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Billionaire investor Warren Buffett hinted in March that Berkshire Hathaway had made a small addition to its portfolio. A new regulatory filing may have just revealed what he was referring to.When asked in March whether Berkshire was still putting money to work, Buffett said the conglomerate had made “one tiny purchase” but was still struggling to find attractive opportunities. “Got one tiny purchase, but we aren’t finding things that — we weren’t finding them before,” Buffett said at the time in an interview with CNBC’s Becky Quick.A regulatory filing released Friday showed Berkshire initiated a roughly $55 million position in…
Kevin Warsh, nominee for chairman of the Federal Reserve, is sworn in to his Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee confirmation hearing in Dirksen building on Tuesday, April 21, 2026. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump will swear in Kevin Warsh, his hand-picked choice to lead the Federal Reserve, during a ceremony Friday, a White House official told CNBC.The move will end a process that started in the summer of 2025 and culminated last week with the Senate confirming Warsh in a nearly total party-line vote. The new chair will succeed Jerome Powell, whose…
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When Windows 11 launched in 2021, we mostly liked its refreshed look—the rounded corners and menus with just a hint of translucency were a nice change from the flat colors and hard corners of the Windows 8/10 era. But its reformulated taskbar and Start menu came with a number of functional regressions from the versions in Windows 10. Some of these were addressed quickly; others continue to linger. A new Windows Insider Preview build released to testers includes a new wave of improvements that fix longstanding regressions while trying out new things. Most significantly, the Windows 11 taskbar can now…
Lululemon is showing its teeth. The Vancouver, British Columbia-based athleticwear company is taking its battle with activist founder Chip Wilson public, writing in a letter to shareholders on Monday he has “outdated perspectives” and “troubling conflicts of interest” that will derail its turnaround plan, materials reviewed by CNBC show. The letter, Lululemon’s first major public response to Wilson since his proxy battle ramped up late last year, comes after settlement talks with the retailer’s founder fell apart last week, the materials show. The missive lays out why the company’s strategy, its incoming CEO Heidi O’Neill and board nominees are ultimately best for…
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BMW M’s next major work will be next year’s all-electric quad-motor M3, derived from the Neue Klasse i3. And we can’t imagine there’s a three-pedal version of that one in the works, sadly. The M3 I really want In BMW’s briefing materials for the M3 CS Handschalter, it notes that the 3.0 L S58 engine is also used, in modified form, in the BMW M4 GT3 Evo that won the Rolex 24 at Daytona this year. BMW has had a fair degree of success with the M4 GT3 Evo, as it also won last year’s Nurbürgring 24, among other races.…
Construction cranes are seen, from the Washington Monument, on the site of the former East Wing of the White House on April 17, 2026 in Washington, DC.Anna Moneymaker | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump’s push to secure taxpayer-funded security upgrades tied to his proposed White House ballroom hit a roadblock after the Senate parliamentarian ruled that a $1 billion Secret Service provision could not be included in a GOP immigration enforcement bill as drafted.The Senate GOP vowed to find another way to get the funding included in the bill. Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough determined Saturday that the provision, which included $220 million…
Despite elevated aluminum production costs and shipment timing issues, Alcoa (AA) is strongly capitalizing on structurally higher prices. LME aluminum has recently surged to four-year highs, driven by geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and a tightening global supply balance. This favorable macro pricing environment creates a compelling opportunity for a buy-write (covered call) strategy to optimize returns while managing cyclical volatility. Some have described the buy-write strategy as the gateway trade for many new options traders. It allows you to buy a stock for less in exchange for capping your upside by selling an upside call.The Strategy:June $70 Buy-Write.Buy the…
Kevin Warsh, U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee to be next chair of the Federal Reserve, testifies before a Senate Banking Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 21, 2026. Kevin Lamarque | ReutersSent to the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates, incoming Chair Kevin Warsh instead may have to push for higher levels to establish credibility, market veteran Ed Yardeni said.If the new central bank leader fails to signal that policymakers are attuned to inflation pressures, it could risk further market wrath in the form of escalating Treasury yields, added Yardeni, the originator of the term…