[ad_1] Berkshire Hathaway’s shareholders meeting in 2019 in Omaha, Neb. Photo: Nati Harnik/Associated Press March 11, 2022 5:38 pm ET Berkshire Hathaway Inc. BRK.B 0.40% has nominated Wally Weitz, founder and co-chief investment officer of Weitz Investment Management, to the board vacancy created by the resignation of longtime Berkshire director Tom Murphy. Warren Buffett had […]
[ad_1] Americans are paying about twice as much for gasoline now as they were early in the Covid-19 pandemic. And the high price of fuel is costing consumers away from the gas pump, too, contributing to decades-high inflation on a range of goods and services. When oil becomes more expensive, so does everything else. And […]
[ad_1] The post-vax slutty summer is happening all around us, but some participants aren’t actually post-vax. The vaccine has been free and widely available for months now, but about half the population still isn’t vaccinated against COVID-19. A portion of those unvaccinated people is still interested in dating and if you’re part of it, we […]
[ad_1] Stocks, bond yields and oil prices declined Monday in the most acute sign yet that investors are second-guessing the strength of the global economic recovery that sent markets soaring this year. Markets rallied in the first half of 2021, thanks to investors’ bets that economies would bounce back, as countries rolled out Covid-19 vaccinations […]
[ad_1] JPMorgan Chase opened the quarterly bank earnings season. Photo: Amir Hamja for The Wall Street Journal Updated July 13, 2021 7:15 am ET JPMorgan Chase JPM 1.43% & Co. on Tuesday said second-quarter profit soared compared with a year ago, when the bank was stockpiling funds to prepare for a painful recession. The nation’s […]
[ad_1] IFIT, which owns NordicTrack, was recently valued in excess of $7 billion in its most recent round of funding in late 2020. Photo: iFit IFIT Health & Fitness Inc. will acquire Sweat, an online fitness training platform, ahead of an initial public offering that is expected in the fall, according to people familiar with […]
[ad_1] TikTok is a fantastic place to discover new things to worry about, or new ways to worry about old things. The latest is the “dehydration check,” in which you pinch the skin on your knuckle. If the skin stays wrinkled for a few seconds, that’s (supposedly) your sign to grab a glass of water. […]
[ad_1] Max Bupa and Axis Bank tied-up for a health insurance policy amid COVID-19 Max Bupa health insurance has entered into a corporate agency partnership with Axis Bank to provide comprehensive health insurance solutions to customers and support policyholders with improved services amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The official tie-up between the two entities will allow several […]
[ad_1] The coronavirus pandemic plunged Americans into recession. Instead of emerging poorer, many came out ahead. U.S. households added $13.5 trillion in wealth last year, according to the Federal Reserve, the biggest increase in records going back three decades. Many Americans of all stripes paid off credit-card debt, saved more and refinanced into cheaper mortgages. […]
[ad_1] Hospital stocks have trounced the market this year, and the steps they took to get through the pandemic could keep the rally going. Hospitals were hit hard financially by the costs of Covid-19, which crimped their ability to do high-margin elective procedures. Some firms took large government grants to help them make up for […]