Text size BYD is a major manufacturer of electric vehicles. Qilai Shen/Bloomberg Shares in BYD sank on Tuesday amid speculation that high-profile investor Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway was selli...
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Bed Bath & Beyond Insiders Scooped Up Stock After an Awful Quarter
Text size Bed Bath and Beyond insiders snapped up shares of the home-goods retailer. Erin Cadigan/Dreamstime.com Everything but the kitchen sink has seemed to go wrong at Bed Bath & Beyond , but t...
Crypto Rout Deflates Some Web3 Startups Buoyed by Push Into Digital Tokens
The cryptocurrency rout has spread to startups that offer users digital tokens, pushing down digital asset prices and driving away hordes of users. The startups—part of what has been called Web3—allow...
Strike at Machinery Maker CNH Industrial Grinds On as Talks Stall
Negotiations between CNH Industrial NV and the equipment maker’s striking workers have hit a stalemate, deepening supply-chain problems with farm and construction equipment. Bargaining sessions betwee...
PayPal stock slips after downgrade: ‘Hard to ignore e-commerce woes’
PayPal Holdings Inc. PYPL shares have a “supportive” valuation after a recent slide, but the company may still face challenges stemming from pressure on the e-commerce industry, according to an analys...
Kohl’s Stock Lands in the Damaged Bin
Text size A Kohl’s department store in Lexington, Ky. Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg Wall Street has lost faith in Kohl’s , given problems facing nearly all retailers and a potential deal that was scru...
Vanguard to Pay Massachusetts Investors Millions Over Target-Date Fund Tax Hit
Vanguard will pay $6.25 million as part of settlement with Massachusetts’ state securities regulator over allegations that changes it made to certain target-date funds stuck investors with unexpectedl...
Want to Hide Out in Tech? Buy IBM Stock, Morgan Stanley Says.
Text size IBM stock has outperformed the broader market this year. Andreas Arnold/Bloomberg One of the best-performing tech stocks in 2022 has been IBM , as the company continues to show progress on a...
Buffett Bought More of Occidental. Here’s What Happened With HP, Citi, Coke.
Text size Warren Buffett has losses as well as wins on his record of stock picking. AFP via Getty Images Billionaire investor Warren Buffett disclosed that he has increased his stake in Occidental Pet...
Berkshire Holds Over 18% of Occidental After Fresh Buys
Text size Berkshire CEO Warren Buffett likes Occidental and has been adding to the company’s stake since the holding was disclosed in early March. Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Fortune/Time Inc Berkshi...
Merck Is Now in Advanced Talks to Buy Cancer Biotech Seagen for $40 Billion
Text size New Jersey-based Merck has a market value of more than $234 billion. Michael Vi/Dreamstime Merck & Co is in advanced talks to buy Seagen in a deal that could value the cancer biotech at...
Merck Is in Advanced Talks to Buy Seagen for Roughly $40 Billion or More
Merck & Co. is in advanced talks to acquire Seagen and is aiming to agree on a purchase of the cancer biotech in the next few weeks, according to people familiar with the matter, in a deal that co...
Watch out — this one mistake could cost you thousands when you rollover your 401(k) to an IRA
Here’s a pro tip that can hardly be said often enough. When you change jobs and you think about rolling over your old company’s 401(k) to an IRA…watch out for all the extra fees. “Thousands of dollars...
Banks Get Burned by Risky Debt, Imperiling Buyout Activity
By Laura Cooper July 3, 2022 9:03 am ET Listen to article (2 minutes) Investment banks are facing big losses on leveraged buyouts they agreed to finance before markets soured, further chilling the out...
Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Buys More Occidental Petroleum Stock
Text size Warren Buffett hip Somodevilla/Getty Images Berkshire Hathaway continued to buy more shares of Occidental Petroleum in recent days, purchasing a total of about $580 million of stock on Wedne...
Elon Musk Bails on Twitter: What It Means for the Stock
Text size Tesla CEO Elon Musk filed to end his $44 billion merger agreement with Twitter on July 8. POOL/AFP via Getty Images Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s move to terminate his $44 billion deal to purchase T...