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Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway reveals new $7 billion stake in Swiss insurer Chubb 05/15/2024 07:30pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway on Wednesday revealed a new $7 billion stake in fellow insurer Chubb. Berkshire disclosed the investment it has been building over the past nine months in a quarterly filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Buffett's conglomerate h Changes from Visa mean Americans will carry fewer physical credit, debit cards in their wallets 05/15/2024 05:00pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Your wallet may soon be getting thinner. Visa on Wednesday announced major changes to how credit and debit cards will operate in the U.S. in the coming months and years. The new features could mean Americans will be carrying fewer physical cards in their wallets, and will make the Review: Apple's 'Sugar' is an unpredictable neo-noir starring Colin Farrell as a cinephile detective in LA 05/15/2024 04:04pm • Critics recently took a bite out of Apple for its tone-deaf iPad commercial crushing centuries of culture in a vice, followed by a proposed streaming bundle with Netflix and Peacock that gives cord cutters another option but could be a slippery slope to the very cable monopolies that streaming w 8 Best Quantum Computing Stocks to Buy in 2024 05/14/2024 08:00pm • While the financial markets are consumed with all things artificial intelligence, many investors are missing the boat on the next massive technology breakthrough -- quantum computing. Quantum computers handle scientific calculations that otherwise could take millions of years to solve using traditio Trial for final wrongful death suit in Astroworld concert crowd crush is set for September 05/14/2024 12:54pm • 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 set for trial in civil court in September, a judge said Tuesday. State District Judge Kristen Hawkins scheduled jury selection to beg The Best Picnic Foods That Won't Spoil in Warm Weather 05/13/2024 08:00pm • Easy picnic foods that won't spoil in heatThere is something magical about eating outdoors whether at the beach, on a picnic blanket, camping or in your own backyard. Dining al fresco is an American pastime but as temperatures rise, so does the risk of food safety. Hot temperatures provide the optim US company Booking Holdings added to European Union's list for strict digital scrutiny 05/13/2024 04:09pm • LONDON (AP) — Booking Holdings, the U.S. company that owns Booking.com and a number of other travel websites, has been added to the European Union's list of companies now under heightened digital scrutiny. The European Commission, the EU’s executive branch, said Monday that it’s classing Book Germany limits cash benefit payments for asylum-seekers. Critics say it's designed to curb migration 05/13/2024 02:30am • EICHSFELD, Germany (AP) — When Erdina Laca goes grocery shopping in Eichsfeld these days, she pulls out a special payment card that’s for asylum-seekers only. She no longer pays in cash for her apples, eggs and fish — like most of the Germans standing in line with her at the register. Laca, 45 These 3 Fund Families Control 74% of the Market 05/12/2024 08:00pm • The larger American corporations grow and the more the U.S. government and its budget expands, the more conspiracy theories arise that a handful of the most powerful people and influential entities are running the economy and the country as a whole. It's easy to dismiss these concerns as crackpot th 10 of the Best Vanguard ETFs to Buy 05/12/2024 08:00pm • Vanguard is known for its straightforward brokerage platform and a suite of low-cost mutual funds, yet it also boasts a significant array of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), offering 86 diverse options. "Overall, Vanguard is highly regarded among professional investors and financial experts, primarily Apple Store employees in Maryland vote to authorize a first strike over working conditions 05/12/2024 06:02pm • TOWSON, Md. (AP) — Workers at the first Apple Store to unionize have now also authorized a first strike against the tech giant’s retail operations. Apple Store workers in Towson, Maryland, voted late Saturday to authorize a strike, according to a statement from the International Association of Apple Store workers in Towson vote to authorize a strike 05/12/2024 09:15am • Retail employees at the Apple Store in Towson, Maryland, the first Apple employees in the country to unionize, have voted to authorize a strike over working schedules and pay. No date for any potential walkout has been set. The Towson store employees voted to join the International Association Police: Prince George's Co. murder-suicide of married couple under investigation 05/12/2024 01:12am • Police in Prince George's County, Maryland, are investigating what they said was a domestic-related murder-suicide at the Beltsville home of a married couple in their 70s. Ji Tu, 78, and spouse Li Tu, 72, were found suffering gunshot wounds in their home in the 3600 block of Stonehall Drive when 1 killed in shooting at MGM Resort and Casino in Prince George's Co. 05/11/2024 02:53pm • A man was killed in a shooting at MGM Resort and Casino in Oxon Hill, Maryland, early Saturday morning. Prince George's County police responded to a shooting shortly before 5 a.m. on Saturday in the 100 block of MGM National Avenue. County police said officers responded after getting reports o Homers by Acuña, Albies and Olson in 3rd lead Morton and Braves to 4-2 win over Mets 05/11/2024 12:02am • NEW YORK (AP) — Ronald Acuña Jr. hit a titanic home run, just before Ozzie Albies and Matt Olson also went deep in the third inning, and the Atlanta Braves beat the New York Mets 4-2 on Friday night. Charlie Morton (3-0) pitched seven splendid innings as the teams played through raindrops in a ga