Abel’s $25 million Berkshire paycheck is in the same league as other S&P 500 CEOs

Greg Abel’s $25M salary as Berkshire Hathaway’s CEO is an enormous jump from Warren Buffett’s famously small paycheck, but Abel still lags the nation’s best paid corporate leaders.
What the Big Oil executives told Trump about investing in Venezuela

The CEOs of Exxon and Conoco are wary of returning to Venezuela. Chevron is ready to quickly ramp up production.
Trump calls for one-year cap on credit card interest rates at 10%

U.S. President Donald Trump did not provide details on how his plan would come to fruition or how he planned to make credit card companies comply.
AI memory is sold out, causing an unprecedented surge in prices

Three primary memory vendors — Micron, SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics — make up nearly the entire RAM market, and they’re benefitting from this shortage.
New Trump warning as Iran cuts internet with protests across country

U.S. President Donald Trump issued a new warning to Iran’s leaders on Friday as videos showed anti-government protests raging across the country.
France’s economic miracle never came — here’s what went wrong

Look at the way the French work, and you’ll start to see why “Macronomics” fell short. When Emmanuel Macron took office in 2017, he promised a French economic renaissance. His supply-side strategy aimed to slash taxes and curb public spending to spur investment and drive down unemployment. Eight years on, however, public debt has skyrocketed […]
Gen Z just isn’t seen as ‘work-ready’ – here’s why a million young brits are unemployed

“You’ve got a lot of young people who missed out on years of in person education, work experience, work readiness,” a charity impact chief told CNBC Make It.
Judge blocks Trump from freezing $10 billion in child, family aid to five U.S. states

A U.S. judge on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from freezing access by five Democratic-led states to more than $10 billion of federal funds.
The broadening trade has been in full swing this week. Will it stick?

Cyclical stocks are off to a strong start in 2026, and some on Wall Street believe that may continue.
Oracle announces departure of two oldest directors, narrowing board to 12

George Conrades and Naomi Seligman, who are both in their 80s, have been on Oracle’s board for over 15 years.