October 4, 2025
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Activist Irenic builds a stake in Workiva, hoping to gain two board seats

Company: Workiva (WK) Business: Workiva is a provider of cloud-based reporting solutions that are designed to solve financial and non-financial business challenges at the intersection of data, process and people. The company offers its unified software-as-a-service, or SaaS, platform that brings customers’ financial reporting; environmental, social and governance (ESG); and governance, risk and compliance (GRC) […]

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Jimmy Kimmel suspension hurts brand

Gregg Donovan displays a sign at the El Capitan Entertainment Centre, where “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” is recorded to celebrate the show’s return on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, U.S. on Sept 23, 2025. Gabriel Cortes | CNBC The image for Disney and its streaming service plunged to multiyear lows after pulling comedian Jimmy Kimmel […]

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Dan Ives says AI-related M&A ‘floodgates’ are about to open. Here are his takeover picks

A Nvidia HGX H100 server at the Yotta Data Services Pvt. data center in Navi Mumbai, India, on Thursday, Mar. 14, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Notable technology industry analyst Dan Ives says Big Tech companies and private equity firms are gearing up to make a flurry of acquisitions to stay ahead in […]

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Leon Cooperman says we’ve reached the stage of the bull market that Warren Buffett warned about

Longtime investor Leon Cooperman believes we are in the late innings of a bull market where bubbles can form and risks rise, a stage of the cycle that Warren Buffett had warned about. The chair and CEO of the Omega Family Office read a quote from the “Oracle of Omaha” on CNBC’s “Money Movers” Wednesday, […]

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Warren Buffett is reportedly eyeing Berkshire Hathaway’s biggest deal in three years

Warren Buffett speaks during the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, on May 3, 2025. CNBC Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway is closing in on a deal to buy Occidental Petroleum’s petrochemical unit OxyChem for roughly $10 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. The potential deal, which could finalize within days per the […]

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One-time ‘SPAC King’ Palihapitiya launches new blank-check vehicle with plan to ‘temper’ retail fervor

Venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya. Mark Kauzlarich/Bloomberg via Getty Images Chamath Palihapitiya, once dubbed Wall Street’s “SPAC King,” is back with a new blank-check vehicle and a promise to do better after a bruising track record. Palihapitiya on Monday launched the American Exceptionalism Acquisition Corp. A (AEXA), a $345 million SPAC that he said was more […]

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Trump could invest in these miners after MP Materials, Lithium Americas

The Trump administration needs to strike multiple deals with U.S. miners to secure the nation’s supply chain against China, said Mark Chalmers, CEO of Energy Fuels, a miner focused on uranium and rare earth minerals. The Pentagon decision to take an equity stake in MP Materials, the largest U.S. rare earth miner, in July and […]

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Top Wall Street analysts favor these 3 stocks for robust growth

The Nvidia logo is displayed on a building at Nvidia headquarters on Aug. 27, 2025 in Santa Clara, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Despite macroeconomic uncertainties, several companies are well-positioned to deliver strong returns to investors from rapid technological advancements and artificial intelligence (AI) adoption. To pick attractive stocks with strong prospects, investors can […]

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Anson Funds calls for Clear Channel Outdoor’s sale. Why the timing may be right

Company: Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings (CCO) Business: Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings is an outdoor advertising company that provides clients with advertising through billboards, street furniture displays, transit displays and other out-of-home advertising displays. The company operates entirely within the United States, with assets including printed and digital billboards, transit displays, including airports, street furniture and […]

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BYD Warren Buffett Berkshire Hathaway

(This is the Warren Buffett Watch newsletter, news and analysis on all things Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway. You can sign up here to receive it every Friday evening in your inbox.) Hours after we first reported last week that Berkshire sold off the remainder of its stake in BYD earlier this year, the Chinese electric vehicle maker confirmed […]

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