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© Reuters. Berkshire Hathaway shareholders walk by a video screen at the company’s annual meeting in Omaha May 4, 2013. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/File Photo (Reuters) -Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:) Inc on Saturday posted its first overall quarterly loss in a year as the prices of Apple (NASDAQ:) and other stocks it owns fell, but said improvement in its insurance operations boosted operating profit to a record. Though its businesses fared better overall, Berkshire signaled caution about valuations, as its cash stake swelled to a record $157.2 billion in the third quarter, when it sold $5.3 billion more stocks than it…

Blue Planet Studio The electric vehicle sector has been jolted in 2023 by the sinking realization that the Green Tidal Wave thesis of early 2022 is unlikely to play out as planned. Inflation and macroeconomic pressures have created a serious affordability issue for consumers that appears to be pushing out the adoption curve. Some forecasts now see EV sales plateauing over the next six months. Investor sentiment on the sector is at a low amid devastating returns for EV players such as Faraday Future Intelligent Electric (FFIE) -95% year-to-date, Arrival (ARVL) -84%, Arcimoto (FUV) -80%, Volcon (VLCN) -84%, Canoo (GOEV)…

A question for Nikki Haley“If you do get ‘catch and deport,’ what would you do with all of the ones who are here now?”The subtextThe phrase “catch and deport” refers to Ms. Haley’s campaign trail riff on the term “catch and release,” which generally refers to the longtime practice of allowing people who have been vetted and deemed a low risk to live in communities, instead of detention, as they wait for their immigration cases to move through the courts.Former President Donald Trump made ending the practice central to his first White House campaign, and frequently derided it while in…

Apollo CEO Marc Rowan halted his donations to UPenn over its response to Hamas’ attacks on Israel. A Penn trustee accused Rowan of using aggressive Wall Street tactics to pressure the college.Rowan is one of many CEOs involved in an Ivy League donor revolt over college campus antisemitism. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you’re on the go. download the app The billionaire Marc Rowan was accused by a University of Pennsylvania trustee of using aggressive Wall Street tactics to put pressure on the college over its handling of campus antisemitism.Rowan,…

This article is an online version of our Scoreboard newsletter. Sign up here to get the newsletter sent straight to your inbox every SaturdayOn a trip to Stamford Bridge this week, I saw first hand the potential in front of US investors Clearlake Capital and Todd Boehly. Fans of Chelsea FC, the English football club they bought for £2.5bn last year, might hope I mean silverware. And sure, that might yet happen.But I’m talking about real estate. The 40,000-capacity stadium feels small and tired compared to other top clubs. Some might say it’s got character, but sentiment doesn’t produce revenue.Tottenham…

© Reuters. Global banks are revising their interest rates in response to ongoing inflation that has been affecting corporate profit margins and causing stock prices to fall. The Central Bank of Azerbaijan has also followed suit, lowering its interest rates, a move that has sparked questions about the potential devaluation risks for the Azerbaijani manat. Economist Emin Gurbanov, in an interview with Azernews, associated this decision with the surge in global inflation following the pandemic, viewing it as a necessary measure to manage the prevailing economic conditions. This trend of cutting interest rates is not only observed in Azerbaijan but…

© Reuters. Main Street Capital (NYSE:) announced an increased dividend of $0.235, set to be distributed on November 15, which has pushed the yield up to 6.9%. This comes amid concerns about the sustainability of such a payout due to negative free cash flows and earnings that are only just covering previous dividends. The company’s earnings per share (EPS) is projected to fall by 14.1% within the next year, according to recent trends. This could lead to as much as 87% of earnings being allocated for dividends. This would be a significant increase from current levels and could put additional…

Eric Francis/Getty Images News Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.B) (NYSE:BRK.A) Q3 operating earnings jumped 41% Y/Y, strong performance in its insurance businesses, both in underwriting and investment income. Those were partially offset by profit declines at its utlities and energy and its railroad businesses. The company bought back $1.1B of its common stock during the quarter, compared with ~$1.4B in Q2, bringing year-to-date purchases to $7.0B Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) held ~$157B in cash on its balance sheet as of Sept. 30, 2023, compared with $147.4B at June 30. Q3 operating earnings of $10.8BB rose from $10.0B in Q2 and $7.65B in the…

GOP Gov. Glenn Youngkin has an urgent message for Republicans ahead of Tuesday’s crucial legislative elections in Virginia, a closely watched 2024 bellwether. “When Republicans vote, Republicans win. When we turn out, we win,” Youngkin said as he spoke to a crowd of veterans at VFW Post 4809 in Norfolk, Virginia. “We’ve got to get the vote out.”As he aims to hold the GOP’s narrow majority in the state House and recapture control of the state Senate, where Democrats currently hold a fragile majority, Youngkin has been on a mission to encourage Republicans to turn out in big numbers in the…