Warren Buffett’s shopping extravaganza kicks off with Squishmallows pit

Squishmallows of Waren Buffett and Charlie Munger display at the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting at Omaha, Nevada on May 3, 2024. Sarah Min | CNBC OMAHA, Nebraska — Warren Buffett’s annual shopping event, the pregame to Berkshire Hathaway‘s annual meeting, is wowing shareholders flocking to Omaha this weekend. With over 20,000 square feet of … Read more

Guo Wengui chief of staff pleads guilty to $1 billion fraud

Fugitive Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui hold a news conference on November 20, 2018 in New York, on the death of of tycoon Wang Jian in France on July 3, 2018. Don Emmert | AFP | Getty Images The chief of staff to controversial exiled Chinese businessman Guo Wengui pleaded guilty in New York on Friday … Read more

Japan Finance Minister Suzuki says yen intervention may be necessary

Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki speaks during the presidency press conference at the G7 meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors, at Toki Messe in Niigata, Japan, on May 13, 2023. Pool | Via Reuters Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki on Friday backed currency interventions by his country’s policymakers if the yen moved in … Read more

Apple is Buffett’s biggest stock but moat thesis faces questions

Tim Cook and Warren Buffett Getty Images (L) | CNBC (R) Berkshire Hathaway‘s Warren Buffett was still using a flip phone as late as 2020, four years after his investment behemoth started amassing a huge stake in the company that makes iPhones. “I don’t understand the phone at all, but I do understand consumer behavior,” … Read more

The next airport lounge or club you pass may also be a bank branch

Nicolette Nelson was running late for her return flight to Fairbanks as she sprinted towards her gate at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG). Overcome by a medical issue, she didn’t make it to her gate and wound up spending the night in a Cincinnati hospital. By the next day, she had recovered and awaited her flight home, … Read more

Apple’s Vision Pro could add to earnings sooner than expected

One big question has hung over the Vision Pro since Apple launched the powerful mixed-reality headset in February: Who can afford the $3,499 price tag? The tech giant on Thursday made its answer clear: businesses. More than half of the companies in the Fortune 100 have bought Vision Pros and “are exploring innovative ways to … Read more

Skydance could drop bid after Sony Apollo offer

Shari Redstone, chair of Paramount Global, attends the Allen & Co. Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, on Tuesday, July 11, 2023. David A. Grogan | CNBC Skydance Media is prepared to walk away from its offer for Paramount Global unless it receives a firm commitment from controlling shareholder Shari Redstone, following the … Read more

Berkshire Hathaway’s 2024 meeting is Saturday. Here’s how to watch

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 When Warren Buffett kicks off Berkshire Hathaway‘s annual shareholder meeting on Saturday, the absence of Charlie Munger will be on everyone’s mind. Some 30,000 rapt shareholders are descending on … Read more

Talent war between family offices and Wall Street drives up salaries

A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. The typical family office costs more than $3 million a year to operate, as competition for talent drives up staffing expenses, according to … Read more

Dave & Buster’s plan to allow betting on arcade games draws scrutiny

A Dave & Buster’s location in the Gateway Center shopping complex in the Brooklyn borough of New York, US, on Saturday, March 30, 2024.  Bing Guan | Bloomberg | Getty Images Arcade chain Dave and Buster’s plan to allow customer betting isn’t winning over everyone. Software company Lucra Sports announced on Tuesday that it was … Read more