Buffett's Berkshire posts solid earnings. But Wall Street doubts the stock can rally with Buffett's exit looming

Buffett’s Berkshire posts solid earnings. But Wall Street doubts the stock can rally with Buffett’s exit looming

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway reported a sharp rebound in operating profit over the weekend, but Wall Street analysts were divided on the outlook for the conglomerate between optimism over its insurance rebound and succession uncertainty. The Omaha-based company said operating earnings from its collection of businesses, including insurance, railroads and energy, rose 34% from a…

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As food aid expired, Trump cheered his marble bathroom and held a ‘Gatsby’ party

As food aid expired, Trump cheered his marble bathroom and held a ‘Gatsby’ party

On Friday morning, much of the political world’s focus was on the looming deadline for SNAP beneficiaries: At midnight, tens of millions of low-income Americans were poised to lose their federal food assistance. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins told reporters that the issue was foremost on Donald Trump’s mind. The president soon after suggested otherwise. On…

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Grokipedia is less an encyclopedia than an AI-mirror of Musk’s ideology

When Elon Musk launched Grokipedia, his AI-generated encyclopedia intended to rival Wikipedia, it was not just another experiment in artificial intelligence. It was a case study in everything that can go wrong when technological power, ideological bias, and unaccountable automation converge in the same hands.  From collaboration to colonization  Wikipedia remains one of humanity’s most…

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