American Express and 4 More Companies That Raised Their Stock Dividends

American Express Oracle and Johnson Controls were among the large U.S. companies that declared dividend increases this week. It was a fairly light week for such announcements, with earnings season hav...

Delta Sky Club At LAX Now Offers Freshly Made Gelato In 60 Seconds

The Delta Sky Club at LAX T3 offers made-to-order gelato. Joni Sweet There’s a special new treat in the Delta Sky Club at Los Angeles International Airport and it’s pretty cool (literally!): fresh gel...

Warren Buffett Muses on Berkshire Hathaway’s Future in Annual Letter

Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett is looking to shape the company for when he’s gone. At a time when other famous conglomerates like General Electric (ticker: GE) are splitting up into multiple mo...

Expanded American Express Centurion Lounge Opens At Seattle-Tacoma Airport

The new Seattle Centurion lounge has a spacious bar and seating area. American Express It’s here. What was once a tiny space for frequent-flying American Express cardholders has now expanded to accomm...

A New Kind Of Fraud Emerges; Inflation Causing A Scaled Down Spring Break

Fraudsters Double Down on Returns Abuse As more shoppers continue to move online, so has returns abuse. However, this form of fraud has become a severe drain on many merchants’ bottom line. Fraudsters...

No Sign Of ‘Recessionary Signals’ As Credit Card Spending Soars

Topline American Express shares surged Friday after the U.S.’ second-largest credit card company posted strong quarterly earnings, with American Express brass boasting about its wealthier consumer bas...

Tesla, AT&T, Visa, Chevron, Microsoft, and More Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week

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The American Express Draws Flashy Field Despite Un-Elevated Status

LA QUINTA, CA – JANUARY 24: Tony Finau tee shot on the 17th hole during the final round of The … [+] American Express PGA Tournament on January 24, 2021 at PGA West Pete Dye Stadium Course...

American Express Experts Give Tips For Savvy Holiday Shoppers

American Express has teamed up with Lilliana Vazquez; style expert on CBS Mornings, The Kelly … [+] Clarkson Show, and The Rachael Ray Show to offer up tips for holiday shopping. Courtesy of Ame...

Art Basel Awakens To Black Culinary Creative Culture

Chef Mashama Bailey, Co-Owner of The Grey in Savannah, GA and Diner Bar in Austin, TX Mashama Bailey – American Express Art Basel Miami sits at the intersection of food, art and culture while sh...

The Legality Of Card Surcharges; Buy Now Pay Later Surging During Holidays

Shoppers Go Deep on BNPL and eCommerce as Holiday Shopping Ramps Up Driven by an inflation-fueled demand for deals, the official kick-off weekend of the 2022 shopping season outperformed events of the...

Walgreens Retail President And Chief Customer Officer Tracey Brown: The C-Suite Interview

“If you are able to really figure out what your purpose is and then align that with your passion and position, great things will happen.” In some ways, Tracey Brown’s path to the Walgreens C-suite beg...

Berkshire Hathaway Cuts Stake in U.S. Bancorp By More Than Half

A new filing indicates that Berkshire Hathaway cut its stake in U.S. Bancorp by 56% to 52.5 million shares that are now worth $2.4 billion. In a form 13-G filing dated Thursday, Berkshire Hathaway (BR...

Fintech Ramp Surfs Dollar Wave By Helping U.S. Companies Turn To International Markets

Ramp CEO Eric Glyman (Center), CTO Karim Atiyeh (Left) and CPO Gene Lee (Right) cofounded the corporate credit card firm in 2019 after selling a price-tracking startup to Capital One. Courtesy of Ramp...

Market Volatility Spells Opportunity for Options-Savvy Investors

Text size American Express stock offers a way to monetize the view that the wealthy won’t be terribly affected by an economic downturn. Nora Tarvus/Dreamstime.com Once again, the stock market is confr...

Top 100 Public Company Crypto Involvement

August 24, 2022, 9:55AM EDT • 2 min read Quick Take 28 out of the top 100 publicly traded firms ranked by Forbes have at least one crypto/blockchain investment since 2021 SoftBank and Samsung have the...

Berkshire Hathaway Could Owe Billions on Stock Gains Under the New Tax Law

Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, likes holding favorite stocks forever. Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images Text size Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett has long said that his favorite i...

China’s Retaliation to Pelosi’s Trip Keeps Chips Off the Menu for Now

China’s fresh blockade of food imports from Taiwan wasn’t enough to further destabilize markets nervous about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s historic visit to the island. Beijing’s four days of military...

American Express Is Granting $1 Million To Back Historic Small Restaurants

American Express is granting over $1 million to backing historic small restaurants alongside the … [+] National Trust For Historic Preservation. American Express American Express and the Nationa...

Berkshire Hathaway Seems Headed for a 20% Stake in Occidental

Text size Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett likes energy companies. Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Fortune/Time Inc Berkshire Hathaway has rapidly increased its stake in Occidental Petroleum to 17.4...

Berkshire Hathaway’s Equity Portfolio Is Down An Estimated $65 Billion So Far in This Quarter

Text size Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway wasn’t a buyer of its own stock in April, but that might have changed with the market’s recent drop. Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Fortun...

Bank of America and 4 More Financial Stocks for a Tough Market

Text size Bank of America is Wells Fargo’s top pick among the large U.S. banks. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images One couldn’t blame investors in the financial sector for feeling discouraged this year. Goi...

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Is Taking a $30 Billion Hit on Apple

Text size Apple makes up 40% of Berkshire Hathaway’s equity portfolio. Dreamstime Warren Buffett loves Apple , but Berkshire Hathaway’s big holding in the iPhone maker is hurting: Apple shares a...

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Spent Billions on Chevron. This Might Be Why.

Text size Photograph by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images There is a cottage industry on Wall Street predicting what would Warren would buy. That, of course, refers to Berkshire Hathawa y (ticker: BRK.B) C...

Warren Buffett Says Markets Have Become a ‘Gambling Parlor’

OMAHA, Neb.—As recently as February, Warren Buffett lamented he wasn’t finding much out there that was worth buying.  That is no longer the case. After a yearslong deal drought, Mr. Buffett’s Berkshir...

Berkshire Hathaway: Live Coverage of the Annual Shareholders Meeting

OMAHA, Neb.—The Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholders meeting is back in person for 2022, after a two-year pandemic hiatus moved the so-called “Woodstock for Capitalists” online. Warren Buffett addre...

8 Companies That Raised Their Stock Dividends This Week

Text size Colgate-Palmolive raised its stock dividend this week. Rene Van Den Berg/Dreamstime.com Colgate-Palmolive , Dick’s Sporting Goods , and Applied Materials were among the large U.S. companies ...

Berkshire Hathaway’s Stake in American Express Is Poised to Hit 20%

Text size Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Fortune/Time Inc Berkshire Hathaway ‘s longstanding stake in American Express is set to hit the 20% threshold in the coming...

Should You Buy PayPal Stock After Its Big Drop? Don’t Rush In.

PayPal refrained from reiterating growth targets, trimmed its forecasts, and said it was shifting strategy away from growing its user base in its latest earnings. Dreamstime Text size PayPal Holdings ...