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JEFFERIES FINANCIAL GROUP IN (JEF) Stock News

NYSE:JEF - New York Stock Exchange, Inc. - US47233W1099 - Common Stock - Currency: USD

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a day ago - Bloomberg

Spacecraft and Rocket Company Firefly Aerospace Files for IPO

Firefly Aerospace, the Texas-based startup that landed a robotic spacecraft on the moon earlier this year, filed for an initial public offering with the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday.

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9 days ago - Bloomberg

Deutsche Bank, SeaTown Join VinFast’s $510 Million Private Debt

Deutsche Bank AG and SeaTown Holdings International are among the lenders providing a $510 million private credit loan to VinFast Auto Ltd., according to people familiar with the matter.

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10 days ago - Yahoo Finance

Stock market today: S&P 500, Nasdaq leap to fresh records as Vietnam trade deal boosts hopes ahead of key jobs report

Private-sector jobs data prepares the ground for the all-important monthly US jobs report on Friday.

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a month ago - Zacks Investment Research

New Strong Sell Stocks for June 2nd

WLK, TXO and JEF have been added to the Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell) List on May 2, 2025.

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17 days ago - Yahoo Finance

Jefferies Works Through Tough Markets

Jefferies reported a modest decline in revenue and a substantial drop in earnings in its fiscal Q2. CEO Richard Handler is increasingly optimistic about a potential rebound in the second half of 2025. Jefferies didn't have very high expectations coming into Q2, but the company still wasn't able to satisfy investors fully.

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17 days ago - The Motley Fool

Jefferies Works Through Tough Markets

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17 days ago - Bloomberg

Jefferies Profit Slumps as Geopolitical Upheaval Hurts Deals

Jefferies Financial Group Inc.’s second-quarter earnings declined on a slump in the firm’s investment-banking and capital-markets businesses, with activity muted by economic and geopolitical turmoil.

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17 days ago - Jefferies Financial Group Inc.

Jefferies Announces Second Quarter 2025 Financial Results

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17 days ago - Yahoo Finance

Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq rally stalls as Nvidia soars to record

Stocks are taking an upbeat tone amid hopes for Fed rate cuts and the Israel-Iran ceasefire.

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18 days ago - Yahoo Finance

Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures hold steady with record highs still in reach

Stocks are taking an upbeat tone amid hopes for Fed rate cuts and the Israel-Iran ceasefire.

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20 days ago - Yahoo Finance

Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq waver after report of Iranian missile strikes aimed at US air bases

Investors are assessing how far Iran will go in its response to the US entering the Israel-Iran conflict.

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20 days ago - Yahoo Finance

Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq waver, oil prices trim gains after report of Iran missile strikes aimed at US air bases

Investors are assessing how far Iran will go in its response to the US entering the Israel-Iran conflict.

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21 days ago - Yahoo Finance

US strikes escalate Israel-Iran conflict as geopolitics overshadow economics: What to know this week

Investors will be watching closely for any updates on US involvement in the Iran-Israel conflict. The release of the Fed's preferred inflation gauge, core PCE, will also be in focus.

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24 days ago - Bloomberg

Jefferies Sues Regional Bank Over Alleged Water Machine Scam

A Jefferies Financial Group hedge fund widened its legal fight to recover more than $100 million that its former portfolio manager invested in an alleged fraud scheme involving water vending machines.

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a month ago - Bloomberg

Jefferies Hiring 17 Traders as Outsourcing Booms on Wall Street

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. has begun the process of hiring more than a dozen traders in order to capitalize on a quiet shift in Wall Street money management: the outsourcing of the buy-side trader.

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a month ago - Bloomberg

Fund Founder George Weiss Files Bankruptcy Over Jefferies Debt

Hedge fund founder George Weiss has filed personal bankruptcy months after a federal judge ruled he’s liable for more than $100 million in debt his eponymous firm owes Jefferies Financial Group Inc.

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a month ago - Yahoo Finance

Jefferies hires Lazard's Thomas for activism defense, sources say

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Jefferies has hired a veteran Lazard banker as global head of the firm's activism defense practice, people familiar with the situation said on Wednesday, as more corporations face pressure from activist investors. The New York-headquartered bank is bringing on Richard Thomas, a managing director who has served as co-head of Lazard's Equity Advisory practice, the people said. Thomas will replace Chris Young, who had been the head of activism at Jefferies and is leaving the bank, said the people who were not authorized to discuss personnel matters publicly.

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a month ago - Bloomberg

Jefferies Hires Lazard’s Thomas for Activism Defense

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. has hired Rich Thomas from Lazard Inc. to lead its activism defense practice globally, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

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a month ago - Yahoo Finance

BlackRock's Larry Fink gets a Texas reward for ESG retreat

BlackRock's retreat from ESG initiatives has it back in good stead with a key Texas official, a victory for CEO Larry Fink, even as the world's largest money manager remains a target of the state's antitrust cops.

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a month ago - Yahoo Finance

Only One-Quarter of Gen Z Has Ever Written a Check — Does It Matter?

As member of Gen Z graduate high school and college, and start careers, maybe of them don't have basic financial know-how. Here's why it matters.

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a month ago - Zacks Investment Research

Royal Bank (RY) Q2 Earnings and Revenues Lag Estimates

Royal Bank (RY) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of -2.22% and 1.57%, respectively, for the quarter ended April 2025. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

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2 months ago - Yahoo Finance

Jefferies poaches four senior tech bankers from Guggenheim Partners, sources say

Jefferies has lured away four of Guggenheim Partners' senior-most technology bankers on the West Coast, an unusually large hiring spree as the boutique investment bank builds up its tech practice, according to people familiar with the matter. Guggenheim's senior managing director Robert Bartlett and managing directors Jalil Musayev, Nash Abu-Zahra, and Gaurav Thakur will join Jefferies in a few months, one of the people said, asking not to be named because the hires have not been publicly announced.

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2 months ago - Bloomberg

Jefferies Hires in Emerging Markets to Boost Sales and Trading

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. is hiring industry veterans to bolster its emerging markets team after several high-profile traders and salespeople left in a shakeup earlier this year.

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2 months ago - Bloomberg

Jefferies Fraud Suit Against Ex-Fund Manager Tossed by Judge

A Jefferies Financial Group Inc. hedge fund’s lawsuit claiming it was defrauded by a former portfolio manager who invested $100 million of its money in a Ponzi-like scheme was dismissed by a federal judge.

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2 months ago - Bloomberg

Banks to Launch €1 Billion High Yield Bond Sale for Mehiläinen

A group of banks are preparing to launch a roughly €1 billion ($1.1 billion) sale of high yield bonds for Finnish health care firm Mehiläinen.

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