Tag: Warren Buffett

• Monday, May 4th 2020 - 07:41 UTC

  Buffett sold its entire stakes at the four largest US airlines: “the world has changed”

  

  Berkshire Hathaway sold its entire stakes in the four largest US airlines in April, chairman Warren Buffett said on Saturday at the company's annual meeting, saying “the world has changed” for the aviation industry.

• Monday, May 6th 2019 - 08:57 UTC

  The US “Sage of Omaha” wants to invest in the UK despite Brexit uncertainty

  

  Warren Buffett has said he wants to invest more in the UK and other parts of Europe, despite uncertainty over the UK's future relationship with the EU. The US investment guru said he would like his firm, Berkshire Hathaway, to be better known across the Atlantic.

• Thursday, July 30th 2015 - 15:55 UTC

  Warren Buffett And Elon Musk To Spark A Lithium Boom

  

  The age of electrification across the transportation sector, the solar panel revolution, and Tesla's battery giga-factory are igniting a battle for the cheapest battery. That will transform lithium into a boom-time mineral and the hottest commodity on the energy investor's radar. It has been easy to take lithium for granted.

• Tuesday, March 5th 2013 - 00:29 UTC

  Mexico’s Slim, world richest billionaire; Spanish fashion chain owner leaps to third place

  

  Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim has topped Forbes magazine's list of the world's richest billionaires for a fourth year. The magazine estimates that Mr Slim, whose business interests range from telecommunications to construction, is worth 73bn dollars.

• Tuesday, February 14th 2012 - 21:03 UTC

  Republicans promise ‘to kill’ Obama’s budget which raises taxes on the rich

  

  President Barack Obama called on Monday for aggressive spending to boost growth and for higher taxes on the rich, laying out an election-year vision for the US in a budget that was criticized sharply by Republicans for failing to curb the deficit.

• Wednesday, January 25th 2012 - 07:51 UTC

  Obama attacks income inequality and calls for higher taxes on the wealthy

  

  President Barack Obama has attacked income inequality as he set the tone for his re-election bid in his third State of the Union speech. Obama emphasised the importance of an economy that works for everyone, in the nationally televised address to Congress.