Berkshire Hathaway profit doubles, fueled by a near $13 billion investment gain
Berkshire Hathaway booked a near $13 billion gain on investments in the latest quarter, and has put $32 billion of its cash pile to work.
Berkshire Hathaway booked a near $13 billion gain on investments in the latest quarter, and has put $32 billion of its cash pile to work.
This can’t be how the American economy is going to work from here on out. We can’t concede a societal norm where the government will undermine or even ban a technology that might cause some workers distress, from changing the nature of a job to eliminating a job altogether. Doing so would guarantee economic stagnation…
Thursday, June 12, 2025 Ukraine Nuclear Security and Safety Efforts Under harsh conflict conditions, Ukrainians have struggled to operate nuclear power plants and to secure nuclear and radioactive materials from potentially falling into the wrong hands. As part of the United States’s aid to Ukraine, Congress approved millions of dollars to help Ukrainians address these…
20 July 2026 Firms reported further net tightening of bank loan interest rates and other loan conditions related to price and non-price factors. Firms signalled a small increase in financing needs, while availability of bank loans remained broadly unchanged, but with notable differences between SMEs and large firms. Firms expected lower increases in selling prices,…
Friday, December 12, 2025 FDA’s Efforts to Recall Faulty Medical Devices Limited by Insufficient Staffing The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is responsible foroverseeing the safety of medical devices sold in the U.S. and issuingrecalls when they’re found to be unsafe. But recent headlines andhigh-profile lawsuits have drawn attention to the effectiveness of FDA’sefforts. We’ll…
Imagine telling an AI agent how much risk you’re willing to take, your retirement goals and when your kids will start college — then letting it manage your portfolio while you sleep. That vision of agentic trading, in which artificial intelligence doesn’t just recommend investments but carries them out, is moving from concept to reality….
en English Economics Jul 16, 2026 Şebnem Kalemli-Özcan Debates about geopolitical fragmentation always revive the late economist Robert Mundell’s dream of a single world money. But participants should be mindful of the euro’s real-world experience over the past quarter-century. ROME—The…