Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway helped finance the deals between Kraft and Heinz deal as well as Mars and Wrigley. Only one has so far proven to be ...
New York (CNN) A rough ride for the stock markets at the end of last year battered Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway: It posted a rare net loss of $25 billion for ...
The market rout late last year and losses at Kraft Heinz hurt Berkshire's profits. Mr. Buffett also talked about his appetite for huge deals and the U.S. budget ...
A Boeing 767 cargo jet flying en route to Houston from Miami crashed into a marshy bay outside of Houston Saturday afternoon with three people on board, the ...
An Atlas Air Boeing 767 cargo plane crashed in a bay near Anahuac, Texas on Saturday afternoon with three people on board, according to multiple media ...
A twin-engine Boeing 767 crashed into Trinity Bay near Anahuac early Saturday afternoon, and authorities said they believe all three people on board are dead ...
HOUSTON (AP) The Latest on the crash of a cargo jetliner near Houston (all times local):. 4 p.m.. A Texas sheriff says a Boeing 767 cargo jetliner disintegrated ...
Kraft Heinz (ticker: KHC) has become one of the rare cases in which a company's bondholders are more optimistic than its shareholders. The company's shares ...
Kraft Heinz disclosed an investigation by federal regulators and said it will slash the value of its Oscar Mayer and Kraft brands by $15.4 billion, major setbacks for ...
Microsoft workers yesterday demanded that the company abort a $479 million contract providing the Army with HoloLens headsets, calling it a corruption of ...
A group of Microsoft workers is demanding the company cancel a contract supplying the U.S. Army with HoloLens headsets that they say would turn real-world ...
"It will be deployed on the battlefield, and works by turning warfare into a simulated 'video game'," Microsoft workers have warned of the tech giant's HoloLens ...
A group of Microsoft workers is demanding the company cancel a contract supplying the U.S. Army with HoloLens headsets that they say would turn real-world ...
The real estate company owned by the family of President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner is trying to get a little help from federally owned lenders for ...
Jon Weaks, head of the powerful Southwest Airlines Pilots' Association, talked of his concerns about the carrier's operational emergency in a memo to ...
With a highly-anticipated announcement about its flights to Hawaii expected any day now, Southwest Airlines found itself shaking off a week of unexpected ...
Southwest Airlines Co. experienced almost 600 flight delays nationwide Friday, according to tracking *service* FlightAware, after a computer problem caused the ...
Sometimes, Facebook isn't the one you should blame for privacy violations involving Facebook. For example, an investigation by the Wall Street Journal found ...
According to a report by The Wall Street Journal, Facebook receives confidential personal informations that smartphone owners send to completely separate ...
Authorities in New York state will investigate Facebook after a report said the social media company harvests a large amount of personal data from smartphone ...
Several phone apps are sending sensitive user data, including health information, to Facebook without users' consent, according to a report by The Wall Street ...
Speaking to reporters Friday, Trump appeared sympathetic to Amazon's position, which is rare for a president who has excoriated the corporation and its CEO, ...
Brokers and developers touting the possibilities maintain long-term optimism about the area — but without the Amazon effect, the market is slated to slow.
Space tourism took a giant leap forward on Friday as Virgin Galactic sent its first passenger to the edge of space. Beth Moses, the company's chief astronaut ...
Beth Moses was the first passenger on board VSS Unity, a spaceplane designed to carry civilian passengers into outer space that can reportedly reach a speed ...
The era of space tourism is drawing closer. Virgin Galactic, on its fifth supersonic, rocket- powered test flight, successfully sent passenger Beth Moses, the ...
Tourism venture Virgin Galactic sent its spaceplane into space for the second time this morning, qualifying all three people on the flight for their commercial ...
YouTube on Friday said it would prevent channels that promote anti-vax *content* from running advertising, saying explicitly that such videos fall under its policy ...
YouTube has removed ads from videos that promoted anti-vaccination rhetoric and violated its ad policies, BuzzFeed News reported Friday. The site reported ...
Late in 2017, writer James Bridle noticed something strange about YouTube. Someone or something was creating odd, disturbing, and downright bizarre videos ...
The major U.S. equities indexes finished higher last week. The S&P 500 Index was up for the fourth straight week, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average and ...
That's a wrap. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed higher for the ninth straight week, leaving it a measly 23 points away from a new bull market. The index ...
In the late afternoon today, the NASDAQ Composite Index (QQQ) and Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) appear to be on their way to ending their ninth ...
US stocks finished higher on Friday — with the Dow Jones Industrial Average chalking up its longest weekly winning streak since 1995 — as commentary from ...
An Amazon executive was the person everyone wanted to hear from Thursday night at a panel discussion about the company's plans for a new headquarters in ...
ARLINGTON, Va. (ABC7) — Thursday marked a rare chance for people in Arlington to hear directly from Amazon about the company's plan to build a second ...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Some New York lawmakers are proposing a ban on subsidies for particular companies in the wake of Amazon's decision not to build a new ...
Amazon, which planned to build a massive new satellite for company operations in New York, recently announced that it's had a change of heart. The story ...
The Mega Millions lottery has not been especially kind to players lately. Nobody has taken home its ever-growing jackpot since the year started, leaving it at a ...
LANSING, MI – A player from Michigan won $1 million, but there was no winner of the $224 million Mega Millions jackpot for the drawing held on Friday, Feb. 22.
February 23rd, 2019 by Guest Contributor. Activating “Camper Mode” with moon rising and horses grazing on a farm in Oregon 2000+ miles from home (Twitter: ...
Tesla Inc.'s Model 3 sedan took command of the global electric-car market last year, outselling the nearest competitor by about 50 percent. In its first full year on ...
The Tesla Model 3 was the best-selling electric car in the world in 2018, according to data firm JATO Dynamics. JATO says the Silicon Valley automaker sold ...
Consumer Reports took away its coveted "Recommended" rating from the Tesla Model 3 and Larry Magid spoke with CR auto editor Patrick Olsen about what ...
The vice chairman of the Federal Reserve on Friday laid out the possibility the central bank will allow inflation to run above target if prices have grown too slowly.
The Federal Reserve hasn't yet given up on its estimate of the longer-run rate of unemployment that is consistent with stable inflation. That estimate, combined ...
Starting Monday in Dallas, the central bank will hold a series of "Fed Listens" events aimed at getting input from business leaders, community development pros ...
Today is National Margarita Day! Which means, by now, you should totally be drinking one. Or on your way to getting one. Or, at the very least, planning where ...
CHICAGO (CBS)–Happy Hour comes with a twist today, because it's National Margarita Day! Friday, Feb. 22 is the unofficial day to celebrate margaritas, and ...
To answer the headline question: Sure, Medical Marijuana Inc. (NASDAQOTH:MJNA) could be a millionaire-maker stock -- if one started out as a multimillionaire ...
Ford Motor said on Thursday it has hired outside experts to investigate its vehicle fuel economy and testing procedures after employees raised concerns, and did ...
If you thought domestic automakers would be safe from emissions scrutiny, think again. Ford vehicles from 2017 on may have worse gas mileage and emit more ...
AP FILE -- In this Feb. 14, 2019, file photo this is the Ford logo on a 2019 Ford Ranger 2019 Supercrew 4x4 on display at the 2019 Pittsburgh International Auto ...
Subscribe to France 24 now: http://f24.my/youtubeEN FRANCE 24 live news stream: all the latest news 24/7 http://f24.my/YTliveEN Canberra is seeking answers ...
The Chinese Foreign Ministry has denied reports of putting restrictions on coal shipments from Australia. Delays in handling coal imports were due to stepped up ...
China, Australia's biggest trading partner, has banned Australian coal (left) from being loaded at its Dalian port. A plunge in Sydney (top, right) and Melbourne ...
The Australian Prime Minister insists a ban on Australian coal exports entering China is just an issue of local rules and not a wider problem between the two ...
Tensions between Beijing and Canberra have been rising and the Australian dollar is sharply lower following a report of a ban on Aussie coal imports into the ...
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Elon Musk hosted Meme Review today on PewDiePie's YouTube channel, alongside Rick and Morty creator Justin Roiland. The collaboration has been a long ...
On Friday, the outgoing CEO of the largest chain of American auto dealers told CNBC that Elon Musk's bold ambitions for Tesla self-driving cars are “almost ...
Billionaire Elon Musk is (sort of?) just like the rest of us when it comes to needing a mortgage to buy a home. In order to maintain liquidity in his reported $23.4 ...
In November, GM announced that it would kill off multiple models and idle multiple plants as part of cost-saving measures in 2019. Now, it appears that at least ...
General Motors workers gathered for a prayer vigil Friday outside a suburban Detroit plant scheduled for closure. (Feb. 22) Subscribe for more Breaking News:...
General Motors announced that it was extending production of the Chevrolet Impala and Cadillac CT6 at its Hamtramck facility in Detroit for six months.
DETROIT (AP) — General Motors is extending the life of its only Detroit factory until early next year. The plant on the border of Detroit and the hamlet of ...
As their company was swirling around the financial drain in the early 2000s, General Motors executives came up with an idea to counter its gas-guzzling image ...
Two major car makers just out "Ubered" Uber. Last year, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said he wanted the app to do it all: individual rides, carpools, food ...
German car giants BMW and Daimler have announced a €1 billion investment in a joint ride-hailing and car-sharing business. The automakers say they want to ...
With regulatory approval cleared, BMW and Daimler today revealed how they plan to invest more than $1 billion in a new joint venture that includes various ...
Oil prices rose early on Friday, heading for a second weekly increase, driven up by optimism that the U.S. and China will forge a trade deal and that OPEC's ...
Investing.com - If oil funds can't get any more news on Saudi production cuts, then any positive news on the U.S.-China trade war would seem to do. Prices of ...
Oil prices rose to a *fresh* three-month high Friday on the back of rising U.S. stock markets, a decline in drilling activity and hopes for a U.S.-China trade deal.
With supply and demand nearing a balance point, there may not be that much more upside potential in the markets. Goldman Sachs said on Thursday that ...
Investing.com - Oil prices slipped on Friday in Asia amid new production data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). U.S. commercial crude oil ...
Roche Holding AG is nearing a deal to buy Philadelphia biotech company Spark Therapeutics Inc., according to people familiar with the matter, as the Swiss ...
Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG is nearing a deal to acquire U.S. biotechnology company Spark Therapeutics Inc, the Wall Street Journal reported on ...
Roche Holding AG is close to a deal to buy Spark Therapeutics Inc., the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar. The deal may be valued at almost $5 ...
WEST CHESTER, OHIO (WKRC) - Get ready to re-stock your stash of Girl Scout cookies -- it's National Girl Scout Cookie weekend. Today, a huge delivery will ...
From a supper series celebrating Arizona history to a soon-to-open Indian eatery to a friendly competition involving Girl Scout cookies, here's some Phoenix food ...
Despite a decent fourth quarter, the online postage company says customer demands for two-day shipping necessitated changing its exclusive partnership with ...
The US Postal *Service* lost a big partner this week when Stamps.com terminated their long-standing exclusive arrangement with the postal *service*. In the call in ...
Stamps.com rocked the shipping world when it revealed its relationship with USPS was changing in a drastic way. Stamps.com CEO Ken McBride said he no ...
The state of the United States Postal *Service* (USPS) is not good. The agency is hemorrhaging resources, losing $1.5 billion in the first quarter of 2019 on top of ...
USAA Chief Operating Officer Carl Liebert, once considered a possible candidate to lead the San Antonio financial-services company, is moving on. Liebert has ...
AutoNation, the country's largest auto dealership chain, went outside the auto industry to find its new chief executive, appointing a top leader from San ...
Twitter co-founder and former CEO Ev Williams has stepped down from the social network's board of directors. He didn't really give an explanation other than ...
Twitter co-founder Evan “Ev” Williams is stepping down from the company's board, Twitter announced in a SEC filing Friday afternoon. Williams will depart from ...
Ev Williams, a co-founder of Twitter and the social media business's former chief executive officer, is stepping down from its board of directors effective at the end ...
Twitter co-founder Evan Williams, who's currently CEO of publishing platform Medium, is stepping down from Twitter's board, according to a new filing with the ...
Twitter co-founder and former Chief Executive Evan Williams is stepping down from the company's board, closing a 13-year run that started with a simple idea to ...
Google announced Thursday that it is ending forced arbitration for its workforce. The change means employees will no longer have to take their disputes with ...
Months after thousands of its employees walked out on their work demanding change, Google is finally making some. The company announced Thursday that it ...
Google Opens a New Window. said on Thursday that it will end a controversial company-wide policy that required forced arbitration for all employees. Continue ...
Google has said it will end forced arbitration next month and lift a ban on class-action suits after intense pressure from staffers. At the moment, Google – like ...
A new report from UC Berkeley shows residents in diverse and low-income neighborhoods reported drinking 52% fewer servings of sugary drinks than they did ...
In 2014, Berkeley, California, levied a controversial tax on sugary drinks. In a new paper, public health researchers show how that tax affected what kinds of ...
Consumption of sugary drinks in Berkeley's diverse and low-income neighborhoods dropped precipitously in 2015, just months after the city levied the nation's ...
Good morning, Bay Area. It's Feb. 22 and substitute teachers are scheduled to join the picket lines in Oakland's educators strike. Here's what you need to know ...
Berkeley residents cut their consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages by half in the three years after passing a soda tax in 2014, a new UC Berkeley study ...
WILLISTON, Vt. -- Keurig is releasing a new machine that will serve up cocktails instead of coffee. According to their website, the Drinkworks Home Bar makes ...
As the Trump administration continues trade talks with China, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has paid out a total of $7.7 billion in aid to farmers to ...
CENTRALIA — New numbers released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture suggest soybean farmers in mid-Missouri and elsewhere might be hurting this year ...
SALT LAKE CITY — They say that branding is everything in business, and a Girl Scout from Colorado learned the truth of that this month after putting photos of ...
Girl Scout Chelbie Baliaris of Troop 823 lugs a case of cookies to her growing pile of orders Thursday during the distribution of Girl Scout Cookies at the Kauai ...
In light of the Kraft Heinz collapse, I present a few relevant lessons. The first is that no stock is safe from steep drops, even if Buffett owns it. The second.
Barrick Gold Corp. issued a statement Feb. 22 in answer to speculation in the markets and media that the Toronto-based company is looking to merge with ...
Newmont Mining (NEM) was upgraded to a buy today by TheStreet.com's quantitative *service*. After my gold story yesterday, I knew I needed to look at the charts ...
The world's biggest gold producer dipped its toe in the mergers and acquisitions market again yesterday. Barrick Gold, of Canada, confirmed that it was ...
A Florida man is suing a consumer products company after he says he suffered permanent scarring and discoloration on his face from using a men's hair dye.
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Recent price action keeps the topside targets on the radar for crude oil especially as the Relative Strength Index (RSI) flirts with overbought territory.
U.S. crude oil production hit a record 12 million bpd in the week ending February 15, rising by 100000 bpd from 11.9 million bpd in the previous week, the ...
