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JULY 18, 2024

Starbucks The world's most popular coffee chain has received a lot of investor attention this year after the stock's recent nosedive. Investors should expect the stock to bounce back eventually. Part of that dip can be attributed to concerns regarding legal liabilities related to lawsuits involving its talc products.

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AUGUST 22, 2024

Delta is now pursuing legal action against CrowdStrike in an attempt to recover its losses, and the cybersecurity giant's potential financial liability is still unknown. Legal action can take time to resolve, but in the shorter term, CrowdStrike will probably lose some of its existing customers and struggle to attract new ones.

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AUGUST 7, 2023

With its inclusion in the Dow Jones Industrial Average and its extensive history raising its dividend, 3M (NYSE: MMM) is a stock that a variety of investors follow closely. The bear case for 3M Lee Samaha : Even setting aside its ongoing exposure to potential legal liabilities, 3M has struggled operationally in recent years.

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MARCH 15, 2024

That will help 3M deal with its legal payments, but the struggles in the core business shouldn't be overlooked. While 3M's yield is appealing, income investors can find healthier stocks to invest in elsewhere. The best Dow Jones stock for dividend investors Of these three stocks, the choice is clear. Organic sales fell 3.2%

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DECEMBER 1, 2023

Pinning financial liability on a telecom provider for old cables that were legal when they were installed seems like an uphill battle. In less than four years, AT&T Fiber doubled its subscriber count to more than 8 million and investors can look forward to more growth in the years ahead. and AT&T wasn't one of them!

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NOVEMBER 25, 2023

For some investors, an 11% decline may seem like a lost two-year period for growth stocks. But for long-term investors with cash at the ready, an 11% dip in the Nasdaq Composite is the ideal opportunity to nab high-quality growth stocks at a discount. Image source: Getty Images. and Visa wasn't one of them!

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

More importantly, management also added on the conference call that its "customer agreements contain provisions limiting our liability, and we maintain insurance policies intended to mitigate the potential impact of certain claims and have a strong cash position." Should investors consider buying this cybersecurity stock?

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JULY 19, 2024

The issue has caused massive global outages for information technology systems, and investors are dumping the company's stock in response. It's also possible that the outage could expose the company to some legal liability. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.

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DECEMBER 7, 2023

Income stocks may not jaw-drop investors with their growth rates, but they're precisely the type of businesses we'd expect to increase in value over the long run. With a majority of the S&P 500's components paying a regular dividend, the broad-based index is a dream come true for income-seeking investors. It invested $1.8

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Investors, however, may be concerned about future quarters. But given its high valuation and some potential headwinds to worry about, it's not an investment that growth investors may want to rush out and buy right now. And as long as that risk remains, investors will be hesitant to buy the stock.

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MAY 5, 2024

If your business is simple and you don't have a legal business entity with an employer ID number (EIN) that is required to file its own tax return, you might be able to file your own taxes with one of the best tax software programs. This can give you extra financial flexibility for payroll taxes and the tax treatment of your business income.

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AUGUST 3, 2024

New innovations, mounting competition, legal judgments, acquisitions, collaborations, bankruptcies, and even acts of God contribute to this leaderboard carousel. Although Nvidia's operational ramp has been virtually flawless , history tells investors that its stock is bound to lose its luster, sooner rather than later.

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MAY 1, 2024

Investors have been taken for quite the ride over the previous four years. But if history has taught investors anything, it's the value of patience and perspective. For investors with a long-term mindset, it means anytime can be the ideal time to put your money to work in the stock market. Image source: Getty Images.

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DECEMBER 10, 2024

Investors responded, only recognizing after the fact that this company still faces enormous challenges. While fuboTV's legal argument was likely at least part of the reason Walt Disney , Fox , and Warner Bros. On the flip side, savvy investors are always paying attention. It hasn't seemed to matter much of late.

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MAY 11, 2024

There has been a massive overhang on 3M (NYSE: MMM) for several years from legal, regulatory, and corporate issues. However, investors have to decide whether 3M today is the same as what 3M used to be. First, there were legal issues surrounding product liability because of earplugs the industrial company sold to the military.

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JULY 20, 2024

But the real turning point came in 2018, when the industrial giant's legal and regulatory headwinds started to pick up. The problems 3M has faced The big negatives surrounding 3M are in the legal and regulatory spheres. Given the huge legal expenses it faces, that's probably not a bad outcome, but it isn't exactly a great one, either.

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AUGUST 31, 2024

Legal and regulatory issues have been weighing down 3M's stock for years. The two most notable headwinds are product liability issues around earplugs 3M sold to the military and legal and regulatory issues around forever chemicals the company produced. For starters, it has been working on legal and regulatory resolutions.

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DECEMBER 30, 2023

Before you buy stock in Apple, consider this: The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the 10 best stocks for investors to buy now. But there's probably a very good legal reason why Apple has to go take a strident defense here. and Apple wasn't one of them. It feels wrong to me, Dylan.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

If you're an XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) investor, the good news is that Ripple Labs (the company behind the XRP token) is finally starting to put its legal and regulatory issues in the rearview mirror. Legal and regulatory risk The best answer is that Ripple may not be as free and clear of regulatory issues as people would like to think.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

The electric utility was hit late last year by the tragic wildfires of August 2023, which mired the company in a legal mess. The prospect of a settlement encouraged investors that a deal would be reached that might hurt Hawaiian, but keep it solvent. So after July's run, any hiccup had the potential to send Hawaiian's stock back down.

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MARCH 21, 2024

Investors interested in industrial giant 3M (NYSE: MMM) should circle April 1 on their calendar. of the shares to its existing investors. Because that date has already passed, investors who buy 3M stock between now and April 1 might not receive shares of Solventum. The company will distribute 80.1% dividend yield.

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MAY 2, 2024

While that's a significant change for existing investors, it's still double the broader market (the S&P 500's current yield is 1.4%) and is in line with the yields of other large blue chip dividend stocks. The company has been battling legal issues related to water pollution and potentially faulty earplugs sold to the military.

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MARCH 27, 2024

These types of issues aren't unusual for a company as large as 3M, but the legal costs and regulatory issues surrounding its environmental and product liability headwinds are huge. This is where my problem with 3M really came to a head, because the company can't really talk about legal issues until they are basically resolved.

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JUNE 27, 2024

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) is focusing on the next iteration of its business -- one that investors hope creates a lot more growth than in years past. But investors don't appear to be convinced. The dealbreaker is the legal mess the healthcare company continues to find itself in. billion settlement plan.

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MAY 2, 2024

I would now like to turn the presentation over to Sarah Crews, director of investor relations. Sarah Crews -- Director, Investor Relations Thank you, and good morning. The slide presentation that accompanies this call is available on the investor relations section of the Genworth website, investor.genworth.com. Please go ahead.

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AUGUST 2, 2024

Up more than 140% this year, the telehealth company has been a hot buy with investors not only for its impressive growth but also for its ability to help connect patients with GLP-1 drugs. Second, compounded drugs potentially may lead to adverse effects in patients, which could open up Hims & Hers to legal risks.

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AUGUST 1, 2024

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MARCH 10, 2024

In the realm of high-yield dividend stocks, 3M Company (NYSE: MMM) and Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) have attracted considerable interest from income investors in recent years, and rightly so. Legal liabilities arising from cases involving public water systems and Combat Arms earplugs have contributed to a whopping 48.9%

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

to 27.3%, due in part to additional legal expenses, which weighed on the bottom line. Investors were also displeased with Dollar Tree's guidance, as the company forecast its full-year revenue range to $30.6 Dollar Tree did post an 80-basis-point increase in gross margin to 30% due to lower freight costs. Can Dollar Tree bounce back?

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AUGUST 6, 2024

CrowdStrike bounces higher Tech stocks rebounded after a three-day slide today as investors got a break from downbeat economic news and took the opportunity to buy beaten-down stocks. Microsoft's comments could help protect CrowdStrike from liability in the incident or at least reduce its exposure. CrowdStrike finished the day up 4.3%

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The risk, however, is that investors often look at a stock's track record for paying dividends, and use that as a justification for why it may be a safe income investment to hold for the long term. It might seem improbable that it would suddenly stop raising its dividend but it's a possibility that investors should brace for.

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OCTOBER 31, 2024

Omega Healthcare Investors (NYSE: OHI) Q3 2024 Earnings Call Oct 31, 2024 , 10:00 a.m. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the Omega Healthcare Investors Inc. There's still some change of ownership and legal work around those documents. My name is Jill, and I'll be your conference operator today.

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OCTOBER 18, 2023

They just revealed their ten top stock picks for investors to buy right now. Martin Viecha -- Senior Director, Investor Relations Thank you very much, Elon. Martin Viecha -- Senior Director, Investor Relations Thank you very much. And now, let's go to investor questions. The first investor question comes from Craig.

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AUGUST 2, 2024

Still, investors are worred about the impact on the company and have hesitated to buy this stock on the dip -- even though it's been a high-growth leader in its field for some time. After all, the company could lose customers and may face legal action. The outage didn't call into question CrowdStrike's ability to do its job.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2024

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AUGUST 12, 2024

Investors raced to the exits after the July 19 IT snafu, decimating the stock. Delta Airlines is taking legal action to get money from CrowdStrike and Microsoft for losses estimated to be $350 million to $500 million. However, despite these reasons for optimism, investors need to understand the risks. This is not small potatoes.

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AUGUST 26, 2024

Some investors might be feeling the brunt of stock market volatility as concerns about inflation persist. The bull market has been in full swing in the first half of 2024, and while no investor can predict what will happen in the latter half of the year, you don't need to with the appropriate buy-and-hold horizon.

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