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Berkshire’s Buffett to Keep Class A Stock Until Investors Get Comfort With Successor
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Warren Buffett shares his thoughts on his career and Berkshire’s future in a letter.
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Apollo buys majority stake in soccer club Atlético de Madrid
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U.S. investors have been pouring money into European soccer.
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Coinbase Global is launching a new platform to allow individual investors to purchase digital tokens before they are listed on its exchange
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Blockchain startup Monad will be the first project to sell its token on the new platform.
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Restaurant Brands International struck a joint-venture deal with Chinese private-equity firm CPE to inject capital into its Burger King China business and help fuel growth overseas
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China’s CPE plans to invest $350 million, taking an 83% stake, to help fuel restaurant growth in the region.
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European Gas Prices Fall on Firm Supplies
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European natural-gas prices fell with the benchmark Dutch TTF contract down 0.3% amidst undisrupted LNG and Norwegian pipeline supplies to the region’s storage facilities.
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Citadel is launching a new stock-picking unit based in London that will support the hedge-fund firm’s expansion in Europe
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Strategic Equity Investments, led by a former Elliott Investment Management partner, will take bigger stakes in European companies.
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Heard on the Street: Microsoft’s new disclosures about its dealings with OpenAI only underscore how much remains hidden
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The company’s new disclosures only underscore how much remains hidden.
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Global Markets Rise on Hopes for an End to U.S. Government Shutdown
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U.S. stock futures rose, so too did European and Asian shares, as Democrats provided enough votes for the Senate to advance a measure aimed to end the impasse.
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Yen Mostly Weakens on Hopes for End to U.S. Government Shutdown
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The yen weakened against most G-10 and Asian currencies in early morning session amid hopes for an end to the U.S. government shutdown.
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JGBs Edge Lower, Tracking Declines in U.S. Treasurys
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JGBs edged lower in early Tokyo trade, tracking this morning’s mild price declines in Treasurys amid signs that the U.S. government shutdown may end.
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Oil Edges Higher Amid Range-Bound Trading
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Oil edged higher in the early Asian session amid rangebound trading.
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Gold Edges Higher Amid Signs of U.S. Economic Weakness
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Gold edged higher in early Asian trade amid signs of U.S. economic weakness which typically enhance the safe-haven allure of the precious metal.
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The highest silver prices in a generation have Americans sifting through coin jars and jewelry boxes
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The metal’s highest prices in a generation have Americans sifting through coin jars, jewelry boxes and kitchen drawers.
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The hottest crypto trade has turned ice cold. Some investors are saying “told you so,” while others are doubling down.
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Some investors are saying “told you so,” while others are doubling down, as a selloff in bitcoin and other digital tokens hits crypto-treasury companies.
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Visa and Mastercard are nearing a settlement with merchants that aims to end a decadeslong legal dispute by lowering fees stores pay and giving them more power to reject certain credit cards, according to people familiar with the matter
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The deal under discussion would lower credit-card interchange fees for merchants, but could make it harder for consumers to use rewards cards at the register.
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Here’s why despite lower mortgage rates many hopeful buyers still can’t afford a house
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Many hopeful buyers need more than lower rates to afford a house.
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Heard on the Street: Car insurers have been bracing for the fallout from a trade war, but it’s a price war they should be more worried about
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Car insurers have been bracing for the fallout from a trade war, but it’s a price war they should be more worried about.
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Investors’ confidence in the outlook for the economy and the artificial intelligence boom is wavering
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Tech stocks dragged the Nasdaq to its worst week since President Trump launched a trade war in April.
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Here are some of the major companies whose stocks moved on the week’s news.
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Here are some of the major companies whose stocks moved on the week’s news.
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South Korean tech giant Samsung and British bank Barclays are in advanced talks to launch a credit card, with both seeking bigger inroads into Americans’ financial lives
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South Korean tech giant and Barclays are in advanced talks to launch a credit card, with both seeking bigger inroads into Americans’ financial lives
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