Berkshire Hathaway's Charlie Munger gives $40 million in stock to California museum
Investor Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett’s right-hand man for more than five decades, has made a $40 million gift to a California museum he has supported in the past
2023-10-06 07:53
Wisconsin hearing considers $614M plan to fund Milwaukee Brewers stadium repairs
The architect of legislation to give the Milwaukee Brewers more than $614 million to cover repairs at American Family Field is defending the proposal to fellow lawmakers
2023-10-06 06:25
X removes article headlines in latest platform update, widening a rift with news media
X, formerly known as Twitter, has stopped showing headlines on articles shared on the platform
2023-10-06 01:15
Meta and X questioned by lawmakers over lack of rules against AI-generated political deepfakes
US Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and U.S. Rep. Yvette Clarke of New York sent a letter Thursday to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and X CEO Linda Yaccarino expressing “serious concerns” about the emergence of AI-generated political ads on their platforms and asking each to explain any rules they’re crafting to curb the harms to free and fair elections
2023-10-06 00:23
Bangladesh gets first uranium shipment from Russia for its Moscow-built nuclear power plant
Bangladesh has received the first uranium shipment from Russia to fuel the country’s only nuclear power plant, still under construction by Moscow
2023-10-05 22:15
Fears about Amazon and Microsoft cloud computing dominance trigger UK probe
Concerns from regulators about the dominance of Amazon and Microsoft in Britain’s cloud computing market have triggered an investigation into the competitiveness of the key industry
2023-10-05 19:51
BOE Survey of Firms Shows Inflation Pressures Remain Stubborn
UK price pressures showed little sign of easing last month, according to a Bank of England survey of
2023-10-05 19:15
Rising long-term interest rates are posing the latest threat to a US economic 'soft landing'
Surging interest rates are intensifying the challenges for the U.S. economy and threatening to derail the Federal Reserve’s drive to tame inflation without causing a deep recession
2023-10-05 18:50
Stock market today: Asian shares rise, buoyed by Wall Street rally from bonds and oil prices
Asian shares are mostly higher as a plunge in oil prices aided a recovery on Wall Street
2023-10-05 15:45
Israeli arms quietly helped Azerbaijan retake Nagorno-Karabakh, to the dismay of region's Armenians
Israel has quietly helped fuel Azerbaijan’s campaign to recapture Nagorno-Karabakh, supplying powerful weapons to the country ahead of its lightening offensive last month that brought the Armenian separatist enclave in its territory back under its control
2023-10-05 12:45
Philippine boats breach a Chinese coast guard blockade in a faceoff near a disputed shoal
Two Philippine supply boats have breached a Chinese coast guard blockade in the South China Sea in a recurring confrontation near a disputed shoal some fear could spark a larger security crisis that could draw in the United States
2023-10-05 11:19
Fukushima nuclear plant starts 2nd release of treated radioactive wastewater into the sea
Japan’s wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant says it has begun releasing a second batch of treated radioactive wastewater into the sea after the first round of discharges ended smoothly
2023-10-05 11:18