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Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) is poised for a stronger-than-expected fourth quarter as a combination of rising theme park attendance, per-capita spending, and strategic pricing moves across its parks and streaming services positions the company to outperform revenue and profit expectations.

Markets rise and fall not just on cash flows and discount rates, but on the beliefs of investors. For 70 years, the Value Line Investment Survey has quietly compiled long-term earnings forecasts and price targets for thousands of companies.

Plasma, a blockchain startup backed by billionaire Peter Thiel, just launched what could fundamentally disrupt traditional banking across emerging markets. Fresh off raising $373 million in a seven-times oversubscribed initial coin offering, the company announced Plasma One on Sept. 22.

Shares of homebuilder LGI Homes Inc (NASDAQ: LGIH) are trading lower Monday morning after a report by Hunterbrook Media accused the company of luring renters into buying homes they cannot afford through deceptive marketing and aggressive sales tactics.

U.S. stocks were mixed, with the Nasdaq Composite gaining more than 100 points on Monday.

The European Central Bank just dropped a timeline that could fundamentally alter how 450 million Europeans handle money, and the implications stretch far beyond just replacing cash in your wallet.

With no full-year budget or stopgap funding deal in place, the U.S. government could shut down at 12:01 a.m. ET on October 1—but if you think the stock market is bracing for chaos, think again.

Cipher Mining Inc (NASDAQ: CIFR) shares are trending on Monday amid positive analyst coverage. Here’s what you need to know.

Larimar Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: LRMR) is trading lower on Monday after the company released data from the ongoing long-term open-label (OL) study evaluating daily subcutaneous 25 mg and 50 mg injections of nomlabofusp self-administered or administered by a caregiver in participants with Friedreich’s ataxia (FA).