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Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Cleared to Buy as Much as Half of Occidental’s Shares
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has the green light from regulators to purchase as much as 50% of Occidental Petroleum Corp.’s shares, after seeking approval for such a transaction in July. In a r...
Warren Buffett Not Expected to Bid for Control of Occidental Following Stake Boost
Warren Buffett’s bid to boost his big stake in Occidental Petroleum even further isn’t expected to serve as a prelude to a full takeover of the resurgent energy company by the widely watched billionai...
GM Reinstates Dividend. Ford’s Yield Is Higher.
Text size GM stock was rising after the auto maker said it was reinstating its dividend. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images American automotive giant General Motors is returning capital to shareholders again—...
Bill Gates Is Ecolab’s Largest Shareholder. He Just Scooped Up More Shares.
Text size Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has been buying shares of Ecolab. Leon Neal/WPA Pool /Getty Images Ecolab ’s largest shareholder, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, bought more shares of the p...
Ryan Cohen Dumped Bed Bath & Beyond Stock. Is the Meme Trade Over?
Text size Ryan Cohen sold his entire stake in Bed Bath & Beyond. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images So much for diamond hands. Ryan Cohen, meme stock cheerleader extraordinaire, just did something that ...
Berkshire Hathaway Can Acquire Up to 50% of Occidental Petroleum, Filing Says
Text size Berkshire Hathaway currently has a 20% stake in Occidental. Callaghan O’Hare/Bloomberg Occidental Petroleum stock jumped Friday after Berkshire Hathaway got approval from the Federal E...
Ryan Cohen’s RC Ventures Sells Entire Stake in Bed Bath & Beyond
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Ryan Cohen Signals Intent to Sell Bed Bath & Beyond Stake
Text size Activist investor Ryan Cohen, pictured here, signaled in a regulatory filing his intent to sell a stake in Bed Bath & Beyond. C.M. Guerrero/Miami Herald/TNS/Alamy Live News Bed Bath &...
Weighed Down by Opioid Litigation, Endo International Files for Bankruptcy
Text size Dreamstime The generic drugmaker Endo International , which faces thousands of lawsuits related to its alleged role in the opioid crisis, filed for bankruptcy late Tuesday morning, while ann...
Endo International Files for Bankruptcy to Weather Opioid Lawsuits
Endo International PLC became the latest pharmaceutical company to file for bankruptcy under the weight of lawsuits alleging it played a role in fueling the opioid crisis. The drugmaker, domiciled in ...
Bitcoin Miner Riot Takes $349M Goodwill Impairment Charge on Acquisitions
“Although challenging global market conditions in the second quarter, further impacted by a steep decline in the price of Bitcoin and resulting decline in market valuations for publicly-traded Bitcoin...
Buffett and Berkshire added big to their bets on Ally, Occidental, Paramount and Activision. But these other 6 stocks also got a vote of confidence.
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. added to nine stock holdings during the second quarter, reduced holdings of four and sold two outright. That’s according to Berkshire Hathaway’s BRK.B, +1.26% ...
Alibaba, JD.com, and Bilibili Fall on Report Tencent to Sell Meituan Stake
Text size Tencent holds a 17% stake in food delivery company Meituan. GREG BAKER/AFP via Getty Images Alibaba, JD.com and some of China’s biggest companies saw billions wiped off their value Tuesday...
The World’s Largest Hedge Fund Sold 5 Chinese Stocks. Here’s Why.
Text size Bridgewater Associates no longer owned stock in Alibaba Group Holding as of June 30, according to a regulatory filing. Alibaba’s headquarters in Hangzhou, China, is pictured above. STR...
Unity Stock Tumbles After Board Rejects AppLovin’s $17.5 Billion Buyout Bid
Text size Unity Software doesn’t think AppLovin’s offer was in the best interests of its shareholders. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Videogaming company Unity Software on Monday rejected Ap...
HBO Max cuts 14% of staff mainly in casting, acquisitions and reality TV
David Zaslav, President and CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery talks to the media as he arrives at the Sun Valley Resort for the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 05, 2022 in Sun Valley, Id...
Unity Board Opposes AppLovin’s $17.5 Billion Buyout Offer
Updated Aug. 15, 2022 10:48 am ET Listen to article (2 minutes) Unity Software board has unanimously agreed that the $17.5 billion buyout offer from AppLovin isn’t in the best interests of shareholder...
Berkshire 13F: Buffett Likely Bought Apple, Chevron, and Occidental Stock
Text size CEO Warren Buffett and his investment lieutenants didn’t buy as much stock in the second quarter as they did in the first quarter. Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Fortune/Time Inc Berkshi...
Meme-Stock Investors Are Back! Sort of, Anyway
Individual investors have waded back into the stock market after laying low through the worst of this year’s selloff. But don’t call it a comeback yet. So-called retail investors in the last two week...
Meme stock Bed Bath & Beyond ‘decoupled from economic reality’ but now getting crushed; it isn’t alone
This is an eventful time for meme stocks, as evidenced by Bed Bath & Beyond’s rollercoaster week. Shares of the troubled retailer skyrocketed recently, driven by the Wall Street Bets crowd on Redd...