Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway stock price is too high for Nasdaq to handle
iStock/AUDINDesign (NEW YORK) — Berkshire Hathaway’s Class A shares performed well this week in the wake of the company’s annual shareholder meeting. Too well for NASDAQ’s computer system, in fact. CEO and Chairman Warren Buffett has famously
10-year-old boy recounts harrowing moment armed man hijacked school bus
iStock/Favor_of_God (NEW YORK) — Ten-year-old Ke’aundre James was on the bus headed to school when he “heard yelling and cussing in the front” — and spotted a man with a rifle. The gunman “was telling the bus
Baker donates cakes to families that lost children for Mother's Day
iStock/alvarez (MIAMI) — A Miami baker is using her culinary skills to give back on Mother’s Day. Sherronda Daye, 41, is a mother of two daughters, an 11- and 21-year-old. She’s also the owner of Sweet Jalane’s,
Mom opens up about botched police investigation into daughter’s murder
iStock/MattGush (NEW YORK) — Dressed up in a Minnie Mouse costume for her son’s school Halloween party, Melissa Fox tried to put on a brave face for her 6-year-old boy and the world. Just hours earlier, on
South Carolina, Montana declining federal unemployment funds 'a huge mistake,' economists say
iStock/ littlehenrabi (NEW YORK) — South Carolina and Montana residents will be cut off from federal pandemic unemployment benefits next month, with Republican governors in each state claiming the payments have led to a workforce shortage. Economists
Biden to respond to disappointing jobs report
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — With the April jobs report falling well below analysts’ expectations, President Joe Biden on Friday faced both a challenge to answer why his enormous COVID-19 relief package hasn’t
Peloton CEO speaks out after popular treadmill recalled due to injuries
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Peloton CEO John Foley is speaking out after the company decided to voluntary recall all of its Tread+ and Tread treadmills. The recalls were issued earlier this week following dozens of reports
Hospitality group pressuring Gov. Inslee to release reopening plan
OLYMPIA –– A trade group that represents restaurants and lodging establishments in Washington is pressuring the Governor to fully reopen the state next month. The Washington Hospitality Association is calling on Gov. Jay Inslee to release a
Advancing Black entrepreneurship amid a racial reckoning and a pandemic
Kameleon007/iStock (NEW YORK) — Only 4% of Black-owned businesses in the U.S. survive past the startup stage, even though 20% of Black Americans start businesses, according to a 2020 report by McKinsey and Company, a management consulting
George Floyd case: Four police officers indicted on federal civil rights charge
Kuzma/iStock (MINNEAPOLIS) — Derek Chauvin and three other former Minneapolis police officers involved in George Floyd’s death were indicted Friday on federal civil rights charges. The indictment alleges Chauvin, Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane