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Warren Buffett's Berkshire Boosts Bets On 5 Japanese Companies: Oracle Of Omaha Says Admiration 'Has Consistently Grown'
Monday, February 24, 2025 - 3:59am | 582Read More...After stellar fourth-quarter earnings, Warren Buffett, in his letter to shareholders revealed that Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s (NYSE:BRK) (NYSE:BRK) performance exceeded his expectations. However, another important takeaway from his letter was Berkshire’s increasing investments in Japan....
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If You Invested $1,000 In Sony Stock One Year Ago, Here's How Much You'd Have Now
Thursday, November 18, 2021 - 4:57pm | 641Read More...Investors who have owned stocks in the last year have generally experienced some big gains. In fact, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) total return over the last 12 months is 32.3%. But there is no question some big-name stocks performed better than others along the way. Sony’s Big...
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How Are People Reacting To Japan's Recession?
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - 9:41am | 605Read More...Japan surprised many investors when it officially entered a recession earlier this week. Given the increasingly important connection between social media and the stock market, it's important to track what users are saying about the country. Many point out how shocked the market was:...
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Report: Dish About To Win Huge H Block Spectrum Auction
Thursday, February 27, 2014 - 12:50pm | 614Read More...Dish Network (NASDAQ: DISH) CEO Charlie Ergen’s ship is about to come in. Actually, his H Block spectrum is about to come in, according to the New York Post. But what's he going to do with it? Post sources indicated that the $1.56 billion acquisition would be announced this week. When...
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Bitcoin Plunges 20 Percent, Recovers Slightly Following Reported Software Glitch
Monday, February 10, 2014 - 11:51am | 516Read More...To say virtual currency Bitcoin can be volatile is like saying stoves can be hot. Add the possibility of a bug in the software that controls withdrawals and that could be bad news all-around. As reported by CNBC Monday, Japanese Bitcoin exchange, Mt.Gox, said just such a flaw caused it to...
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Is Dish About To Pounce On T-Mobile?
Thursday, December 19, 2013 - 12:21pm | 653Read More...First, there were rumors that Sprint (NYSE: S) was flirting with the notion of acquiring T-Mobile US (NYSE: TMUS). Despite a pretty good case for a possible merger made by The Wall Street Journal, there was and is a catch: Should such a merger be approved, the market would end up dominated by...
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How to Profit From Japan's Stealth Currency Intervention
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 - 7:35am | 732Read More...Japan's Finance Ministry confirmed on Tuesday that it had conducted stealth interventions in the foreign exchange markets in November of last year in an attempt to prevent the Japanese yen from climbing any higher. The Finance Ministry reported that it secretly sold 1.02 trillion yen ($13.3...
