3M settles, XPeng buys, Rite Aid preps: Stocks trending Monday morning

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Stocks inched higher on Monday morning as a busy week of economic data, including updated prints on inflation and the labor market, await investors in the coming days. But before the economic onslaught, several news stories were driving action on individual stocks to start the week on Yahoo Finance's trending tickers page. 3M Company Shares of 3M Company (MMM) rose nearly 5% on Monday after the Wall Street Journal reported the company was close to a settlement on claims from hundreds of thousands of veterans over faulty earplugs. 3M would pay $5.5 billion in the settlement, according the Journal. Citi...