Warren Buffett. REUTERS/Rick Wilking Warren Buffett expects Berkshire Hathaway's cash pile to hit more than $200 billion this quarter.The investor can't find assets worth buying and seems to see "storm clouds" ahead, Steve Hanke said."Cash is king, and given what Buffett is being paid to hold it, the king is not going hungry," he said. Warren Buffe...
Gold prices are at record highs as the precious metal is increasingly valued as a politically neutral, safe asset. Anusak Laowilas/NurPhoto/Getty Images Gold prices are reaching record highs because of strong buying by central banks.Central banks in countries aligned with China are diversifying their assets from the US dollar into gold.Central bank...
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. Sam Yeh/AFP via Getty Images China wants its chip hungry tech giants to buy local, per The Information. Companies like Alibaba were told to pare down their spending on foreign-made chips like Nvidia's.The new directive would be a huge downer for Nvidia, which sees the country as a key market. Chinese officials are asking do...
Alaska Airlines joined larger companies in fighting a new fee disclosure rule. Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Big US airlines are suing over a rule that requires upfront fee disclosures.The Biden administration is fighting "junk fees" across industries, including baggage fees.The airlines argue that fee transparency will confuse cons...
A soldier kneels in the snow in the forest next to a British Challenger 2 main battle tank (front) during a NATO exercise in Estonia. Alexander Welscher/picture alliance via Getty Images An Estonian official told Breaking Defense that his government is "seriously" discussing putting troops in Ukraine.Those soldiers would be put away from the frontl...
Mark Zuckerberg's net worth has grown by more than 700% over the last 10 years. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg is celebrating his 40th birthday — and he's had quite a decade.Over the past 10 years, his wealth has surged to $169 billion, largely due to his 13% stake in Meta.The CEO's lifestyle has also evolved. He has a $200 million real...
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said he was dissolving the team behind the company's Supercharger charging-station network last month. Apu Gomes via Getty Images; Smith Collection/Gado via Getty Images It looks like Elon Musk realized he needs his Supercharger team after all.The mercurial billionaire axed the entire charging infrastructure team two weeks ago.B...
Madonna paid tribute to her mother, who died after battling breast cancer, in an Instagram post on Mother's Day. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images Madonna honored her mother, who died from breast cancer at 30, in a Mother's Day Instagram post."Nobody told me my mother was dying," the singer, 65, wrote in the caption, recounting her childhood.Experts say par...
OpenAI's new GPT-4o model prompted parallels to the 2013 movie "Her" and jokes about society moving closer to normalizing 100% digital companions. Matthias Balk/picture alliance via Getty Images OpenAI on Monday announced its new chatbot model, GPT-4o, with voice and vision abilities.The reveal quickly prompted jokes about digital girlfriends, and ...
A Walmart employee staffs the cash register. Lucas Jackson/Reuters Walmart is cutting corporate jobs and asking remote workers to relocate to central hubs: WSJ The retail giant is reducing its site presence, further to closing multiple stores this year.The move is part of a trend called "quiet firing," a method to motivate employees to quit. Walmar...
Sergey Brin is a billionaire and one half of the duo that founded Google. Lionel Hahn/Getty Images Sergey Brin and Larry Page founded and launched Google from a dorm room near Stanford University.Since then, Google has become the world's most popular search engine and the company has evolved.Here's everything you need to know about Brin, who is now...
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