<div id="readability-page-1"><div><p>Shares of banks and other financial institutions were more or less flat as traders awaited consumer inflation data.</p><p>    Shares of private-credit firm Blue Owl Capital fell after The Financial Times reported that talks between the investor and business software giant Oracle over a one-gigawatt data center in Michigan have fallen apart. The deal was part of a planned joint venture on AI infrastructure between Oracle and Blue Owl. </p><p>    Shares of Blue Owl are down by almost one third for the year to date, as investors grow wary of risky debt and AI-infrastructure investment. </p><p>    Japanese lender SBI Shinsei Bank has made a successful comeback to Tokyo's stock market in a $2.4 billion initial public offering, one of the nation's biggest offerings this year. </p><p>    On Wednesday, hedge fund founder Ray Dalio and his wife Barbara announced they will put $250 into the Trump accounts of about 300,000 children in their home state of Connecticut-a total of about $75 million, echoing a $6.25 billion dollar gift from tech businessman Michael Dell and his wife Susan. </p><p>   Write to Rob Curran at rob.curran@dowjones.com </p><p>    (END) Dow Jones Newswires</p><p>12-17-25 1734ET</p></div></div>

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<p>Financial stocks remained flat as traders awaited inflation data. Blue Owl Capital's shares fell after failed talks with Oracle on a data center project. SBI Shinsei Bank successfully returned to Tokyo's stock market with a $2.4 billion IPO. Ray Dalio announced a $75 million donation to Connecticut children, echoing Michael Dell's previous gift.</p>

Financials Down as Oracle, Blue Owl Weigh -- Financials Roundup