Warren Buffett
Buffett goes out with a $9.7b bang for OxyChem
OxyChem is also one of those unsexy businesses that Buffett has hung his hat on all these years.
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Macro Economics
Private data takes the stage during shutdown blackout
Why everyone is paying closer attention to the ADP jobs report.
Deals
Global dealmaking topped $1T this quarter
Megadeals have come fast and furious from a wide variety of sectors this summer.
Inflation
Rate cut looks like a go after mild inflation report
So far this summer, we’ve seen a mild, if any, impact on prices for goods vulnerable to tariffs.
Crypto
Scandal engulfs Polymarket over Zelensky suit
More than $200 million is at stake...
Social Media
Warner Bros. Discovery is breaking up
This merger was a total flop...
Tech
Meta, Microsoft defend heavy AI spending plans
Social Media
BuzzFeed offloads “Hot Ones” to live another day
BuzzFeed needed to find cash somewhere, and it found it in a stack of chicken bones.
Tech
Nvidia’s earnings are all about Blackwell
Nvidia’s earnings always deliver fireworks, and today’s should be no different.
Macro Economics
Retailers brace for tariffs
Retailers are in the hot seat now that Trump is heading to the White House.