Economy
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Berkshire Reports Drop in Profits but Formidable Cash Stockpile
The company’s first-quarter earnings were released before its annual investor meeting in Omaha.
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Is It Good to Go Exclusive?
The exclusive period for Paramount’s potential merger with Skydance expired without a deal, highlighting the long-debated question of whether exclusivity…
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Billionaire Donor Assails Brown’s ‘Unconscionable’ Deal With Protesters
One of Brown University’s major donors, the billionaire real estate mogul Barry Sternlicht, on Friday sharply criticized the school’s agreement…
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Paramount Will Let Exclusive Talks With Skydance Lapse, Imperiling Deal
Negotiations are now likely to focus on another suitor, Sony, which has teamed up with the private equity giant Apollo…
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Campus Protests Over Gaza Spotlight the Work of Student Journalists
Their updates come in harried bursts. Real-time narrations of the scene at Columbia University’s protest encampment in Manhattan, interspersed with…
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Gas Stove Pollution Risk Is Greatest in Smaller Homes, Study Finds
Gas-burning ranges, a significant contributor to indoor pollution, can produce and spread particularly high levels of some pollutants in smaller…
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The Perils of the Fed’s Vast Bond Holdings
The Federal Reserve is shedding assets at a glacial pace, exposing the financial system to continuing risks, our columnist says.
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TikTok Tells Advertisers: ‘We Are Not Backing Down’
Hundreds of marketers and ad agency types flocked to TikTok’s annual sales presentation after a new law put its future…
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Sequía en el canal de Panamá: el fenómeno del Niño fue clave, según un estudio
Un equipo de científicos ha concluido que el bajo nivel del agua que bloqueó el tráfico de mercancías está más…
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Medical Debt Shows Up Less Often on Credit Reports
But the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said 15 million people still had medical bills in their files, which can make…