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Berkshire Hathaway ‘s first annual meeting without Warren Buffett next weekend is shaping up as a test of investor confidence in Greg Abel, his successor as CEO, with shareholders looking for signs of how the sprawling conglomerate plans to allocate capital and what its approach will be when it comes to technology investments. The May 2 gathering in Omaha will mark a historic change, with Buffett not expected to take the stage. Instead, Abel and insurance chief Ajit Jain will lead the first question-and-answer session, followed by a second panel including the heads of Berkshire subsidiaries: Katie Farmer, CEO of…

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Photo of the suspect in the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting posted on President Donald Trump’s Truth Social account on April 25th, 2026.@realdonaldtrump | Truth SocialThe annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner was derailed Saturday night after an armed man, Cole Allen, rushed through a security checkpoint and exchanged gunfire with law enforcement. The suspected gunman was apprehended at the scene and is expected to be arraigned on Monday. One law enforcement agent was shot but not seriously injured, and all Trump administration officials and lawmakers were safely evacuated. No injuries were reported among the attendees.After the incident, President Donald Trump…

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O2o Creative | E+ | Getty ImagesSome state lawmakers want to ban a common practice among insurance companies that can drive up costs for consumers.Bills are pending in several state legislatures — including in Iowa , New York, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania — that would generally prohibit insurers from using consumers’ credit history to set their premiums for either homeowners or auto insurance policies, or both. The so-called credit-based insurance scores used by insurers measure whether someone is likely to file a claim — the lower the score, the higher the likelihood. And, in turn, the higher the premiums they might be…

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If your spider-sense is tingling, perhaps it’s because Prime Video released the official full trailer for its upcoming live action series, Spider-Noir, at CCXPMX26 in Mexico City over the weekend. As it did with the first teaser back in February, the streaming platform released the trailer in two formats: one in black and white (above)—very Raymond Chandler-esque—and another in color (below), which the showrunners are calling “True Hue.” As previously reported, Marvel Comics created its “noir” line in 2009, reinterpreting familiar Marvel characters in an alternate universe, usually set during the Great Depression in the US. A version of the…

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We do not have enough money coming into this market. The funds flow only to stocks tied to the data center buildout and a few others. Even the most tangential of the data center “stories,” such as the warehouse REITs and machinery stocks like Cummins and Dover, manage to sustain themselves if they have healthy data center orders — and not much else. Whereas the aerospace sector fell apart on expectations of a long war in Iran, the action in the sector’s defense names ( RTX , GE Aerospace , Honeywell ) has been horrendous. That’s a sign there isn’t…

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The busiest week of earnings season is here. But that’s not all investors have on their plate. There’s a Fed meeting, and a still-uneasy situation in the Middle east. Let’s get right into it. All estimates for revenue and earnings per share are sourced from LSEG. 1. Earnings Optical cable maker Corning kicks off our week Tuesday morning. Will we hear about another long-term supply agreement with a hyperscaler customer? It was the day before Corning’s fourth-quarter report in January that CNBC broke the news of Corning’s deal with Meta. CEO Wendell Weeks has said they’re working on other agreements,…

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