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AT&T Agrees to Sell AT&T Mexico to Grupo Televisa and Fintech Holdings for $2 Billion
AT&T says it will sell AT&T Mexico to Grupo Televisa and Fintech Holdings for $2 billion in cash plus unspecified contingent benefits, with closing targeted for the first quarter of 2027.

Stock Market Today: Energy Leads While S&P 500 Finishes Flat
Energy led the session while the S&P 500 finishes flat. See the validated market scorecard, sector performance, and what traders are watching next.

Citigroup Q3 2026 Profit Jumps 38% to $5.25 Billion, Topping Estimates on Services, Wealth and Banking Growth
Citigroup's Q3 2026 profit rose to $5.25 billion, or $2.85 a share, beating the $2.66 LSEG estimate as Services, Wealth and investment banking revenue grew, even as shares dipped and card loss provisions increased, Reuters reported.

Apple Unveils $299 HomeView Smart Display, New Apple TV 4K and HomePod Mini 2 Built Around Siri AI
Apple unveiled a $299 HomeView smart display, a new $299 Apple TV 4K and a $149 HomePod mini 2, all centered on its Siri AI system, which is still shipping in beta across the lineup.

J&J Q3 Profit Nearly Wiped Out by $5.5 Billion Talc Charge, Even as Full-Year Guidance Rises
Johnson & Johnson's Q3 2026 net earnings fell 95.9% to $210 million after a $5,519 million litigation charge tied to its proposed talc resolution, even as it raised full-year sales and adjusted EPS guidance.

UnitedHealth Tops Q3 2026 Estimates, Raises Full-Year EPS Outlook to At Least $20.50 as Medical Care Ratio Eases to 88.4%
UnitedHealth's Q3 2026 adjusted EPS of $4.69 beat LSEG consensus and its medical care ratio improved to 88.4%, prompting a raised full-year adjusted outlook of at least $20.50 a share, though the CFO flagged still-elevated medical cost trends.

Character.AI's Parent Files for Chapter 11 in Delaware, Lines Up Disney as $20 Million Stalking-Horse Bidder
Character Technologies Inc. commenced a voluntary Chapter 11 case in Delaware to facilitate a court-supervised asset sale, with a Disney affiliate signed as a $20 million stalking-horse bidder for a non-exclusive perpetual IP license, per the company statement reported by the National Law Review.

JPMorgan Posts Rare Q3 2026 Miss as EPS, Revenue Fall Short of Estimates
JPMorgan reported Q3 2026 EPS of $5.57 vs $5.90 expected and managed net revenue of $50.91 billion vs $51.22 billion, with shares off about 3.5% premarket, per CNBC.

Kroger Cuts Nearly 1,000 Corporate Jobs as Interim CEO Ron Sargent Pushes Restructuring
Kroger has laid off nearly 1,000 corporate employees under interim CEO Ron Sargent as part of post-merger cost-cutting, with no financial figures disclosed, per Grocery Dive and Yahoo Finance UK.

Meta Puts Its First Frontier AI Models, Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full, Behind a Paywall
Meta released Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full, its first frontier AI models, behind paid subscriptions, with reported benchmark parity claims, API pricing of $4/$20 per million tokens and app subscriptions of $20 or $100 a month.

Stock Market Today: Energy Leads While S&P 500 Slips
Energy led the session while the S&P 500 slips. See the validated market scorecard, sector performance, and what traders are watching next.

Getty Images to File Chapter 11, Go Private With Up to $533 Million From Getty Family and Koch
Getty Images plans a Chapter 11 filing and take-private deal backed by up to $533 million in new equity from the Getty family and Koch Equity Development, following the collapse of its Shutterstock merger, according to reports.
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