By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – A real estate brokerage owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway said on Friday it reached a $250 million settlement of nationwide antitrust litigation that is expected to change how real estate agents are paid. HomeServices of America, the largest U.S. real estate brokerage, was the last remaining defendant in a…
(Reuters) – Bill Ackman questioned the valuation of Carl Icahn’s flagship firm as he took another jab at his old rival, whose company has become the target of short-seller Hindenburg Research. The billionaire investor said in a tweet on Wednesday that he was “fascinated” by the situation between the short seller and Icahn Enterprises, while…
(Reuters) – A profit warning by Walmart ignited a sell-off in shares of major U.S. retailers late on Monday, quickly evaporating over $100 billion in stock market value in extended trade. Sounding an alarm that inflation is hurting its shoppers and forcing them to change what they spend on, Walmart cut its forecast for full-year…
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker BYD said on Thursday it has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Shell that will see the two partner up on ventures in both China and Europe. BYD said on its official WeChat account that it and Shell would set up a mobility service provider partnership in…
