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Investing legend Warren Buffett to step down as head of Berkshire Hathaway after 6 momentous decades
Warren Buffett shocked investors and a global audience Saturday, saying that he intends to step down as CEO of Berkshire ...
Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting: Warren Buffett stuns shareholders, announcing he'll step down as CEO
Tens of thousands of shareholders descend on Omaha for Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting. Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett ...
My ailing father’s house burned down in the California fires. Will our brother, who took care of them, lose his inheritance?
My parents set up a trust. Their house was supposed to go to one sibling, “Bob.” The cash in their checking account was to be ...
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Big Tech showed it won’t back down on AI spending. Some on Wall Street are still wary.
Some analysts expect AI spending to remain a priority even if overall IT budgets get stretched, but others are more skeptical ...
He used a coupon on their first date. She was shocked: ‘I wasn’t worth the full value of the meal.’ Who’s right?
A new survey shows that most singles think it’s OK to use a coupon on a first date. We asked a financial planner, money pro ...
‘I’m very cynical’: My stepmother, 85, makes bizarre requests for money from my father’s $10M trust. Should I be concerned?
My father left a life estate for my 85-year-old stepmother. The current market value is about $10 million. He used a crappy ...
Social Security reverses overpayment clawback rules — again
Clawbacks from monthly benefit checks after the discovery of overpayments have just been reduced to 50% from 100%, after ...
Warren Buffett says 2025 market volatility 'is really nothing'. Investors have emotions but need to 'check them at the door.'
Warren Buffett said investors freaking out over stock-market fluctuations in 2025 should get a grip. Historically speaking, the gyrations don't amount to much, the 94-year-old investing legend says. B ...
Berkshire operating profit drops 14% in first quarter as cash pile grows to $348 billion
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s operating profit dropped 14% in the first quarter of 2025 from a year ago to $9.6 billion , while the conglomerate's cash pile grew more massive to nearly $348 billion from ...
'Natural course of government...is to make the currency worth less over time': Buffett
Warren Buffett gets a question about the weakening U.S. dollar and Berkshire's decision to borrow in yen to finance its purchases of stakes in Japanese trading houses. Buffett says that while moves in ...
Buffett defends cash pile: 'We will be bombarded' with opportunities, but it's 'very, very unlikely' to happen tomorrow
Warren Buffett fields a question about Berkshire Hathaway's burgeoning pile of Treasurys and cash equivalents. The query asks whether part of the rationale for the record war chest is to leave Buffett ...