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No one has ever accused Warren Buffett of being a gold bug. The legendary investor made his fortune by investing in stocks and acquiring businesses. He’s never been a fan of buying gold. During Berkshire Hathaway‘s (BRK.A +0.74%) (BRK.B +0.80%) 2018 annual shareholder meeting, Buffett famously trashed the idea of investing in gold instead of

Elon Musk pulled off one of the most audacious deals of his career this week – merging his rocket company SpaceX, with his loss-making artificial intelligence startup xAI. Fittingly for the world’s richest man, said the FT, he has created “the most valuable private company in history”. Musk’s supporters see the $1.25 trillion mega-merger as

The email landed in Lizzie Johnson’s in-tray in Ukraine just before 4pm local time. It came at a tough time for the reporter: Russia had been repeatedly striking the country’s power grid, and just days before she had been forced to work out of her car without heat, power or running water, writing in pencil

(Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) AFTER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP POSTED a video on Thursday depicting former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama as apes, a few Republicans joined in the widespread criticism of the post’s racism and urged its deletion. Among the first Republicans to call it out was Sen. Tim Scott, the

SAN FRANCISCO (WISH) — Just like every Super Bowl, everybody has an opinion on who is going to win the biggest game in sports. Celebrities and members of the media on Radio Row weighed in on who they think is going to win the matchup between the Patriots and the Seahawks. Former NFL quarterback and

National intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard is facing growing questions about her handling of a report about an intercepted phone call between an individual associated with foreign intelligence and a person close to Donald Trump. A whistleblower said that Gabbard blocked the National Security Agency from sharing the report, instead delivering it to the White House

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Will Lewis, the former CEO and publisher of the Washington Post, had a terrible tenure at the paper. The two years he spent there, which ended Saturday with a two-paragraph memo, are chiefly notable for a series of cuts and layoffs, culminating in a 30% bloodletting days ago. But let’s be clear: This one is

This wasn’t the first time I had heard it. In fact, I’ve heard it spoken as often as I’ve heard “Good morning” or “What’s for dinner?” I’ve heard it uttered in Zoom meetings and barber shops, at dinner tables and on supermarket checkout lines. I’ve heard it shouted at protests, sporting events and rallies and

Chris Levesque spent a career in the nuclear industry as a Navy submarine operator and a commercial nuclear executive before he joined Bill Gates’ startup TerraPower a decade ago, only to realize he “didn’t know what innovation was.” The staid nuclear sector stalled for decades as natural gas and renewable energy came to dominate a

Trump said Saturday he supports Nexstar Media Group’s proposed $6.2 billion purchase of TEGNA, reversing earlier criticism as the deal awaits regulatory approval. WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump, in a post Saturday on Truth Social, said the proposed acquisition of broadcaster TEGNA by fellow television operator Nexstar Media Group would increase competition with television networks.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk doubled down on his warnings about U.S. debt, predicting financial doom will be guaranteed without the transformative effects of AI and robotics on the economy. In a lengthy, wide-ranging interview with podcaster Dwarkesh Patel alongside Stripe cofounder and president John Collison on Thursday, the tech billionaire was asked why he pushed for aggressive spending cuts while

President Trump has indicated that “definitive” information regarding the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie may soon be revealed. The 84-year-old mother of “Today” co-host Savannah Guthrie went missing from her southern Arizona home early Sunday morning. Little information about the case is publicly known outside of reports that notes seeking ransom were received by several media

The Super Bowl has always been as much about star power as it is about football, and the 2026 matchup between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks is proving no different. Famous faces from Hollywood, the music industry, and beyond are descending on the Bay Area ahead of the big game at Levi’s

Cullen Roche, the founder of Discipline Funds, has managed money for more than 20 years. As he modeled different portfolios of stocks, bonds and other holdings for his clients, he realized that those portfolios can end up looking very different from the model. That got him thinking: what if he took a step back and

White House officials sought to deflect blame from Donald Trump over a now-deleted video of Barack and Michelle Obama depicted as monkeys, causing internal speculation about whether the president or his aide Natalie Harp was responsible for the post. The brief clip, shared late Thursday night on Trump’s Truth Social account, appeared in a video