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2024-10-15

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway hikes SiriusXM stake to 32%

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Warren Buffett walks the floor and meets with Berkshire Hathaway shareholders ahead of their annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska on May 3rd, 2024.  David A. Grogan Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway continued to increase its stake in SiriusXM, now owning 32% of the New York-based satellite radio company. The Omaha, Nebraska-based conglomerate purchased roughly 3.6 million shares for about $87…

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2024-10-14

Boeing to cut 17,000 jobs as losses deepen during factory strike

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Boeing 737 MAX airliners are pictured at the company’s factory in Renton, Washington, on Sept. 12, 2024. Stephen Brashear | AP Boeing will cut 10% of its workforce, or about 17,000 people, as the company’s losses mount and a machinist strike that has idled its aircraft factories enters its fifth week. It will also push back the long-delayed launch…

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2024-10-14

TSLA, WFC, JPM, FAST and more

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Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Tesla — Shares of the electric vehicle maker tumbled nearly 9% after its robotaxi event underwhelmed investors . Morgan Stanley analysts noted that the event “overall disappointed expectations” due to a lack of details in several areas, including how the company is going to compete against ride-sharing companies, such as…

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2024-10-13

Producer price index September 2024:

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A measure of wholesale prices showed no change in September, pointing to a continued easing in inflation, the Labor Department reported Friday. The producer price index, which measures what producers get for their goods and services, was flat for the month and up 1.8% from a year ago. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been looking for a monthly…

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2024-10-12

Tesla (TSLA) stock drops after Cybercab robotaxi reveal

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Tesla unveils its “Cybercab” on October 10, 2024 in Burbank, California. Source: Tesla  Tesla shares closed down nearly 9% on Friday after the electric vehicle company’s long-awaited robotaxi event failed to impress investors. CEO Elon Musk unveiled the firm’s Cybercab self-driving concept car — a low, silver two-seater, with no steering wheels or pedals — on Thursday night, at the…

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2024-10-12

Berkshire slashes Bank of America stake to under 10%

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Warren Buffett walks the floor ahead of the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska on May 3, 2024.  David A. Grogen | CNBC Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has reduced its stake in Bank of America to below 10% amid a selling spree that started in mid-July. In a Thursday night filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange…

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2024-10-11

Inflation rate at 2.4%, topping expectations

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The pace of price increases over the past year was higher than forecast in September while jobless claims posted an unexpected jump following Hurricane Helene and the Boeing strike, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The consumer price index, a broad gauge measuring the costs of goods and services across the U.S. economy, increased a seasonally adjusted 0.2% for the…

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2024-10-10

Automaker expects 2025 earnings to be similar to 2024

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New GMC trucks are displayed on the sales lot at Hanlees Hilltop GMC in Richmond, California, July 2, 2024. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images DETROIT — General Motors expects its 2025 adjusted earnings to be in a “similar range” to the company’s results this year, CFO Paul Jacobson said Tuesday during the company’s investor day. The Detroit automaker’s targeted…

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2024-10-09

Prices fall as recent rally takes a breather

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Crude oil futures fell more than 4% on Tuesday as the rally spurred by heightened geopolitical risk paused while the market waits for Israel to strike back against Iran. “Oil can keep ascending only for so long, purely based on perceptions and not actual supply disruption,” Tamas Varga, an analyst at oil broker PVM, said in a Tuesday note….

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2024-10-08

10-year Treasury yield rebounds back above 4%

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The 10-year Treasury yield, a benchmark for mortgages and car loans, jumped back above 4% on Monday amid stronger labor market readings and despite the start of a Federal Reserve rate-cutting campaign last month. The 10-year yield was up more than 4 basis points to 4.024%, its highest since early August and a big turnaround from its 2024 low…

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