◆ WSJ News Exclusive Palantir Expected to Be Valued at Nearly $22 Billion in IPO Palantir Technologies is expected to fetch a lofty valuation in its transition to a public company despite an unusually aggressive governance structure, in the latest sign of investors’ voracious appetite for new shares.

◆ WSJ News Exclusive Blue Cross Group Settles Antitrust Case for $2.7 Billion The agreement that the insurance group has negotiated would also require it curb practices that allegedly limited competition among its 36 member companies, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Stocks Finish Higher in Another Volatile Session Indexes moved above and below the flatline several times in a topsy-turvy session, and the S&P 500 averted correction territory, a drop of 10% or more from a recent high. America’s Pensions Have Been Shunning Stocks at Their Own Peril