Berkshire Hathaway Didn’t Have to Disclose Earlier its 10% Stake in Paramount. Here’s Why.

Text size Berkshire Hathaway now owns 10.6% of Paramount Global. Dreamstime Berkshire Hathaway ’s purchase of more than 10% of Paramount Global , disclosed late Monday, normally would have triggered a...

Rivian CEO Bought Stock in the EV Start-Up. The Shares Are Rising.

Text size CEO R.J. Scaringe’s recent purchase means he owns about 4.5 million shares of Rivian stock. Courtesy of Rivian Rivian ’s CEO R.J. Scaringe stepped up and bought the dip in his company’...

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway reveals new stakes in Paramount, Citigroup

OMAHA, Neb. — Warren Buffett’s company on Monday revealed all the investment moves it made in the first quarter, when it spent more than $51 billion on stocks. But Buffett had already shared the bigge...

PayPal borrows $3 billion to help fund debt buyback plan

PayPal Holdings Inc. hit the market on Monday with a $3 billion corporate bond financing to help the online money-transfer and payments giant fund a $2 billion tender offer for its own debt. The four-...

Berkshire Hathaway Sold Nearly All Its Verizon Stake in the First Quarter

Text size Warren Buffett’s Berkshire bought stakes in Paramount Global and Market in the first quarter. Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Fortune/Time Inc Berkshire Hathaway bought stakes in Citigrou...

Carvana Issued a New Operating Plan. The Stock Is Rallying.

Text size A Carvana used car “vending machine” on May 11, 2022 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Carvana shares were rising Monday as investors reacted to the used car platform’s ...

Diamondback Energy Agrees to Buy Rattler Midstream for $2.2 Billion

Text size The energy landscape has transformed dramatically since Rattler was taken public in 2019. Callaghan O’Hare/Bloomberg Rattler Midstream shares soared on Monday after the company announc...

JetBlue Launches Tender Offer for Spirit Airlines at $30 a Share

Text size Spirit Airlines planes are shown at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images) Spirit Airlines shares surged Monday after JetBlue Airways launch...

Crypto Prices Move in Tandem With Traditional Markets, Punishing Investors

Cryptocurrency prices are moving in lockstep with stocks and bonds like never before, punishing those who bought bitcoin and other digital assets in part to diversify their investment holdings. The th...

Renault Sells Russia Business to State-Backed Entity for One Ruble

PARIS—French auto maker Renault SA has reached a deal to cede its 68% stake in Russia’s biggest car maker to a state-backed entity for one ruble and a six-year option to buy back its shares, according...

JetBlue to Launch Tender Offer for Spirit, Urge Shareholders to Vote Against Frontier Deal

JetBlue Airways Corp. said it plans to launch a hostile takeover attempt for discount carrier Spirit Airlines Inc. after Spirit rejected JetBlue’s $3.6 billion offer in favor of an existing deal with ...

Are SPACs That Bad? Study Find Similar Returns for Blank Checks and IPOs

Text size A wheel loader moves ore at MP Materials’ mine in Mountain Pass, Calif. Joe Buglewicz/Bloomberg Special-purpose acquisition companies have lost their luster this year. But recent data ...

Opinion: Elon Musk is likely trying to get a lower price for Twitter

Is Elon Musk’s $44 billion bid for Twitter actually a $1 billion joke by the world’s richest man? That’s a possibility that cannot be ignored, as investors scramble to make sense of Musk’s latest shen...

Princeton University Discloses Large Stake in Lithium Miner

Text size Students walk on campus at Princeton University. William Thomas Cain/Getty Images Princeton University disclosed that it owned a large stake in an early-stage lithium miner. In fact, Princet...

Buy Citizens Financial Stock. Its Shares Could Gain 29%.

Bigger is better in banking—and Citizens Financial Group has been taking steps that should allow it to play with the bigger boys. Its stock looks like a winner. These days, it’s nearly impossible for ...

Soros fund doubles down on Rivian bet, buys stakes in Lucid, Nio

Billionaire George Soros’s investment fund has doubled down on its bet on Rivian Automotive Inc. and taken new positions on EV makers Nio Inc. and Lucid Motors Inc., according to a filing late Friday....

Starbucks’ CEO Howard Schultz Bought $10 Million of Stock

Text size Howard Schultz has halted Starbucks’ buybacks of its stock. Getty Images Howard Schultz, now on his third stint as Starbucks ‘ top executive, just bought millions of dollars of the cof...

Fisker and Foxconn confirm compact EV will be built at Lordstown plant

Fisker Inc. confirmed Thursday that Foxconn will build its second car, a compact EV, at a newly acquired plant in Lordstown, Ohio. The Fisker FSR, +12.55% Pear will enter production in 2024 and cost a...

Rivian stock dives into record-low territory after Ford disclosed it sold more than $200 million worth of shares

Ford Motor Co. showed how the early bird gets the worm, as the automaker would have raised a lot less from the sale of Rivian Automotive Inc. shares if it waited for the opening bell to start selling....

Boeing Might Sell Stock. It Could Be Too Late.

Text size Boeing’s Chicago headquarters. Scott Olson/Getty Images Boeing ’s chief financial officer indicated his company might sell stock when shares are higher. It’s a good idea. Boeing could ...

Rivian reports earnings this week with stock under more pressure than ever

Rivian Automotive Inc. is slated to report first-quarter earnings after the bell Wednesday, with the EV maker battling a steep decline of its shares and fears of continued operational snags. Rivian RI...

Here’s Why Philip Morris’ Potential Offer for Swedish Match Is Bad for Altria Stock

Text size Philip Morris is in ongoing talks to acquire Swedish Match, the maker of smoke-free tobacco products. Fabrice Coffini/AFP via Getty Images Philip Morris‘ potential acquisition of Swedish Mat...

Coinbase shares plunge almost 80% from November high, amid selloffs of crypto stocks and funds

Shares of crypto-related companies and funds ended sharply lower Monday, with Coinbase’s shares finishing at the lowest level in history, as both bitcoin and major U.S. stock indexes finished at multi...

DraftKings Golden Nugget purchase could lead to ‘revenue uplift,’ CEO says

DraftKings DKNG, -16.43% has completed its purchase of Golden Nugget Online Gaming in the company’s latest move to boost revenue and lower costs. The acquisition was an all-stock deal worth roughly $4...

Virgin Galactic Stock Is Tumbling. Here’s What’s Troubling Analysts.

Text size Truist Securities downgraded Virgin Galactic stock to Hold from Buy. Courtesy Virgin Galactic Virgin Galactic Holdings Virgin Galactic Holdings stock continues to slide on Monday after Truis...

As Demand for Mental-Health Care Booms, Investors See Opportunities

Psychiatrists and psychologists once ran their own practices. Now the local therapist office could be controlled by a buyout king. Venture capitalists and private-equity firms are pouring billions of ...

Big Pharma Has Enough Cash to Buy All of Biotech. Why M&A Isn’t Happening.

Text size Late last year, Barron’s predicted a wave of deals, citing biotech companies’ cash holdings. Above, the plates used to print one-dollar bills. Alex Wong/Getty Images With biotech...

Oil Prices Top $100, Yet Some Big U.S. Frackers Let Their Production Fall

Oil prices are at their highest in years and politicians want companies to pump more. But most large American frackers are standing pat, or even letting production decline, and instead are handing inv...

Elon Musk pitch deck for Twitter promises to nearly triple ad revenue, create $10 billion subscription business: report

Elon Musk is telling potential investors in his deal for Twitter Inc. that he will seek to triple the company’s ad revenue and create a $10 billion-a-year subscription business within six years, accor...

Stock market selloff in ‘liquidation’ stage. Why it needs to get ‘hotter’ before it burns out.

This week’s violent U.S. stock-market turnabout may have left investors feeling shaken, but a liquidation phase that may finally be under way will probably need to “get hotter” before it burns itself ...

Starbucks plans to invest roughly $200 million to tackle increased demand for customized cold beverage orders

According to Starbucks Corp.’s interim Chief Executive Howard Schultz, the coffee giant’s problem isn’t demand, but the challenges of meeting it. The company SBUX, -1.26% has allotted more than $200 m...

Zillow Stock Tumbles After Selling More Homes Than Expected. Here’s Why.

Text size Zillow says it has 1,300 homes left in its inventory, most of which have sold or are in agreement to be sold or disposed. Courtesy of Zillow Faster-than-expected home sales in Zillow’s iBuyi...