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The country’s largest private, for-profit hospital chain paid out a $790 million dividend — with a big chunk of that money going to its Manhattan-based private equity owner — before it filed for bankruptcy several years later, according to a report. Steward Health Care System, the Boston-based network of 30 hospitals that operated in rural and low-income areas, made the payout to Cerberus Capital Management in 2016, the same year the chain recorded a net loss of $300 million, The Wall Street Journal reported.

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What’s up

• Roku rose 5.67% thanks to an analyst upgrade by Wolfe Research, pushing the streaming platform from hold to buy based on its focus on profitability.
• Signet Jewelers gained 11.26% in spite of missing on revenue forecasts. But shareholders were encouraged to see stronger same store sales, solid earnings, and signs that the engagement ring industry is improving.
• Kroger popped 7.14% after the supermarket stock missed top and bottom line estimates this quarter, but then adjusted its earnings per share to make them look better.
• Petco Health & Wellness added another 11.27% on top of yesterday’s post-earnings surge after getting a shout-out from meme stock royalty Roaring Kitty.
• Warner Bros. Discovery jumped 10.37% thanks to a new deal with Charter Communications, whose stock also rose 3.55% on the news.

What’s down

• Micron Technology dropped 3.79% after a double-whammy of analyst downgrades from Raymond James and BNP Paribas citing its slowing growth.
• Sirius XM Holdings sank another 9.86% after yesterday’s news that the company will merge with Liberty Sirius XM Group, offer a 10-for-1 stock split, and buy back about $1.2 billion in shares (phew, that’s a busy day).
• US Bancorp slid 1.95% after announcing a share buyback program of up to $5 billion, which is usually a good thing.

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Here’s where the major benchmarks ended:

• The SPX gained 42 points (0.75%) to 5,595.76; the Dow Jones Industrial Average^® ($DJI) rose 235 points (0.58%) to 41,096.77; the NASDAQ Composite^® ($COMP) gained174 points (1.0%) to 17,569.68.
• The 10-year Treasury note yield (TNX) gained 3 basis points to 3.69%.
• The CBOE Volatility Index^® (VIX) fell 3.34% to 17.10.

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he networks for Microsoft Teams and Outlook, as well as AT&T, suffered widespread outages on Thursday morning, according to the tracking site Downdetector. About 4,000 outages on Microsoft Teams were reported at 9 a.m. ET, increasing from less than 300 an hour earlier. A lesser outage for Microsoft Outlook was also noted by Downdetector, with reports of more than 1,000 outages at 9 a.m. ET. Reports of an outage with landline internet and mobile internet for AT&T also jumped to more than 4,000 at 9 a.m. ET on Sept. 12th, according to Downdetector.

Stat: $24. That’s Bank of America’s new hourly minimum wage in the US, a dollar increase on the way to its long-promised $25 by 2025. (CBS News)

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