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Verizon Communications Inc ( VZ ). will release earnings results for its third quarter, before the opening bell on Tuesday, Oct. 22, Analysts expect the New York-based company to report quarterly earnings at $1.18 per share. That’s up from $1.11 per share in the year-ago period. Verizon projects to report revenue of $33.43 billion for the recent quarter, compared to...

Oct 21 (Reuters) - Dell Technologies Inc ( DELL ): * SOPHOS TO ACQUIRE SECUREWORKS TO ACCELERATE CYBERSECURITY SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGY FOR ORGANIZATIONS WORLDWIDE * SECUREWORKS CORP ( SCWX ) - SHAREHOLDERS TO RECEIVE $8.50 PER SHARE IN CASH * SECUREWORKS CORP ( SCWX ) - SOPHOS TO ACQUIRE SECUREWORKS IN $859 MILLION ALL-CASH DEAL Source text for Eikon: Further...

Looking to advance its cryptocurrency ambitions, payments processor Stripe has finalized a deal to buy stablecoin platform Bridge for $1.1 billion, according to a Sunday X post from TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington. Bridge, which has raised $54 million in funding, was founded by Square and Coinbase alumni Zach Abrams and Sean Yu, and counts SpaceX and Coinbase (COIN) among its...