A man walks past movie posters at at AMC Theater in Montebello, California on May 5, 2025. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images Movie theater operators woke up Friday to the possibility of a new world order. Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery announced a deal for the streaming giant to acquire WBD’s film…
Jodie Foster, Billie Perkins, and Robert De Niro perform a scene in Taxi Driver directed by Martin Scorsese in 1976 in New York, New York. Michael Ochs Archives | Moviepix | Getty Images In the dwindling days of the California gold rush, the wife of a local miner faced a problem. Her husband’s denim work…
(This is the Warren Buffett Watch newsletter, news and analysis on all things Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway. You can sign up here to receive it every Friday evening in your inbox.) Just before Warren Buffett surprised shareholders in early May with his plan to step down as CEO at the end of the year, Berkshire Hathaway’s B…
People hold a sign as they participate in a protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court over President Donald Trump’s move to end birthright citizenship as the court hears arguments over the order in Washington, May 15, 2025. Drew Angerer | Afp | Getty Images The Supreme Court on Friday said it will hear arguments in…
President Donald Trump announced the creation of government-sponsored investment accounts for children under age 18 as part of the sweeping budget bill he signed into law on July 4, 2025. The so-called “Trump accounts” are set to become available on July 4, 2026, and parents of U.S. citizens born from 2025 through 2028 will be…
Hong Kong Skyline Nikada | E+ | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets opened lower Friday following a subdued Wall Street session. Australia’s ASX/S&P 200 fell 0.17%. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index lost 1.36%, while the Topix declined 1.12%. Yields on the Japanese 10-year government bond rose to 1.94%, the highest since July 2007, data from LSEG…
A view of the NEO magnetic plant in Narva, a city in northeastern Estonia. A plant producing rare-earth magnets for Europe’s electric vehicle and wind-energy sectors. Xinhua News Agency | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images NARVA, Estonia — Europe’s big bet to break China’s rare earths dominance starts on Russia’s doorstep. The continent’s largest…
American flags flutter outside a Hyundai automobile dealership in Irvine, California, U.S., March 27, 2025. Mike Blake | Reuters DETROIT — Hyundai Motor and General Motors are set to be two of the greatest beneficiaries of lower U.S. tariffs on imports, including vehicles, from South Korea. The South Korean-based automaker is the largest U.S. importer…
Traffic on Interstate 80 in San Pablo, California, US, on Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Wednesday proposed big cuts to strict fuel economy standards for passenger cars enacted under the Biden administration. “We are officially terminating Joe Biden’s ridiculously burdensome, horrible actually, CAFE standards…
A hiring sign is displayed in the window of a business in Manhattan on Nov. 27, 2025 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images The U.S. labor market slowdown intensified in November as private companies cut 32,000 workers, with small businesses hit the hardest, payrolls processing firm ADP reported Wednesday. With worries intensifying…
