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(This is the Warren Buffett Watch newsletter, news and analysis on all things Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway. You can sign up here to receive it every Friday evening in your inbox.)Berkshire Hathaway shares fell roughly 1% this week while the S&P 500 edged 0.6% higher, ending the week at a fresh all-time high.Zoom In IconArrows pointing outwardsZoom In IconArrows pointing outwardsThe A and B shares are now down 13% from their all-time closing highs almost a year ago in early May, just before Warren Buffett revealed he planned to step down as CEO at the end of 2025. The S&P has…
But the world looks quite different in 2026. Electrification might still be on for the masses in China and Europe, but the people who buy cars with price tags that look more like telephone numbers don’t want all-electric hypercars. The good times aren’t rolling Then there’s the parlous state of VW Group itself. Porsche is not having the best time of things after betting too heavily on EVs, which looks even worse in the vital US market thanks to Trump’s tariffs. Sales were down 15 percent in Q1 2026, the company reported earlier this month. At the VW Group level,…
Elections are taking place across the country in May. Use our postcode lookup to find out if there are elections where you live and who you can vote for. Source link
As a kid, I moved around a lot. I was born in California, but I’ve lived in Arizona, Colorado, North Carolina, Virginia, Montana and Oklahoma. I never had the chance to call anywhere “home” for too long. So if you’d told me back then that I’d end up in China, I would’ve laughed.I visited China for the first time in 2016. I was 27 years old and got a job as an English teacher in Shenzhen, a fast-growing tech hub just across the border from Hong Kong. I sold my car and used the money to buy a plane ticket…
Russia stocks lower at close of trade; MOEX Russia Index unchanged Source link
Signage outside the ServiceNow headquarters in Santa Clara, California, US, on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesSoftware stocks plummeted on Thursday as disappointing results from ServiceNow and IBM added to fears that artificial intelligence tools and services will disrupt their businesses.Shares of ServiceNow sank about 18% Thursday, its worst day on record. The company narrowly beat Wall Street’s estimates Wednesday, but said that conflict in the Middle East created a “headwind” for quarterly subscription revenue. IBM beat on earnings and revenue but maintained guidance. The stock dropped 8%.Salesforce and Hubspot fell about 9% and 8%…
The disintegration of the pair’s friendship has benefits – and the PM is getting steadily more comfortable at taking advantage. Source link
Representation of cryptocracy coins with the $Trump meme coin and bitcoin in this photo illustration in Brussels, Belgium, on Feb. 8, 2026.Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump hosted winners of his second annual meme coin contest at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, on Saturday, offering top buyers of his $TRUMP cryptocurrency an audience with him even as the token’s value has plunged more than 95% from its peak last year.The gala took place as scrutiny of the Trump family’s broader crypto ventures has intensified, with Democratic leaders calling for investigations.The 297 largest $TRUMP token holders who…
Fans used AI to celebrate safe return After nine days of searching, Neukgu was finally returned to the zoo, where he is now recovering outside the social media spotlight. But his Internet fame lives on as a memecoin launched shortly after his escape. On the memecoin website, Neukgu is described as a “brave wolf” in search of “freedom,” becoming a “symbol of independence” that the token supposedly represents. He’s “the wolf that wouldn’t stay caged,” the website says, while encouraging fans to buy tokens. Early on, the wolf was nearly captured after drone footage detected him on a mountain, but…
BBC Radio 5 Live’s Matt Chorley talks to voters in England, Scotland and Wales to get the real story on May’s elections. Source link