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Warren Buffett on Saturday said Berkshire Hathaway has been increasing its stake in Activision Blizzard in a merger arbitrage play, betting that Microsoft's proposed acquisition of the video game company will close.Berkshire now owns…

Inflation has been one of the hot topics for markets this year, and rising prices are impacting portfolio companies for Berkshire Hathaway in different ways.In March, the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge rose 5.2%, and the…

The ARK Invest CEO worries names in her portfolio could be snapped up in a bid like Elon Musk with Twitter. Source link

A trader works on the trading floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in Manhattan, New York, April 11, 2022.Andrew Kelly | ReutersNasdaq 100 futures fell Thursday evening following an extravaganza of Big Tech earnings, with…

Chinese tech companies Baidu's Apollo Go and Pony.ai announced Thursday they received permission from Beijing city authorities to remove the safety driver for part of their robotaxi business in a suburban part of the city.Vcg | Visual…

Stock futures rose in overnight trading as the market shook off the April sell-off and investors reacted positively to earnings from Meta Platforms.Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 60 points or 0.2%. S&P 500 futures…

A broad-based market sell-off could mean a buying opportunity for some of the biggest beaten-up tech names. Source link

Prolonged lockdowns in Shanghai have snarled supply chains and prompted banks to cut China GDP forecasts. Here, a truck leaves a port on April 13, 2022, with healthcare supplies for Shanghai.Tang Ke | Visual China Group | Getty…

PayPal tumbled 16% this week, but one top analyst is making a bullish long-term case for the struggling stock.The company's underperformance follows leadership uncertainty. PayPal's chief financial officer, John Rainey, announced last…

Not all companies will beat earnings, but some names have a better track record of topping expectations and trading higher as a result. Source link