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May 01
ETH gas price surges as Yuga Labs cashes in $300M selling Otherside NFTs

While the Otherdeed NFTs could be minted only in APE, it also required ETH for gas fees. 3266 Total views 20 Total shares While the community was witness to the largest NFT mint yet, Ethereum (ETH) gas prices rose to unprecedented levels, in addition to users experiencing failed transactions due to blockchain bottlenecks. Bored Ape […]

May 01
Newell Brands beats on profit and sales

Newell Brands Inc. NWL, +0.52% reported first-quarter net income of $234 million, or 55 cents per share, up from $89 million, or 21 cents per share, last year. Adjusted EPS of 36 cents beat the FactSet consensus for 27 cents. Sales of $2.388 billion were up from $2.288 billion last year and also ahead of […]

May 01
Call to split Berkshire chairman, CEO roles ‘most ridiculous criticism I’ve ever heard’: Charlie Munger

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. BRK.A, -2.94% BRK.B, -2.55% Vice Chairman Charlie Munger underlined his opposition to a proposal that would force Warren Buffett to give up his role as chairman of the conglomerate. Backers of the proposal “have some professor somewhere who thinks American businesses run better if” the CEO and chairman roles are split in […]

May 01
Warren Buffett: Berkshire quickly bought big stake in Occidental Petroleum in a ‘casino’ market

Berkshire Hathaway BRK.B, -2.55% was able to quickly buy a large stake in Occidental Petroleum Corp. OXY, -3.40% during the first quarter as the market has been “a casino” to an “extraordinary degree” over the past couple years, said Berkshire chief executive officer Warren Buffett at the conglomerate’s annual meeting in Omaha on Saturday. He […]

May 01
Warren Buffett says Berkshire can ‘ward off any attempts to change the culture’ when he’s gone

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. BRK.A, -2.94% BRK.B, -2.55% Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett said the company would be able to preserve its culture long after he’s left the scene. Responding to a question at Berkshire’s annual shareholder meeting, Buffett, 91, said Berkshire has “a culture that a) has worked and b) has the shares and shareholders […]

May 01
‘God is getting just’ as Robinhood app unravels, says Charlie Munger

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. BRK.A, -2.94% BRK.B, -2.55% Vice Chairman Charlie Munger on Saturday said the Robinhood trading app was “unraveling” after engaging in practices he labeled “disgusting.” “Look what happened to Robinhood from its peak to its trough,” Munger said at Berkshire’s annual meeting. “Wasn’t that pretty obvious that something like that was going to […]