Feeling disappointed by your job or job search? Two recent films might strike a chord. Park Chan-wook’s “No Other Choice” and Sam Raimi’s “Send Help” imagine what happens when workers in bad situations, whether a stagnant job market or a toxic workplace, are pushed to their limits, with murderous consequences. They offer cathartic, if violent,…
Berkshire Hathaway‘s Greg Abel used his first annual shareholder letter as chief executive to reassure investors that the conglomerate’s culture of financial conservatism and disciplined investing established under Warren Buffett will continue “into perpetuity.” “I am honored by our Board’s decision to appoint me CEO of Berkshire and humbled to succeed Warren as I write…
GOP, Democratic Sen. John Fetterman cheer Trump’s Iran attack U.S. Senator John Fetterman (D-Pa.) walks to the U.S. Capitol building on the inauguration day of Donald Trump’s second presidential term in Washington, U.S. January 20, 2025. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters While most Democrats who have weighed in are questioning the constitutionality of Trump’s attack on…
NASA is preparing to launch a mission to the moon — and it’s making history for more reasons than one. The space agency’s Artemis II launch marks the U.S.’s first journey back to the moon in more than 50 years. It will also carry the first Black astronaut and the first female astronaut to travel…
Warren Buffett and Greg Abel walkthrough the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska on May 3, 2025. David A. Grogen | CNBC Berkshire Hathaway reported a big decline in its operating earnings for the fourth quarter, due in large part to weakness in the conglomerate’s insurance business. Earnings from operations totaled $10.2 billion…
Two of the largest U.S. gym operators delivered the same headline in their latest earnings reports: strong growth. But beneath the surface, Life Time Group Holdings and Planet Fitness told very different stories about the American consumer. They highlighted a widening divide between higher-income households that continue to spend freely and more price-sensitive consumers who…
Investing can feel like a big, intimidating commitment. You might think you need a pile of cash or a Wall Street background just to get started. But what if you could start growing your money with just a few dollars? When micro-investing, you invest small amounts, even spare change, so you can dip your toes…
Suddenly, what’s old is new again. There’s a popular trade sweeping Wall Street that’s offering an old world solution to the threat of AI disruption: “HALO,” or “Heavy Assets, Low Obsolescence.” What that means is that more investors are betting that companies with hefty real assets such as grids, pipelines and heavy machinery are the…
Block CEO Jack Dorsey’s move to cut nearly half the company’s workforce is shining a spotlight on a growing question for corporate America: whether advances in artificial intelligence will ultimately mean fewer workers. In an earnings call Thursday, Dorsey said Block will cut about 4,000 jobs. Dorsey framed the move as more than a cost-cutting…
Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI Inc., at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, India, on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. Prakash Singh | Bloomberg | Getty Images OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said late Friday that his company has agreed to terms with the Department of Defense on use of its artificial intelligence models…
