(Reuters) -Billionaire investor William Ackman has built in the first quarter a new stake in Alphabet worth $1.1 billion, according to a regulatory filing on Monday. According to the filing, Ackman’s hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management owned 8.1 million class C shares and 2.2 million shares class A of Alphabet at the end…
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Monday disclosed it has begun investing in Capital One Financial Corp while exiting investments in four other stocks, as the company run by Warren Buffett cut back its exposure to equities. Buffett’s company made its disclosures in a regulatory filing listing its U.S.-traded stocks as of March…
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House on Monday released financial disclosure reports for President Joe Biden showing the president’s personal finances in 2022 changed little from the prior year, even though his book royalties fell. Biden earned between $2,500 and $5,000 in book royalties in 2022, down sharply from $30,000 a year earlier….
By Libby George and Karin Strohecker LONDON (Reuters) – Turkey’s sovereign dollar bonds and equities tumbled, and the cost of insuring exposure to the country’s debt spiked as Turkey’s presidential race heads to a runoff with incumbent Tayyip Erdogan leading his opposition rival. Turkey’s main banking stock index tumbled 9.6% as markets gauged potential fallout…
By Noe Torres MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s peso currency flexed its muscle on Monday to reach its highest value against the U.S. dollar in seven years, following nearly two years of interest rate hikes aimed at taming inflation that has seen consumer prices edge down. Some analysts chalk up the peso’s latest gains, however,…
By Dan Peleschuk and Kylie MacLellan KYIV/LONDON (Reuters) – Ukraine on Monday hailed its first substantial battlefield advances in six months as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy won pledges for new long-range drones in Britain to add to a haul of Western arms for a counteroffensive against Russian invaders. Since last week, the Ukrainian military has started…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New Jersey’s two Democratic senators and the state’s governor said on Monday they are seeking to halt a plan by New York City to adopt a congestion pricing plan in Manhattan, which would be the country’s first. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker urged U.S. Transportation (USDOT) Secretary Pete…
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever. A barrage of Chinese economic data on Tuesday will give investors a clearer picture of whether their growing fears over the health of Asia’s largest economy lately are justified. If the April snapshots of retail sales, urban investment…
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever. A barrage of Chinese economic data on Tuesday will give investors a clearer picture of whether their growing fears over the health of Asia’s largest economy lately are justified. If the April snapshots of retail sales, urban investment…
By Rich McKay (Reuters) – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill on Monday banning tax dollars from being used in state colleges for diversity, equity and inclusion programs (DEI) in a sweeping measure that also places restrictions on classroom discussion of race. While DEI programs are meant to assist in building racial, social and…
