Jazwares claims that rival has created its own pillow-like toys to cash in on its viral success
January 2024
China’s BYD overtakes Tesla as top-selling electric car seller
Build Your Dreams outsells rival in final quarter of 2023 figures for battery-only vehicles
November 2023
Charlie Munger: the aphorism-loving, bitcoin-hating sage behind Warren Buffett
Charlie Munger, right-hand man of Warren Buffett, dies aged 99
October 2023
US home sellers win $1.78bn over inflated buyers’ commissions
Federal jury rules against National Association of Realtors and some units of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway
May 2023
US banking crisis: Warren Buffett says bosses should face ‘punishment’
Billionaire investor believes ‘CEO and directors should suffer’ when banks they run get into trouble
February 2023
Some of the 1% are more generous than others
Letter: In response to Tim Worstall of the Adam Smith Institute, Douglas Graham says being wealthy doesn’t preclude someone from working for a fairer world
November 2022
‘Joe Biden blew it’: rail unions decry plan to impose deal through Congress
Workers could be prevented by congressional decree from striking over paid sick leave and quality-of-life issues
October 2022
Billionaire MacKenzie Scott donates $15m to help provide glasses to farmers in developing countries
Donation is believed to be the largest single donation towards helping solve the problem of uncorrected blurry vision
September 2022
US railroad workers prepare for strike as rail companies see record profits
As rail companies see record profits and Biden’s recommendations fall flat, unions call for improved rules – or else
July 2022
Buffett-owned lender discriminated against Black homebuyers, DoJ finds
Trident Mortgage Company, owned by Berkshire Hathaway, agrees to second-largest settlement over ‘redlining’
April 2022
Berkshire Hathaway shareholders vote to keep Warren Buffett as chair
Paypal founder launches tirade against ‘gerontocracy’ over bitcoin
January 2022
‘White knuckle’ week for tech titans as shares and fortunes fall
Nine of world’s 10 richest billionaires see wealth dented as rising interest rates spur sell-off of ‘stay at home’ stocks
June 2021
Wealthiest Americans’ tax avoidance – the shock report’s most striking details
Richest 25 Americans reportedly paid ‘true tax rate’ of 3.4% as wealth rocketed