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Warren Buffett made about $650 million on HP after stake was revealed
Charlie Munger (left) and Warren Buffett. VCG | Visual China Group | Getty Images HP’s stock just had its best day in more than two years, and Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway is almost $650 million richer because of it. In filing with the SEC late Wednesday, Berkshire revealed ownership of 121 million shares in HP, […]
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Apple will promote Siri and Apple Music on its first live sports broadcast
Washington Nationals second baseman Josh Harrison (5) gets the force out of New York Mets third baseman J.D. Davis (28) in the 6th inning of the spring training game at Clover Park. Jasen Vinlove | USA TODAY Sports | Reuters Apple’s first foray into live sports starts on Friday when the company will broadcast two […]
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Box’s buzz has long since passed but the stock is trading near a record while cloud peers suffer
Box CEO Aaron Levie speaking at BoxWorks in 2018 Box In this weekly series, CNBC takes a look at companies that made the inaugural Disruptor 50 list, 10 years later. At age 37, Aaron Levie has been at the same job for almost half his life. He’s the CEO of collaboration software vendor Box, a […]
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After his Virgin Galactic spaceflight, Richard Branson now hopes to fly with Elon Musk’s SpaceX
Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson prepares to spray champagne after flying with a crew in Virgin Galactic’s passenger rocket plane VSS Unity to the edge of space at Spaceport America near Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, U.S., July 11, 2021. Joe Skipper | Reuters COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado – Sir Richard Branson, less than a year after […]
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Twitter confirms it is testing edit button after Elon Musk polls followers
Joe Raedle | Getty Images News | Getty Images Twitter is testing an edit button, the company said on Tuesday. The feature has been one of the most requested changes to the social networking service for over a decade. Currently, in order to fix a typo in a tweet, users have to delete it and […]
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Apple just announced its big annual conference starts June 6, new iPhone software expected
Apple CEO Tim Cook delivers the keynote address during the 2020 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) at Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, California. Brooks Kraft/Apple Inc/Handout via Reuters Apple said Tuesday that its annual developers conference, WWDC, will begin on June 6. The company will hold a launch event on the first day of the […]
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Microsoft wants to help business customers simplify those annoying software updates
Satya Nadella, chief executive officer of Microsoft Corp., speaks during the Windows 10 Devices event in New York on Oct. 6, 2015. Microsoft Corp. introduced its first-ever laptop, three Lumia phones and a Surface Pro 4 tablet, the first indication of the company’s revamped hardware strategy three months after saying it would scale back plans […]
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Elon Musk to join Twitter’s board of directors, teases ‘significant improvements’
Joe Raedle | Getty Images News | Getty Images Elon Musk will join Twitter’s board of directors after taking a 9.2% stake in the social media company, according to a release filed with the SEC. Shares were up more than 5% in premarket trading. “Through conversations with Elon in recent weeks, it became clear to […]
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Amazon signs massive rocket deal with 3 firms, including Bezos’ Blue Origin, to launch internet satellites
Artist renderings of the companies’ rockets, from left to right: New Glenn, Vulcan Centaur, and Ariane 6. Blue Origin / United Launch Alliance / Arianespace Amazon on Tuesday announced what it says is the biggest rocket deal in the commercial space industry’s history, signing on with three companies for up to 83 launches of its […]
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Twitter on track for its best day since IPO after Musk buys in
Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, stands in the foundry of the Tesla Gigafactory during a press event. Patrick Pleul | picture alliance | Getty Images Twitter stock is on track for its best day since its IPO, with shares up more than 29%, after an SEC filing revealed Musk acquired a 9.2% passive stake in the […]
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