An image of Warren Buffett at the Berkshire Hathaway Shopping Day, May 5, 2023. Yun Li | CNBC Shrewd business legend Warren Buffett has a whimsical side, buying companies whose products he personally enjoys like Dairy Queen and See’s Candies. Now count plush toy phenomenon Squishmallows. Squishmallows made its Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting debut this
In this article LOW HD Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Some landscaping crews have begun to use battery-powered tools. California-based Everthrive Landscape is one of the companies that’s switched to the equipment. Courtesy of Everthrive Landscape The auto industry isn’t the only one going electric. In Home Depot and Lowe’s, one of the buzziest
For Barbara Corcoran, real estate expert and star of ABC’s “Shark Tank,” success is no longer about money. But the very first time Corcoran felt successful was the day she first made a profit. “I made $77,000 running my brokerage firm. I had never made a profit. And I thought, ‘What do I do with
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By nearly every measure, buying a car has become extremely expensive. Not only are new vehicle prices near an all-time high, but the interest rate to finance a purchase has also jumped dramatically. Now, fewer affordable new cars even hit the market, according to recent reports. Today, new cars priced under $30,000 make up just
Hundreds of 1199SEIU health care workers staged a rally and sit to block 3rd avenue where some were arrested. They protested against health care cuts in Governor Kathy Hochuls budget on Medicare. Lev Radin | Lightrocket | Getty Images Medicare on Friday said it will allow pharmaceutical companies to publicly discuss the program’s historic drug
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The Supreme Court struck down President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan on Friday, yet college affordability will remain an issue for years to come, experts say — causing more students to opt out altogether. Given the Supreme Court‘s ruling against affirmative action admission policies, as well, “it’s very appropriate for us to be concerned,” said Kelly
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Seksan Mongkhonkhamsao | Moment | Getty Images The Supreme Court struck down the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness plan Friday. While the bombshell ruling will undoubtedly be a blow to borrowers who had hoped — perhaps even expected — they’d have up to $20,000 of their student debt erased, the verdict is unlikely to be
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The 2023 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference logo is displayed on a smartphone screen. Rafael Henrique | Lightrocket | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading Friday. Apple — Shares of the tech giant gained more than 1%, bringing the company’s market value to more than $3 trillion, a milestone first achieved
Kim Kardashian has spent her career on camera and red carpets, but the origins of her shapewear company Skims are far less glamorous. For years, the reality star hunted for undergarments to match her skin tone, but most brands only sold products in one or two shades. She’d spend the moments before high-profile events scrambling,
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Infielder Bobby Bonilla of the MLB’s New York Mets at a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium, July 25, 1993. Stephen Dunn | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images Former Major League Baseball player Bobby Bonilla collects a $1,193,248.20 check from the New York Mets every July 1, and he’ll continue to
In this article UAL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A person sits on the ground at JFK International airport on June 30, 2023 in New York City. David Dee Delgado | Getty Images Flight delays and cancellations continued to mar thousands of Fourth of July travelers on Friday, with United Airlines passengers bearing the
In this article GSBD AXP AAPL GS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Goldman Sachs is in talks to offload its Apple credit card and high-yield savings account products to American Express, a source told CNBC’s Leslie Picker. Goldman Sachs and Apple declined to comment. CNBC has also reached out to American Express. The talks
You don’t have to get a college degree to become highly successful. That’s according to Austin Russell, the world’s youngest self-made billionaire, who dropped out of Stanford University in 2012 to start his company, Luminar Technologies, after receiving a $100,000 grant from the Peter Thiel Fellowship. CNBC Make It asked Russell, 28, if he’d recommend
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about the Supreme Court’s decision overruling student debt forgiveness in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., June 30, 2023. Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images President Joe Biden suggested on Friday that he was looking for another avenue to deliver student debt relief after the