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One of Texas's best-known regional banks is changing hands in a $369 million deal.

The move is set to boost growth, create jobs, and expand services across Texas and Florida – while likely increasing your returns if you've already invested.

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Media

Fox and Meta: From Newsroom to Neural Nets

Fox Corp (NASDAQ: FOX) is in talks with Meta (NASDAQ: META) about licensing live news and sports coverage to feed Meta’s AI models. It’s the kind of early conversation that could turn into a whole new income stream without Fox changing what it already does.

For a company that went all-in on live content after selling its entertainment arm to Disney, this is exactly the sort of payoff strategy it’s been waiting for.

When Live Coverage Becomes Training Data

Fox owns the kind of content AI players crave: sports people scream at live, and news people actually tune into in real time. If Meta cuts a check for that pipeline, Fox starts monetizing the same coverage twice.

With margins already strong at 19 percent operating and 23 percent EBITDA, adding licensing revenue is like throwing gasoline on a fire that’s already burning.

The Deal That Could Change the Game

Right now, it’s only talks, but formal deals would turn Fox’s “live-first” playbook into an AI licensing machine. That would reinforce the moat around Fox Sports, Fox News, and even Tubi.

If the talks land, this won’t just be about streaming anymore. It’ll be about Fox proving that real-time content is just as valuable in the AI world as it is on cable.

FOX currently trades at $54 and pays a dividend of $0.55 per share, a yield of 1.02%.

Healthcare

Can J&J Turn 100% Trial Success Into Billions?

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) just lit up the oncology world. The Tecvayli and Darzalex Faspro combination achieved a 100 percent response rate in a mid-stage multiple myeloma trial.

By round six, 86 percent of patients had no detectable disease. That's the kind of result that can turn a lab project into a multibillion-dollar revenue stream.

When the Lab Turns Into a Cash Machine

Cancer drugs aren't cheap, and the ones that actually work become cash cows overnight. J&J just showed it has one of those in the pipeline.

Competitors like Roche and Novartis won't take this quietly, but J&J suddenly looks like the one to beat in this cancer space.

Safe Stock With a Wildcard

JNJ already trades at a cheap multiple for a healthcare giant, and the dividend keeps paying like clockwork. That's the "safe" part. Now add in a therapy with game-changing trial data, and it looks less like a sleepy blue chip and more like a heavyweight with knockout power.

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JNJ currently trades at $175 and pays a dividend of $5.20 per share, a yield of 2.97%.

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Asset Management

The World’s Top Money Manager Just Told You Where the Next Rally Lives

BlackRock (NYSE: BLK) just made a move that only a $10 trillion asset manager can pull off. The firm reweighted $185 billion worth of its model portfolios, dialing back on sleepy international markets and plowing heavier into U.S. stocks and AI funds. That’s not a tweak, that’s a neon sign telling the world where the next wave of money is headed.

When the World’s Biggest Wallet Picks Favorites

Here’s what changed: BlackRock is now overweight U.S. equities by 2%, backing an earnings rally that’s been running at 11% since late 2024. 

By contrast, the rest of the developed world is limping along at 2%. Translation? Why settle for crumbs when the U.S. table is full?

ETF flows tell the same story. The iShares S&P 100 ETF (OEF) saw a record $3.4 billion intake in a single day, while IVV pulled in another $2.3 billion. On the flip side, older “general tech” ETFs bled billions as the new AI Innovation fund hoovered up $1.4 billion.

The Market Just Got a New GPS

This isn’t a random shuffle. It’s BlackRock showing its hand: AI and U.S. earnings power are the themes to ride. Anyone ignoring that signal risks watching the next leg of growth 

leave the station without them.

BLK currently trades at $1,133 and pays a dividend of $20.84 per share, a yield of 1.84%.

PM has boosted its dividend payment to $1.47, an 8.89% rise. Its new yield is 3.64%. 

TXN has lifted its dividend payment to $1.42, a 4.41% increase. Its new yield is 3.13%.

TMUS has increased its dividend payment to $1.02, a rise of 15.91%. Its new yield is 1.7%.

CHMI has trimmed its dividend payment to 10 cents, a reduction of 33.3%. Its new yield is 15.27%. 

FMET has cut its dividend payment to 27 cents, a drop of 64.94%. Its new yield is 0.28%.

FDFF has reduced its dividend payment to 6 cents, a decline of 60.25%. Its new yield is 0.67%.

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Everything Else

• Campbell’s Chunky has launched two new soups for winter in collaboration with beer company, Pabst Blue Ribbon. The two new beer-flavored soups will be available exclusively at Walmart.

• Insurance broker Marsh McLennan has appointed Renee McGowan to the role of Chief Commercial Officer as it targets faster growth outside of the USA.

• Goldman Sachs and asset manager T. Rowe Price will roll out new alternative investment products for wealthy clients this year, following the recent confirmation of their partnership. 

• Interior and exterior architectural designer and manufacturer, Armstrong World Industries, Inc., has agreed to buy Canadian firm, Geometrik Manufacturing Inc., to expand its portfolio of sought-after wood products.