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| | Apple launch event: Apple (AAPL) unveiled new M3 chip-equipped iMacs and MacBook Pros during its "Scary Fast" launch event, introducing features like improved CPU and GPU performance, Mini LED displays, and up to 128GB of unified memory. (Verge)
JetBlue & Spirit antitrust trial begins: A DOJ lawyer is urging a federal judge to block JetBlue Airways' (JBLU) planned $3.8 billion acquisition of Spirit Airlines (SAVE) at the start of closely-watched antitrust trial. (CNBC)
20-city home price index up 2.2% year-over-year: Home prices in the 20 biggest U.S. metros rose for the sixth month in a row, as the housing market continues to deal with a shortage of homes for sale. (MarketWatch)
REITs making moves: Healthpeak Properties (PEAK) and Physicians Realty Trust (DOC) are combining in an all-stock merger valued at $21 billion. (WSJ)
REITs making moves part II: Realty Income (O) said it will buy Spirit Realty Capital (SRC) in an all-stock deal valued at $9.3 billion as it looks to expand its real estate portfolio. Spirit Realty shares are up 13% on the deal. (Reuters)
100 satellite deal: The Pentagon’s Space Development Agency announced $1.3 billion in contracts to York Space and Northrop Grumman (NOC) to build communications satellites. (Payload)
Vineyard takeover: Treasury Wine Estates, a publicly listed Australian wine producer whose brands include Penfolds, agreed to buy Paso Robles, Calif.-based Daou Vineyards for upwards of $1 billion. (Axios)
Real estate stocks plummet: A federal jury on Tuesday found the National Association of Realtors and large residential brokerages liable for ~$1.8 billion (and potentially much more) in damages after determining they conspired to keep commissions for home sales artificially high. (Housing Wire) Shares of real estate stocks plunged as a result: Opendoor Technologies (OPEN; -9%), Zillow Group (ZG; -7%), Redfin (RDFN; -6%), RE/MAX (RMAX; -4%)
Off the wall: VF Corp. (VFC), stumbled 14% after it pulled its annual guidance, slashed its dividend and said it would replace the president of the Vans brand. The company has recently come under pressure from activist investor Engaged Capital. (Yahoo) | | | | | Charlie Munger calls it a “license to print money”
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