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What happened: PayPal stock (PYPL) jumped 28% in pre-market on Wednesday. What’s behind the move: Payments company Stripe and private equity firm Advent International have reportedly made an offer to acquire PayPal at $60.50 per share in a deal that would value the payments giant at more than $53 billion, according to a Reuters report.…

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Warren Buffett said Bill Gates’ ties to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were “distasteful” – but added that everybody makes mistakes and said he recently met with the Microsoft founder before he ended donations to the Gates Foundation. The 95-year-old chairman of Berkshire Hathaway told CNBC that he has been following Gates’ sworn testimony…

Warren Buffett. Berkshire chairman sets 2034 deadline to exit stock, redirects gifts to family foundations. Warren Buffett is speeding up his exit from Berkshire Hathaway stock, pledging to dispose of his entire stake within roughly eight years while steering this year’s charitable gifts entirely toward four foundations run by his own family. In a release…

Benefits and risks of investing in platinum ETFs Here are the benefits of investing in platinum ETFs: Convenience: You can buy shares in platinum ETFs through a brokerage account, making this a fast and easy way to invest in platinum. Diversification: Since precious metals are a different asset class from stocks and bonds, platinum ETFs…

Bill Pugliano/Getty Images News Warren Buffett is accelerating the pace of his charitable giving, announcing his goal to distribute all of his remaining Berkshire Hathaway shares within approximately eight years. The 95-year-old investor, whose remaining fortune stands at roughly $140B based on recent stock prices, will entrust

Buffett added that his successor and Berkshire CEO, Greg Abel, is the “decider,” while saying they both talk all the time. He cautioned that one of the key issues facing Alphabet and its competitors is the substantial capital investments required in the AI segment. Buffett added that Apple remains one of his favorite stocks, even…

Investor Warren Buffett omitted the Gates Foundation from this year’s annual giving slate for the first time amid revelations into co-founder Bill Gates’ connection with the late convicted sex offender and high-flying financier Jeffrey Epstein. The 95-year-old billionaire and philanthropist is funneling all of this year’s $6 billion in donations to four family charities managed…

Shares of Apple rose about four percent, one of several mega-tech companies with large gains, lifting major US indices (SPENCER PLATT) Wall Street stocks advanced Wednesday following another benign US inflation report as oil prices edged higher following the latest escalation of fighting between the United States and Iran. Major US indices withstood a midday…

What happened: ASML (ASML) stock jumped more than 3% on Wednesday in premarket trading. What’s behind the move: The Dutch chip-equipment maker reported better-than-expected second quarter results and raised its full-year sales outlook as it expands production capacity to meet surging demand driven by the AI-fueled semiconductor boom. “If we look at the market demand, the…