Finance
Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway hits $1 trillion market value, first U.S. company outside of tech to do so
In this article BRK.A Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Warren Buffett tours the grounds at the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha Nebraska. David A. Grogan | CNBC Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway reached a $1 trillion market capitalization on Wednesday, the first non-technology company in the U.S. to score the coveted milestone. Shares […]
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Chinese EV company Xpeng sees shares pop 6% after it launches mass-market car
Key Points Xpeng shares rose after the Chinese electric car company said prices for its new mass-market Mona brand would start as low as $16,812, far below that of Tesla’s Model 3. The Chinese automaker said orders for the Mona M03 electric coupe exceeded 10,000 just 52 minutes after the car’s formal launch Tuesday evening […]
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Dollar General, Dollar Tree and Kroger customers pay over $90 million a year in cash-back fees, federal agency finds
Key Points Dollar General, Dollar Tree and Kroger have charged customers who ask for cash back in recent years. Their cash-back fees amount to more than $90 million a year, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau reports. Such fees may disadvantage those in banking deserts, where they don’t have easy access to cash for free. Retailers say […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Paramount, Eli Lilly, Netflix, Hershey and more
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Paramount Global — The media conglomerate’s stock dropped more than 5% after Edgar Bronfman Jr. abandoned his pursuit of a takeover, clearing the way for Skydance to follow through on its roughly $8 billion acquisition deal reached in July. The Skydance deal, expected to close in […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Paramount Global, Cava, JD.com and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Paramount Global — The media conglomerate’s stock dropped nearly 5% after Edgar Bronfman Jr. withdrew his bid for the media company. This clears a path for Skydance Media to take over Shari Redstone’s media empire. Paramount expects the deal with Skydance to close in the first […]
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BHP CEO expects a turnaround in China’s property sector in year ahead
Key Points BHP’s CEO Mike Henry said he expects China’s property sector to rebound in the upcoming year on the back of favorable government policies. While acknowledging that the country’s property sector is a “weak point” for steel demand, Henry is optimistic about Chinese government measures announced recently. “The government has enacted policies recently that […]
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Two major investor groups love these stocks, according to Goldman Sachs
Hedge funds and mutual funds — two of the biggest investor groups — piled into a handful of the same stocks last quarter in anticipation of changing market leadership and higher volatility, according to Goldman Sachs. The Wall Street bank analyzed the holdings of 693 hedge funds with $2.8 trillion of gross equity positions as […]
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