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An air traffic controller at Newark is like ‘a 3D chess player who can juggle a chainsaw’ with their eyes closed, ex-pilot says

Air traffic controllers are taking “trauma leave” to deal with stress after the chaos at Newark.

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Not only was Buffett a successful investor, his wisdom will last forever. Here are some of his best quotes

“You know, Wall Street is the only place that people ride to in a Rolls Royce to get advice from those who take the subway.”

05.05.2025 6

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Jamie Dimon says Buffett ‘represents everything that is good about American capitalism’ as Tim Cook praises him and successor Abel

Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett announced Saturday that he plans to step down by the end of the year.

04.05.2025 6

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Buffett warned about trade deficits in a 2003 Fortune op-ed and proposed ‘import certificates’ but says trade should not be a weapon

“It’s gimmicky, but it’s certainly a lot better than anything I think we’re talking about now,” Buffett said of his idea.

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Berkshire’s board doesn’t see Buffett’s successor ‘as a CEO in waiting,’ lead director says. ‘He’s taking on the leadership capacity right now’

The company hosts its annual shareholder meeting this weekend highlighted by a Q&A with CEO Warren Buffett on Saturday.

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Amazon CEO says the $2 trillion retailer is ‘pretty maniacally focused’ on keeping prices down amid tariff pressure

Andy Jassy told analysts during an earnings call “there’s maybe never a more important time in recent memory” to maintain prices.

02.05.2025 7

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says software is the ‘most malleable resource’ to combat ‘any type of inflationary pressure’

All three of Microsoft’s businesses beat the company’s internal guidance amid an uncertain economic climate.

01.05.2025 7

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Snap stock craters after it reveals an $800 loophole could endanger more than $1 billion in ad revenue

A ban on de minimis exemptions will go into effect Friday and allows imports under $800 to be duty-free.

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Execs at Ray Dalio’s hedge fund say we’re in a ‘once-in-a-generation’ economic shift that ‘threatens the existing world order’

In November, Bridgestone Associates co-chief investment officer Karen Karniol-Tambour said investing in U.S. stocks under Trump would be a “good...

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Americans are ‘doom-spending’ as a result of Trump’s trade policy, new report reveals

Some 27% of Americans say they’ve stockpiled goods, and 14% say they plan to hoard goods soon.

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American consumers are still buying like crazy, but the largest credit card companies are stashing funds away for a rainy day

Consumers continued to increase spending, according to quarterly earning reports.

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Morgan Stanley planned to convince Mark Zuckerberg to buy WhatsApp before Google could scoop it up and build a social media platform to rival Facebook

Zuckerberg worried about Google diving into social media, and created a competitive buffer around Meta through M&A, according to allegations in court...

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The IRS’ interim commissioner was just ousted after Scott Bessent reportedly fussed to Trump that Elon Musk installed the leader behind his back

Gary Shapley was named the new agency leader on Tuesday.

18.04.2025 8

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Freenow acquired by Lyft for $200 million as U.S. ridesharing firm makes bold entry into the European taxi market

German taxi app Freenow is currently owned by German carmakers BMW and Mercedes-Benz. Freenow's acquisition marked Lyft's "most significant expansion...

17.04.2025 10

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DHgate, a Chinese e-commerce site, is suddenly atop Apple’s App Store as tariff fears push U.S. consumers to buy cheap Chinese replicas of luxury items

Other e-commerce sites like Taobao also gain US popularity after viral TikTok videos claim to expose luxury brands

17.04.2025 10

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Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says tariff exemptions on electronic devices are temporary and new duties will come in ‘a month or two’

Lutnick referred to the new tariffs as “duties on semiconductors,” but they will span across other tech imports.

14.04.2025 7

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Formula 1 is reportedly seeking $150 million-$180 million a year for a U.S. TV rights deal

ESPN currently has the US media rights, and its deal expires at the end of the 2025 season.

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Intel’s new CEO invested at least $200 million in Chinese businesses, some with links to the country’s military, report says

There is no evidence that Tan currently invests directly in companies on the U.S. Treasury’s Chinese Military-Industrial Complex Companies List,...

12.04.2025 10

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Tech-heavy Nasdaq sinks 4.3% Thursday after Trump imposes 145% tariffs on Chinese imports

The S&P 500, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average sold off 3.46% and 2.5%, respectively Thursday.

11.04.2025 9

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Dow futures sink 1,500 points as stock market rout continues on Trump trade war

Dow Jones Industrial Average futures tumbled 1,468 points, or 3.8%, while S&P 500 futures sank 4.3% and Nasdaq futures dived 4.9%.

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A bailout for farmers caught in Trump’s trade war is already being discussed. ‘If we don’t get something, it will be quite a disaster’

During Trump's first term, farmers got $23 billion after an earlier round of tariffs.

06.04.2025 3

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Klarna and StubHub reportedly pause going public with stock market in free fall over Trump tariffs

Both companies were slated to pitch to investors next week, and have no timeline to go to market.

05.04.2025 6

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Dow crashes 2,200 points and Nasdaq falls into bear market territory as stocks extend selloff after Powell signals no imminent rate cuts

The Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500, and the Nasdaq continued their selloff Friday after Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs.

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Berkshire Hathaway pulls the rug on a video shared by Trump that claimed Warren Buffett said the president was making ‘the best economic moves’ in 50 years

A Berkshire Hathaway representative told Fortune the statement was directed at Trump’s Truth Social post and in response to social media.

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OnlyFans founder and a crypto foundation launch a ‘David vs. Goliath’ bid to buy TikTok

The intent to bid was made by Zoop, another social media platform from the adult-content platform founder.

04.04.2025 3

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Europe’s secret ‘big bazooka’ could be a key retaliatory tool against Trump’s new tariffs

The Anti-Coercion Instrument is a secret weapon the EU has never used before.

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Trump reportedly told members of his Cabinet that Elon Musk will pull back from DOGE ‘soon’

The White House rejected these claims, saying Musk will remain at his post.

02.04.2025 2

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Companies are slashing their earnings forecasts as consumer confidence about the future reaches 12-year low

The Conference Board’s expectations index sits significantly below the threshold that tends to indicate an upcoming recession.

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The ‘competition going on for supremacy’ between China and the U.S. may create benefits, says International Chamber of Commerce secretary general

"China has made and is making some huge, highly risky macroeconomic bets in order to drive what they see is this techno-driven industrial revolution...

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23andMe says it won permission from a judge to sell customers’ medical and ancestry data. Here’s how to delete yours

The company says that during bankruptcy, its security precautions concerning genetic data will remain the same, but its privacy policy says these...

28.03.2025 8

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A StubHub co-founder says he was scrubbed from the company’s history in its IPO filing: ‘It appears old wounds are deep enough to lie about the company’s founding story’

Jeff Fluhr dropped out of business school to become StubHub’s CEO, now he’s not receiving credit for his efforts as the company tries to go public.

27.03.2025 9

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The housing market’s spring selling season has arrived. Here’s the best time to list your home

In one city, selling at the right time could yield nearly $100,000 more than during other times of the year.

23.03.2025 20

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Trump hints at ‘flexibility’ on reciprocal tariffs while balking at more ‘exceptions’

Stock indexes rebounded from a morning selloff after Trump’s tariff comments to finish the day with narrow gains.

22.03.2025 10

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‘We won’t be silent’ — Teachers vow legal challenges after Trump moves to slash Department of Education

The agency oversees a $1.6 trillion student loan portfolio and supervises 50 million primary and secondary students across the U.S.

21.03.2025 4

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang predicts every company will need dual operations in the future— a site for manufacturing plus an AI twin

Huang announced a new expanded partnership with General Motors as carmakers look to advance autonomous driving initiatives.

20.03.2025 10

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang called GTC a Super Bowl where there are no losers — then he tackled concerns about China’s DeepSeek

With its new software, DeepSeek R1 could run 30 times as fast, Huang said.

19.03.2025 3

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Rheinmetall’s stock has soared over 1,000%, and the German defense giant sees growth ‘that we have never experienced before’

“An era of rearmament has begun in Europe that will demand a lot from all of us,” CEO Armin Papperger said.

17.03.2025 5

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DOGE is flirting with the ‘third rail’ of American politics — errors could delay or disrupt benefits, a former top Social Security official says

The White House says that it won’t mess with Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid benefits, but the loss of expertise raises concerns.

16.03.2025 10

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Warren Buffett saw the selloff coming and hoarded cash, analyst says, as markets await his next move — ‘patience is more than a virtue, it’s a weapon’

"Buffett’s actions over the past year have been a textbook example of positioning for turbulence."

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Amid Trump’s latest tariff threats, the S&P 500 tumbles into correction territory just three weeks after smashing record highs

The index dipped 1.4%, while the Nasdaq Composite and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 2% and 1.3%, respectively, on Thursday.

14.03.2025 10

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Chevron CEO weighs in on oil legislation after Trump pulled its license to operate in Venezuela: ‘Swinging from one extreme to the other is not the right policy approach’

Trump’s slashed Chevron’s license to drill and export oil in Venezuela. Now, Chevron is calling for long-lasting legislation.

13.03.2025 3

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Trump has made clear to the cabinet that ‘Elon is your partner,’ Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says

Despite reports of ill-tempered exchanges between Elon Musk and cabinet members in a Thursday meeting, Lutnick said that the secretaries still “want...

09.03.2025 10

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Meet the defense giants that will rearm Europe as the EU eyes a massive military buildup

As Europe prepares for a world without American military aid, the E.U. plans to invest €800 billion on defense.

09.03.2025 10

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Musk’s DOGE team reportedly tried to fire air traffic controllers amid multiple plane crashes but was stopped by the transportation secretary

Duffy also rebuffed Musk’s claim that air traffic controllers were hired from DEI initiatives.

08.03.2025 2

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Musk reportedly sneers that Marco Rubio is ‘good on TV’ as top diplomat airs grievances about DOGE cuts during explosive meeting

Rubio had been privately furious with Musk for weeks, ever since the billionaire’s DOGE team dismantled USAID, the New York Times reported.

08.03.2025 7

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‘The pint is safe with us’: Under threat from a change to metric, British Lords vote to safeguard the cherished measure

'The pint is safe with us': Under threat of metrication, British Lords pass legal safeguard for the pint of beer

08.03.2025 4

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Elon Musk’s offer to bring home stranded astronauts never reached the space station, say NASA astronauts who are still in orbit after 9 months

Musk said the astronauts could’ve been rescued sooner but the Biden administration rejected his assistance.

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As Canadian provinces ditch U.S.-made alcohol, Jack Daniel’s bemoans the ‘very disproportionate response’: ‘It’s literally taking your sales away’

The Liquor Control Board of Ontario will pull American-made alcohol from shelves in grocery stores, bars, and restaurants, amid Trump’s 25% tariff...

07.03.2025 20

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U.S. pauses cyber-offense activity against Russia as Trump tries to end Putin’s war on Ukraine, reports say

The pause that Hegseth ordered is meant to remain in effect while negotiations to end Russia's war on Ukraine are ongoing, The Washington Post...

03.03.2025 3

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China is ‘in a sweet spot’ as Trump’s shift away from allies deprives him of leverage over Beijing, analyst says

"Instead what we see, in the first month and a half of this new administration, the conflict is between the U.S. and its allies."

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