Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase, speaking on CNBC's Squawk Box outside the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 21st, 2025.Gerry Miller | CNBCCoinbase is joining the S&P 500, replacing Discover Financial Services in the benchmark index, according to a release on Monday. Shares of the crypto exchange jumped...
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How to land a new job in a ‘low firing, low hiring’ market, economist says
Job seekers at a job fair hosted by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority to support federal workers looking for new career opportunities, at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, on April 25, 2025.Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesThese days, job hunting may feel like something of a paradox: Even...
End of an era: Warren Buffett will ask Berkshire board to replace him as CEO with Greg Abel
An end of an era was announced in Omaha Saturday as Warren Buffett said he will soon ask the board of Berkshire Hathaway to have Greg Abel replace him as CEO at year end.While Buffett is 94 and Abel was designated as CEO successor in 2021, it nonetheless came as...
Foreign shareholders traveling to Omaha for Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting face new puzzle
Attendees arrive at the auditorium of the CHI Health Center during the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, US, on Saturday, May 6, 2023. David Williams | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesFor decades, Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting — Warren Buffett's "Woodstock for Capitalists" — has attracted foreign investors traveling to Omaha, Nebraska,...
Trump tariffs will hurt lower income Americans more than the rich, study says
Shipping containers at the Port of Seattle on April 16, 2025.David Ryder/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTariffs levied by President Donald Trump during his second term would hurt the poorest U.S. households more than the richest over the short term, according to a new analysis.Tariffs are a tax that importers pay on...