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Wells Fargo is losing $10 million per month on its partnership with Bilt, whose credit card offers users reward points for paying rent, and is looking to renegotiate, the WSJ reports. Apple has stopped offering its buy now, pay later program, Apple Pay Later, after partnering with outside companies, including Affirm.

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Here’s where the major benchmarks ended:

• The S&P 500 index gained 13.80 points (0.3%) to 5,487.03; the Dow Jones Industrial Average^® ($DJI) added 56.76 points (0.2%) to 38,834.86; the NASDAQ Composite^® ($COMP) rose 5.21 points (0.03%) to 17,862.23, a record close for the seventh day in a row.
• The 10-year Treasury note yield (TNX) dipped more than 6 basis points to 4.215%.
• The CBOE Volatility Index^® (VIX) fell 0.45 to 12.30.

What’s up

• La-Z-Boy, your dad’s favorite recliner/stock, rose 19.39% after beating analyst expectations in the fourth quarter and issuing upbeat guidance for the year.
• Dell rose 5.13% a day after Morgan Stanley analysts named the company one of their top stock picks thanks to its focus on servers powering AI.
• Silk Road Medical exploded 24.04% higher upon the announcement that it will be acquired by Boston Scientific for $27.50 per share.
• Chegg popped 3.26% after announcing a restructuring plan that will see the online learning platform cut 23% of its global workforce.
• Nvidia only rose 3.51% today, but it was enough to push the semiconductor company’s market cap above Microsoft’s, making it the most valuable public company in the world.

What’s down

• Aerovate Therapeutics dropped another 14.55% today, a day after the company announced a failure in the phase 2 trial of its new blood pressure medication.
• Lennar sank 4.96% after announcing lower-than-expected home deliveries last quarter in yet another sign that the housing market is in the dumps.
• NextEra Energy fell 2.54% due to the company’s announcement it will issue $2 billion worth of new shares.
• Zentalis Pharmaceuticals plummeted 50.66% after it halted clinical trials of cancer treatments due to two deaths among patients being studied.

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And … precision medicine company Tempus AI is going public, raising $410.7 million through its initial public offering.

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