AnnaMaria Andriotis

AnnaMaria Andriotis Adam Wyden's activist hedge fund is offering to buy Meineke owner Driven Brands for nearly $3 billion, according to a letter that was viewed by The Wall Street Journal.

The decline in returns is due to the Federal Reserve’s rate cuts and rising defaults on their loans, firms say.

AnnaMaria Andriotis Private-credit firms delivered eye-popping returns to investors in recent years. That hot streak is over.

The Malaysian financier recently submitted a pardon request, some 10 years after he disappeared amid a $4.5 billion scandal.

AnnaMaria Andriotis, C. Ryan Barber Jho Low, the alleged mastermind of one of the greatest financial frauds in history, is asking President Trump for a pardon.

Read this exciting story from The Wall Street Journal May 13, 2026 issue. Jho Low, the alleged mastermind of one of the greatest financial frauds in history, is asking President Trump for a pardon.

Officials are discussing an act of widespread clemency, part of President Trump’s plan to mark the nation’s founding this summer.

Read this exciting story from The Wall Street Journal May 14, 2026 issue. President might give mercy to 250 people, possibly July 4 or on his June 14 birthday

Country music star Garth Brooks is considering a sale of his catalog, eyeing roughly $2 billion for the rights to his songs and recordings, according to people familiar with the matter. Brooks, an album sales and touring juggernaut, is seeking a price that would be among the largest deals for an individual artist or group’s catalog. The country superstar has been entertaining a transaction for a few years and recently told some investors that he’s one of a few artists of his level of fame who hasn’t sold and is considering it, one of the people familiar with the matter said.

Under pressure from investors, lenders are increasing costs and curbing sweeteners they used to win loans in an era of ultra-competition.