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Recent tests show lasers are a viable weapon for defense against drones — but are they a viable revenue stream for Raytheon? …read more […]

CNBC’s Jim Cramer gives his take on investors betting against Tesla and Elon Musk. …read more […]

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. filed an update on its U.S. stock portfolio with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday. Berkshire held nearly 252 million Apple shares at the end of June, up from 239.57 million in March. Berkshire had said Monday that it reduced some of its investments in airline and banking companies, such as American Airlines and U.S. Bancorp, because it seeks to own no more than 10 percent of any firm and those companies have been repurchasing stock. …read more […]

By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc boosted its investments in Goldman Sachs Group Inc and Israel’s Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd during the second quarter and … …read more […]

Edward Lampert wants to slim Sears down so it can stay standing. Lampert, the chief executive officer of Sears as well as its largest shareholder, is proposing to use his hedge fund ESL Investments Inc. to buy the store’s Kenmore and Sears Home Improvement businesses at a valuation of around $470 million, according to a regulatory filing Tuesday. “We are prepared to move as quickly as possible to complete these transactions, which is in the best interest of all parties involved,” ESL said in a emailed statement to Bloomberg News. …read more […]

The ‘Oracle of Omaha’ has started embracing tech and it’s paying off for Berkshire Hathaway. …read more […]

By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N) boosted its investments in Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N) and Israel’s Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TEVA.TA) during … …read more […]

Verizon Communications Inc. announced deals making Apple Inc. and Google its first video providers for a superfast 5G wireless service the company plans to launch in four cities later this year. The home broadband service will debut in Los Angeles, Houston and Sacramento, California, as well as the newly announced fourth city of Indianapolis, Verizon said Tuesday in a statement. With the introduction, Verizon will provide 5G customers either a free Apple TV box or free subscription to Google’s YouTube TV app for live television service, according to people familiar with the plan. …read more […]

Verizon Communications Inc. is close to deals making Apple Inc. and Google its first video providers when it launches a superfast 5G wireless service in four cities later this year, according to people familiar with the situation. Under the deals, which could be announced as soon as Tuesday, Verizon will offer 5G customers a free Apple TV box or a free subscription to Google’s YouTube TV app for a live television service, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the agreements haven’t been announced. After shelving its own online TV effort, New York-based Verizon decided …read more […]

Paul Manafort’s defense rested its case Tuesday without calling any witnesses in the former Trump campaign chairman’s tax evasion and bank fraud trial. Manafort himself chose not to testify. The decision not to call witnesses clears the way for the jury to hear closing arguments in the first trial to emerge from special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. …read more […]

Wall Street stocks advanced and the S&P 500 was on track for its best day in three weeks on Tuesday as a rebound in the Turkish lira eased contagion fears and a string of healthy earnings boosted investor … …read more […]

Goldman Sachs’ analyst is one of the most bearish Tesla analysts on Wall Street, with a “sell” rating and $210 price target — 40% below where shares are trading. Elon Musk hasn’t been one to hide his disdain for Tesla skeptics on Wall Street. …read more […]

Cisco Systems (CSCO) has seen its stock price sink roughly 3% over the last three months as investors decide what to make of the historic tech giant’s future. Cisco is coming off a relatively solid fiscal third quarter and has made a string of acquisitions that set it up for a stronger future. But the question is should investors buy CSCO stock ahead of the firm’s earnings release Wednesday? …read more […]

Yahoo Finance’s Seana Smith on the stocks making headlines in midday trading Tuesday. …read more […]

Elon Musk says he’s working with Goldman, Silver Lake to take Tesla Private. Yahoo Finance’s Seana Smith, Myles Udland, Rick Newman, Dion Rabouin and Paul Schatz, President, Heritage Capitol discuss. …read more […]