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Walmart misjudged its online inventory for the holiday season, pushing its shares down over 10% and slicing its market cap more than $31 billion.

U.S. stock indexes fell, dragged down by Walmart. The Dow slid 254.63 points, or 1%, to 24964.75.

Treasury yields are nearing 3% for the first time in years, a development with significant implications for financial markets.

Qualcomm raised its bid for NXP to $44 billion, a move that could cause Broadcom to abandon its pursuit of Qualcomm.

AT&T isn't entitled to details of the government's internal discussions about the Time Warner deal, a federal judge ruled.

Public pension funds, with over half their assets in stocks, showed their vulnerability to market downturns earlier this month.

Fannie and Freddie investors suffered a setback when the Supreme Court declined to take up their appeals.

Gap is searching for a new head of its flagship brand after the CEO resigned.

Fox News is launching a streaming service available only to subscribers.

Freight-tracking startup FourKites said it raised $35 million for expansion.

HSBC missed 2017 profit forecasts, hurt by the collapses of two borrowers.

Venezuela is likely to face problems attracting investors for its cryptocurrency.

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