(This is the Warren Buffett Watch newsletter, news and analysis on all things Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway. You can sign up here to receive it every Friday evening in your inbox.) Todd Combs’ surprise departure from Berkshire Hathaway got most of the attention when it was announced this week. There were also, however, several additional personnel…
Todd Combs, one of Warren Buffett’s handpicked investment lieutenants and a key executive at Geico, Berkshire Hathaway’ s crown jewel insurance business, is leaving the conglomerate after a 15-year tenure that helped define the firm’s post-Buffett transition. Combs, 54, first caught the attention of Buffett’s late partner Charlie Munger, who famously recounted receiving an unsolicited…
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attends a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia September 9, 2021. Mikhail Voskresensky | Kremlin Sputnik | via Reuters Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko freed 123 prisoners on Saturday, including Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski and leading opposition figure Maria Kalesnikava, after two days…
A person walks past the closed Ban Klong Luk border crossing from Thailand to Cambodia, in Aranyaprathet town in the Thai border province of Sa Kaeo on December 12, 2025. Lillian Suwanrumpha | Afp | Getty Images Cambodia said Thai forces, including fighter jets, continued to strike targets across their disputed border on Saturday morning,…
Britain’s King Charles speaks about his cancer recovery during a pre-recorded message filmed in The Morning Room at Clarence House, London, Britain, in this handout image released December 12, 2025. Tommy Forbes | Bango Studios | PA Wire | Handout | Reuters King Charles III said Friday that his cancer treatment will be reduced in the…
Shoppers purchase groceries at the upscale LuLu Hypermarket located in the Lulu International Shopping Mall in Kerala, India, on May 25, 2022. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images India’s consumer inflation rose to 0.71% in November, accelerating from an all-time low of 0.25% in the prior month. The headline inflation number was in line with…
U.S. President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio meet Russian President Vladimir Putin, to negotiate for an end to the war in Ukraine, in Anchorage, Alaska, U.S., August 15, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin has enough capital to fund the war in Ukraine for years to come despite economic…
LONDON — European markets were in positive territory on Friday, buoyed by Wall Street’s record-breaking rally on Thursday. The pan-European Stoxx 600 was 0.6% higher at 8:30 a.m. in London (3:30 a.m. ET). Global investors will be watching the latest developments between Ukraine and Russia on Friday amid warnings by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte that…
Pedestrians walk past British Union flag designs on advertisements. Simon Dawson | Bloomberg | Getty Images The U.K. economy unexpectedly contracted 0.1% in the three months to October, according to official figures released Friday. Economists had expected 0% growth over the period. It follows a 0.1% expansion over the three months to September. The Office…
Anutin Charnvirakul, Thailand’s prime minister, speaks to members of the media on the sidelines of a seminar in Bangkok, Thailand, on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025. Dario Pignatelli | Bloomberg | Getty Images Thailand’s king has approved the dissolution of parliament, deepening political instability in the Southeast Asian nation ahead of an attempt by the U.S….
