaging and clinical trial solutions. Read more Blue Owl Capital supports $4bn acquisition of PCI Pharma Services Blue Owl Capital backed the $4bn acquisition of PCI Pharma Services, a leading provider of.

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This Institutional Investor Just Increased Its Stake in Norwegian Cruise Lines by Nearly 10%. Should You Do the Same?

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To this end, the company has attracted increased interest from institutional investors, with GSA Capital Partners increasing its stake in the stock. The GSA Capital purchase GSA added 1,889 shares of Norwegian in the first quarter of 2024, taking the total to 21,922 shares. of the portfolio. Does Norwegian make sense for investors?

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