At the 2024 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting, billionaire investor Warren Buffett made headlines with a bold claim about corporate taxes. Noting Berkshire Hathaway’s significant federal tax contributions, Buffett suggested that if 800 other companies matched Berkshire’s federal tax payments, “no other person in the United States would have had to pay a dime of federal […]

Apple CEO Tim Cook (C) joins customers during Apple’s iPhone 16 launch in New York on September 20, 2024.  Timothy A. Clary | Afp | Getty Images Apple’s second-largest division after the iPhone has turned into a $100 billion a year business that Wall Street loves. In Apple’s earnings report on Thursday, the company said

Key Takeaways Amazon shares rose 6% in extended trading on Thursday after the company surpassed Wall Street’s third-quarter earnings estimates, boosted by growth in its cloud business and healthy e-commerce sales. The stock sits poised to break out from a symmetrical triangle following the company’s better-than-expected quarterly report. Investors should watch key overhead price levels

Commercial real estate foreclosures are surging across the U.S., with foreclosures climbing 48% in September year-over-year. California’s numbers are especially striking, with a massive 238% increase, per ATTOM’s recent report, as detailed by Business Insider. This spike points to growing pressures in the sector. This trend is likely influenced by rising interest rates and lingering

Apple CEO Tim CookJustin Sullivan/Getty Images Indexes fell for a second day on Thursday as a huge week for tech earnings shows mixed results. Meta and Microsoft slid after slight earnings beats, and Amazon and Apple are set to report after market close. PCE inflation, the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge, dropped to 2.1% while jobless

Just north of busy Los Angeles, the Four Seasons Hotel Westlake Village in Westlake Village, California, positions itself as a wellness sanctuary. The 11-acre property offers fitness classes, health-conscious dining and a full-service spa. There are even mental health-focused options like guided meditations, art therapy and sound bath meditations (which use percussion instruments to create

White sand, clear turquoise sea and lush trees swaying in the breeze. This might sound like a description of the Maldives — but it’s actually what I experienced on a recent trip to Italy. Sardinia, the Mediterranean’s second-largest island after Sicily, is sometimes referred to as “the Maldives of Europe” for the beauty of its

Key Takeaways The S&P 500 dropped 1.9% on Thursday, Oct. 31, as signs of major firms spending big bucks to build out their AI platforms weighed on the tech sector. Huntington Ingalls shares sank after the military shipbuilder missed quarterly profit estimates and cut its full-year sales forecast. Labor market strength helped drive a strong

Boeing workers from the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 751 gather on a picket line near the entrance to a Boeing production facility on the day of a vote on a new contract proposal during an ongoing strike in Renton, Washington, U.S. October 23, 2024.  David Ryder | Reuters Boeing and its

COP earnings call for the period ending September 30, 2024. Image source: The Motley Fool. ConocoPhillips (COP 6.37%)Q3 2024 Earnings CallOct 31, 2024, 12:00 p.m. ET Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks: Operator Welcome to the third-quarter 2024 ConocoPhillips earnings conference call. My name is Liz and I will be your