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03.05 / 12:57
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Berkshire Hathaway’s Charlie Munger hits out at Robinhood again
Charlie Munger’s opinion of Robinhood hasn’t improved in the past year. If anything, it has become more negative.
15.05 / 19:23
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Mystery Bidder Pays $9 Million to Dine With Warren Buffett
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.Warren Buffett is stepping out for his famed charity lunch again.A mystery bidder paid just over $9 million to win an auction with the Oracle of Omaha, who last participated in the event in 2022.The winner will meet the Berkshire Hathaway chairman for lunch on June 24 in Omaha, Neb. They will be joined by Golden State Warriors point-guard Steph Curry and his wife, entrepreneur Ayesha Curry.
07.03 / 22:53
26.02 / 03:13
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Chicago Midway Airport: Southwest pilot’s swift action prevents deadly crash with Flexjet Jet on runway, watch the shocking footage
Chicago Midway International Airport on Tuesday has reignited concerns over aviation safety, with social media abuzz over the dramatic moment a Southwest Airlines plane narrowly avoided a collision with a Flexjet aircraft on the runway.
22.02 / 09:31
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Apple
wellness
Bill
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Why is Warren Buffett hoarding so much cash?
The mountain of cash and Treasury bills at the famed investor’s company, Berkshire Hathaway, rose above $300 billion in the third quarter—easily a record and its highest as a percentage of company assets in data going back to 1998, according to Dow Jones Market Data.
04.02 / 14:41
28.01 / 15:59
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Egg prices are soaring. Don't expect that to change anytime soon
It looks like grocery shoppers hoping for soaring egg prices to turn around are likely to be waiting a while
23.01 / 14:55
17.01 / 08:51
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Labor Department puts spotlight on child labor in slaughterhouses with 3 settlements this week
The problem of kids working in dangerous slaughterhouses continues to be a concern as the Labor Department announced its third agreement this week with a company in the industry agreeing to pay a penalty and reform its practices to help ensure it won’t...
06.01 / 17:55
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Manufacturing
Bill
CFPB says unit of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway ignored red flags in manufactured home loans
The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said in a lawsuit that a unit of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway ignored red flags that borrowers couldn't afford the mortgages they were given to buy manufactured homes from another Berkshire company
21.12 / 02:35
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travelers
Investigations
NTSB trying to determine why tractor-trailer stopped on train tracks before deadly West Texas crash
Federal officials investigating the deadly West Texas collision between at Union Pacific train and a tractor-trailer hauling a wind turbine base are trying to determine why the tractor-trailer was stopped on the tracks
16.12 / 10:29
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Healthcare
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Untangling America’s love-hate relationship with corporate power
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Days after the arrest of Luigi Mangione in connection with the assassination of a health-insurance executive, “wanted" posters appeared in New York City targeting healthcare and Wall Street heads. Alongside them popped up posters portraying Mangione as a saint, with the words “Free Luigi." The fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare’s chief executive officer initially unleashed outrage over denied medical claims and an airing of agonizing personal experiences with insurance companies.
25.11 / 17:43
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Warren Buffett gives away another $1.1B and plans for distributing his $147B fortune after his death
Investor Warren Buffett renewed his Thanksgiving tradition of giving by announcing plans Monday to hand more than $1.1 billion of Berkshire Hathaway stock to four of his family's foundations, and he offered new details about who will be handing out the...
25.11 / 16:19
14.11 / 00:09
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conductor
Flurry of contract deals come as railroads, unions see Trump's election looming over talks
The flurry of contract agreements announced early this fall — including two more Wednesday — offer evidence that major railroads and their unions are working to avoid the standoffs that led them to a brink of a national strike two years ago
02.11 / 13:25
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Apple
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Warren Buffett is sitting on over $325 billion cash as Berkshire Hathaway keeps selling Apple stock
Warren Buffett is now sitting on more than $325 billion cash after continuing to unload billions of dollars worth of Apple and Bank of America shares this year and continuing to collect a steady stream of profits from all of Berkshire Hathaway’s assort...
24.10 / 19:49
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Southern
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Union Pacific's profit grows 9% as the railroad delivers more but results fall short of Wall Street
Union Pacific’s third-quarter profit grew 9% as West Coast imports surged and drove the railroad’s total volume up 6%
02.10 / 00:03
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CEO
security
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2020
reports
Warren Buffett buys rest of Berkshire Hathaway's utilities, but investors must guess at the price
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is buying the rest of its utility unit from the estate of a longtime board member who died three years ago, but it's not clear exactly how much it will pay for the 8% stake
17.09 / 19:13
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Railroads and regulators must address the dangers of long trains, report says
A new report says the number of derailments related to the forces created when railcars push and pull against each other has increased as freight trains have gotten longer
17.09 / 11:37
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Food
Death
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The next generation of Buffetts is poised to become one of the biggest forces in philanthropy
When the legendary businessman and leader of Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett, eventually passes away, the next generation of Buffetts — Howard, Susie and Peter — are poised to become one of the most powerful forces in philanthropy
17.09 / 11:18
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community
track
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donates
International
Giving away a fortune: What could Warren Buffett's adult children support?
Warren Buffett’s adult children, Susie, Howard and Peter Buffett, have long track records as philanthropists
30.08 / 04:36
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Parke
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Investigations
Investigators say dispatching errors led to Union Pacific train crash that killed 2 workers
Dispatching errors and the failure of two backup systems allowed a Union Pacific train to slam into 74 railcars that had been parked on a side track for nine months in Southern California in 2022
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