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In this article BRK.A Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Berkshire Vice Chairman Greg Abel speaks with shareholders during the Berkshire Hathaway Inc. annual shareholders’ meeting, in Omaha, Nebraska, U.S., May 2, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Greg Abel, the newly minted Chief Executive of Berkshire Hathaway, is getting a bump in salary as he…

On Jan. 3, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife were captured by the U.S. military and, three days later, pleaded not guilty to charges in New York City. The event is unprecedented in modern times, and its implications will likely take months to fully materialize. Even so, you may be wondering how, if at…

Vera Rubin, autonomous driving, and all the latest software updates for PC gamers. Vera Rubin, autonomous driving, and all the latest software updates for PC gamers. Jan 6, 2026, 7:30 PM UTC Jess Weatherbed is a news writer focused on creative industries, computing, and internet culture. Jess started her career at TechRadar, covering news and…

DOWNTOWN — Big-box bookstore Barnes & Noble will open its largest Chicago location in the Loop this summer. The 30,000-square-foot bookstore at 150 N. State St. will take over what was previously an Old Navy store, which closed in 2023. Years before that, it was a Borders Books. The location is not far from the…

Earlier this year, analysts claimed President Donald J. Trump’s Made in America trade agenda would “deal a serious blow to automakers,” “cut sales by millions,” and “increase prices.” These so-called “experts” could not have been more wrong: In 2025, new U.S. vehicle sales rose by 2.4% — the industry’s strongest performance since 2019. Automakers are…

xAI acquired social media network X for $45bn in March, bringing together two of Elon Musk’s businesses under one umbrella © AFP/Getty Images Elon Musk’s xAI said it had raised $20bn in new funding, in an upsized deal that more than doubles its valuation since last spring, despite growing concerns over illegal content generated by…

FALLS CHURCH, Va.   –   You may have heard the terms “allowable charge” and “balance billing.” But what do these terms mean when you have TRICARE? The TRICARE-allowable charge is the maximum amount TRICARE will pay for a procedure, service, or equipment. TRICARE-allowable charges vary based on the provider and the type, place, and date of…

The Alaska Airlines pilot who has been universally praised as a hero for safely landing a jet after a door plug panel flew off shortly after takeoff is suing Boeing because he believes the plane maker wrongly tried to blame him and the rest of the crew in past legal filings. Captain Brandon Fisher was…

Ford reported a 2.7% gain in US sales, but other carmakers are already showing signs of a weakening market © Brandon Bell/Getty Images New car sales in the US are projected to decline in 2026 for the first time in four years, as a growing affordability crunch forces many lower-income buyers out of the market….

Signage for Bitcoin cryptocurrency in Hong Kong, Nov. 26, 2025. Lam Yik | Bloomberg | Getty Images Following President Nicolás Maduro’s deposition last weekend, all eyes are on Venezuela and its vast oil reserves. But there’s another resource Maduro’s regime is believed to have had in abundance — an asset that, if liquidated or seized,…

Jan 6 (Reuters) – Eli Lilly is in advanced talks ​to buy Ventyx Biosciences ‌for more than $1 billion, the Wall Street ‌Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Shares of Ventyx closed up ⁠5.2% following ‌the report, which said the deal could be ‍announced imminently. A potential buyout of Ventyx will…

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January 06, 2026 Adds Advanced PCIe and CXL Switching Silicon Portfolio; Expands Marvell’s UALink Scale-up Switch Team with Top Engineering Talent SANTA CLARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Marvell Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRVL), a leader in data infrastructure semiconductor solutions, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire XConn Technologies (“XConn”), a provider of advanced…

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Acquisition Grows Pattern’s Energy Portfolio Across US and Canada  HOUSTON, SAN FRANCISCO, TORONTO — Pattern Energy Group (Pattern Energy), a leader in clean energy and transmission infrastructure, and Cordelio Power today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement for Pattern Energy to acquire Cordelio Power, an independent power producer in Canada and the United States. The addition of Cordelio Power…

A popular sporting goods retailer has closed a Central New York store after nearly two decades in business. Dick’s Sporting Goods in Aurelius, just outside of Auburn, shut its doors for good over the weekend, according to The Citizen. Signs in the windows encouraged customers to visit other DSG locations, such as at Destiny USA…

Amala Duggirala will join Delta as Chief Digital & Technology Officer, taking responsibility for a combined technology and digital function. Delta CEO Ed Bastian sent the following memo to employees, announcing the retirement of Rahul Samant, E.V.P. and Chief Information Officer, after 10 years of service. He also announced Amala Duggirala will join the airline…

Magic‘s most fearsome Elementals and vile blights are at your command with these Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander decks! Lorwyn Eclipsed features two ready-to-play Commander decks that showcase powerful mechanics from the main set: evoke and blight. Dance of the ElementsCommander DeckBlight CurseCommander Deck Each Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander deck contains the following: 1 Ready-to-play 100-card Commander deck…

Jan 6 (Reuters) – Shares of U.S. heating, ventilation and air conditioning-related companies dropped on Tuesday after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang ​said that the company’s upcoming chips could significantly reduce cooling ‌requirements in data centers. Johnson Controls International dropped 7.5% to $112.40 and Trane Technologies lost 5.3% to $370.40. ‌Both stocks hit multi-month lows and…

Gabriela Pomeroy Getty Images Intense snowfall and icy weather conditions have caused widespread travel disruption across Europe, with six reported killed in weather-related incidents on the continent. Five people died in two separate regions of France as a result of treacherous driving conditions, authorities said, while one woman was also killed in Bosnia’s capital, Sarajevo,…

2026 is here, bringing with it renewed energy and a chance to hit the reset button. Whether you’ve already set some fitness goals or are resolving to make self-care a priority in the new year, we’ve got the products to help get you through winter and start the month off on the right foot. In…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Snow, ice and freezing temperatures hit parts of Europe on Tuesday, causing treacherous traffic conditions that left at least five people dead in France and forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights from one of the continent’s busiest airports. Authorities in the Landes region of southwestern France reported three dead in…

AIG was once the largest insurance provider in the world, according to the US Treasury, with more than $1tn in assets globally © Bloomberg AIG has appointed insurance veteran Eric Andersen as its next chief executive as it prepares to take on more risk to fuel growth after dramatically paring back its operations since its…

Laura CressTechnology reporter Bloomberg via Getty Images Technology Secretary Liz Kendall has called on Elon Musk’s X to urgently deal with its artificial intelligence chatbot Grok being used to create non-consensual sexualised images of women and girls. The BBC has seen multiple examples on X of people asking the bot to digitally undress people to…

A view of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Wall Street November 13, 2024, in New York City.  Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images A version of this article appeared in CNBC’s Inside Alts newsletter, a guide to the fast-growing world of alternative investments, from private equity and private credit to hedge funds…

Although global demand for copper is growing, many of the world’s major mines are ageing and becoming less productive © Reuters Copper soared to a record high of more than $13,000 per tonne on Tuesday, as concerns over supply disruption and tariffs extended a rally that has pushed up the price of the metal by…

7. Vintage frames “From a sustainability standpoint, we already have so many objects in the world,” says artist Booth, whose 1970s bungalow in Cornwall is crammed with vintage collectibles, stone busts, eel spears, random crockery and repurposed objects. “I love the idea that everything you could possibly need already exists somewhere, you just have to find…

In this article F Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Visitors to the OC Auto Show at the Anaheim Convention Center check out the newly unveiled Ford Expedition in Anaheim on Thursday, October 3, 2024. Leonard Ortiz | Medianews Group | Getty Images DETROIT — Ford Motor on Tuesday said its U.S. vehicle sales last…

When Ashley St. Clair asked Grok, the generative artificial intelligence reply bot built into the X platform, to stop creating sexually suggestive pictures of her, Grok said it would stop. But it didn’t. Since then, St. Clair, known as a high-profile conservative content creator who has a child with X’s owner, Elon Musk, said she…

Two thousand years before the U.S. federal government’s debt crossed the $38 trillion threshold, the Roman Empire faced a similar-looking calculus: a state with increasingly expensive obligations and a very limited appetite for taxes. To pay for this discrepancy, emperors pursued a policy known as “debasement”: gradually shaving off the silver from the coins until…

WASHINGTON — U.S. multinational corporations will be exempted from paying more corporate taxes overseas in a deal finalized by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The OECD announced Monday that nearly 150 countries have agreed on the plan, initially crafted in 2021, to stop large global companies from shifting profits to low-tax countries, no…