Opening Bell: 1.18.24

Hedge funds crash and burn in JetBlue/Spirit fiasco [FT][Spirit Airlines] had initially signed up to a stock merger with Frontier Group, a similar deep discounter like Spirit. But the board, under heavy pressure from hedge funds, went for broke by taking a premium bid from JetBlue hoping against…

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