Friday 13 March 2026 - 23:40
Berkshire Hathaway Berkshire Hathaway Inc announced that its board of directors unanimously recommended rejecting a shareholder proposal requesting a report on the company’s workforce and human-capital oversight framework across its diverse operating businesses. In a proxy statement for its upcoming annual meeting on May 2 in Omaha,......
The United States Department of the Treasury has expanded sanctions waivers related to Venezuela in an effort to address sharp increases in oil and fertilizer prices that have occurred in recent months. The updated waivers were issued on Friday and are intended to ease restrictions on investments and activities connected to Venezuela’s......
Turkish state-owned lender Halkbank has appointed the global consulting firm Ernst & Young to conduct an independent review of its compliance with international sanctions and anti-money laundering regulations. The decision follows an agreement reached with the United States Department of Justice aimed at resolving a long-running legal......
South Korean Prime Minister Kim Min-seok met with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C. on Friday, according to officials from South Korea. The meeting took place during the prime minister’s visit to the United States, where he has been holding talks with American leaders about economic cooperation, investment plans, and bilateral......
Automaker Hyundai Motor Company has temporarily halted sales of certain 2026 models of the Hyundai Palisade in United States and Canada following a safety concern involving the vehicle’s power seat system. The company announced that a stop-sale measure has been introduced for specific Palisade trims, including Limited and Calligraphy......
Researchers at Stanford University have found that aging may unfold through sudden transitions rather than a steady, gradual decline. The findings come from an experiment that tracked nearly every movement of small fish throughout their lives and showed that early behavioral patterns can predict how long an individual will live. The study,......
Shares of CF Industries Holdings surged more than 13 percent on Thursday, reaching a record high as the escalating conflict involving Iran disrupted global fertilizer supply chains. The nitrogen fertilizer producer closed at $136, up $15.87 for the session after touching an intraday peak of $137.44. Trading volume exceeded 14 million shares,......
Switzerland is reaffirming its commitment to ongoing trade negotiations with the United States, aiming to formalize a deal on tariffs initially agreed last year, Economy Minister Guy Parmelin said on Friday. Speaking from Zurich, Parmelin highlighted that Switzerland will continue discussions with the United States and consult with other......
The euro weakened for a fourth consecutive session on Thursday, sliding to its lowest level of 2026 as the U.S. and Israeli military campaign against Iran continued to disrupt global energy markets and weigh on Europe’s energy dependent economy. The European Central Bank’s reference rate for EUR/USD stood at 1.1547 on March 12,......
Investors in global financial markets are increasingly betting that the Federal Reserve may begin lowering interest rates later in 2026, with many traders pointing to September as a possible timeframe for the first reduction. Market expectations shifted following the release of new inflation data in the United States, which showed that price......
Elon Musk has warned parents to keep ChatGPT away from children and individuals with mental health vulnerabilities following a lawsuit that links the chatbot to a deadly school shooting in Canada. Musk posted the warning on X on Wednesday while responding to a user discussing the February 10 attack at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in British......
Aluminum prices climbed to their highest level in nearly four years as the war in the Middle East disrupted shipments from the Persian Gulf, one of the world’s most important production hubs for the lightweight metal. Three month aluminum futures on the London Metal Exchange settled at $3,516.50 per metric ton on Wednesday, the highest......
Peter Sarlin, the Finnish entrepreneur who sold artificial intelligence startup Silo AI to AMD for $665 million in 2024, has unveiled a new venture called QuTwo. The company positions itself as what Sarlin describes as “an AI lab for the quantum era,” aiming to bridge enterprise artificial intelligence systems with emerging quantum......
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