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7 Best Vanguard Funds for Beginner Investors 05/27/2024 08:00pm • When it comes to selecting funds, beginner investors should focus on the "knowns" rather than the "unknowns." The latter include unpredictable variables such as whether a fund will outperform in the future, the relative performance of growth versus value stocks, which sectors will excel or which cou 7 Top-Rated ETFs to Buy Now 05/27/2024 08:00pm • You don't have to spend hours analyzing specific stocks in an attempt to outperform professional fund managers. Exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, can offer investors exposure to a basket of stocks offered by some of the top investment firms in the business. You can find ETFs for various portfolio stra 8 Stocks Warren Buffett Just Bought and Sold 05/27/2024 08:00pm • Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (ticker: BRK.A, BRK.B) is one of the most closely watched stocks on the planet, in part because of its iconic co-founder Warren Buffett. Thanks to a record of tremendous long-term performance, many investors seek to emulate the strategy of Berkshire and Buffett in their own p The Justice Department is suing Ticketmaster and Live Nation. What does that mean for concertgoers? 05/24/2024 04:12pm • Will the Justice Department's lawsuit against Ticketmaster and Live Nation give concertgoers, sports fan and theater patrons some relief from surging ticket prices? The lawsuit could potentially lead to a breakup of Live Nation Entertainment, a company that resulted from Ticketmaster's 2010 merger w Data Doctors: Do you know how to find and manage files on your smartphone? 05/24/2024 03:02pm • Q: I need help finding something that I downloaded to my smartphone a long time ago. A: Your smartphone stores and organizes files much like your computer does, so it’s just a matter of using the ‘Files’ app for either Android or iOS devices. Understanding how these utilities work is a g Judge weighs proposed changes to Google's Android app store to prevent anticompetitive tactics 05/24/2024 02:05pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is tried to confront the latest in a succession of legal attacks on its digital empire on Thursday as federal judge began to address anticompetitive practices in the app market for smartphones powered by its Android software. The San Francisco court hearing before U.S. The distributor of a popular Hong Kong protest song will remove it from all platforms, creator says 05/24/2024 10:22am • HONG KONG (AP) — The distributor of a popular protest song in Hong Kong has decided to remove the music from all platforms because of a court ban in the city, the group that created the song said Friday, a week after YouTube blocked access to its videos. Dgxmusic said on Instagram that it express Government sues Ticketmaster owner and asks court to break up company's monopoly on live events 05/23/2024 09:35pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department sued Ticketmaster and its parent company Thursday, accusing them of running an illegal monopoly over live events in America and asking a court to break up the system that squelches competition and drives up prices for fans. Filed in federal court in Manhatt 11 Top Sector ETFs to Buy 05/23/2024 08:00pm • For the majority of investors, a simple and diversified approach will do the trick. In a one-stop index fund like the SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF (ticker: SPLG) for instance, anyone can get a piece of the 500 largest U.S. companies in a single holding that costs less than $70 a share. Furthermore Remaining wrongful death lawsuit filed after deadly Astroworld concert has been settled, lawyer says 05/23/2024 05:40pm • HOUSTON (AP) — The one remaining wrongful death lawsuit filed after 10 people were killed during a deadly crowd crush at the 2021 Astroworld music festival has been settled, an attorney said Thursday. Jury selection in the lawsuit filed by the family of 9-year-old Ezra Blount, the youngest person White House pushes tech industry to shut down market for sexually abusive AI deepfakes 05/23/2024 03:14pm • President Joe Biden's administration is pushing the tech industry and financial institutions to shut down a growing market of abusive sexual images made with artificial intelligence technology. New generative AI tools have made it easy to transform someone's likeness into a sexually explicit AI deep US applications for jobless benefits fall as labor market continues to thrive 05/23/2024 11:55am • The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week as layoffs remained historically low despite the Federal Reserve's efforts to loosen the labor market. Jobless claims for the week ending May 18 fell by 8,000 to 215,000, down from 223,000 the week before, the Labor Department Va. teacher pay gets a boost in budget, but it’s still projected to fall short of national average 05/23/2024 11:18am • Legislation that would have aligned Virginia teachers’ pay with the national average or higher by the 2027-28 school year won bipartisan support but was blocked from the state budget by Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s veto last week. The two-year budget, signed last week, includes $540 million to hel Nvidia's profit soars, underscoring its dominance in chips for artificial intelligence 05/22/2024 09:58pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Nvidia on Wednesday overshot Wall Street estimates as its profit skyrocketed, bolstered by the chipmaking dominance that has made the company an icon of the artificial intelligence boom. Its net income rose more than sevenfold compared to a year earlier, jumping to $14.88 bill Top Apple exec acknowledges shortcomings in effort to bring competition in iPhone app payments 05/22/2024 07:24pm • OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Longtime Apple executive Phil Schiller on Wednesday acknowledged a court-ordered makeover of the U.S. payment system in its iPhone app store hasn't done much to increase competition — a shortcoming that could result in a federal judge demanding more changes. Schiller, who