Berkshire CEO Greg Abel on working with Buffett, Kraft Heinz and using all his salary to buy the stock

Berkshire Hathaway’s new CEO, Greg Abel, generated some significant headlines during a roughly half-hour live interview on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.”
Iran war threatens to scramble the ‘affordability’ midterm

Midterm election messaging on affordability could be undercut by the Iran war and related uncertainty.
Trump looks to turn attention to Western Hemisphere, at least for a moment, at a regional summit

Trump has pledged to reassert U.S. dominance in Latin America and push back on what he sees as years of Chinese economic encroachment in America’s backyard.
Former U.S. trade chief Lighthizer resigns from Trump Media board

Lighthizer’s departure from the board and its committees was not due to any disagreements with the company’s management or the board, the filing said.
Trump admin announces $20 billion reinsurance program for oil tankers during Iran war

Tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains at a standstill as the Iran war engulfs the region.
‘Not slowing down’: One week on, U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran continue

The U.S. says it has hit more than 3,000 Iranian targets in the first week of the war, as the Gulf remains on high alert for retaliatory strikes.
Palantir rallies 15% for the week as Iran war boosts prospects, muting Anthropic concern

Palantir’s stock had its best week since August and outperformed all of its large-cap tech peers after the U.S. attacked Iran.
FDA vaccine head will step down in April after string of controversial decisions

Vinay Prasad is leaving his post as director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research.
Trump urges Congress to ‘fix’ college football money mess

Critics of the name, image and likeness (NIL) compensation system in college sports say it undercuts the finances of schools and their educational mandate.
Trump says defense CEOs agree to quadruple production of ‘Exquisite Class’ weaponry

President Trump said he met with CEOs of BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, RTX Corp., Boeing, Honeywell Aerospace and L3Harris Missile Solutions.