Buy Your Own Private Island: 5 Fantastic Isles Up for Sale Right Now
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Buy Your Own Private Island: 5 Fantastic Isles Up for Sale Right Now

Buy Your Own Private Island: 5 Fantastic Isles Up for Sale Right Now Lisa Johnson Mandell , provided by May 30, 2022 Realtor.com Life on a private island sounds pretty, pretty good right about now. Public service announcement: You don’t have to travel to the Caribbean or pay multiple millions to own your own island.… […]

Buffett’s Berkshire posts $35.5 billion profit, buys back more stock
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Buffett’s Berkshire posts $35.5 billion profit, buys back more stock

OMAHA, Nebraska, May 6 (Reuters) – Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc BRKa.N posted a $35.5 billion first-quarter profit on Saturday, reflecting gains from stocks such as Apple Inc, while higher investment income and a rebound at car insurer Geico bolstered operating results.Berkshire also sped up repurchases of its own stock, buying back $4.4 billion, while… […]

ISS advises Shell shareholders to vote against climate activist resolution
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ISS advises Shell shareholders to vote against climate activist resolution

LONDON, May 6 (Reuters) – Shell (SHEL.L) shareholders should vote against a climate activist resolution seeking faster emissions cuts, proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) said on Saturday, while acknowledging the merits of the proposal.Shell investors will vote at an annual general meeting on May 23 on a resolution filed by the Follow This… […]

Russian carmaker files third lawsuit against Volkswagen
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Russian carmaker files third lawsuit against Volkswagen

May 6 (Reuters) – Russian carmaker GAZ (GAZA.MM) has filed a lawsuit worth 15.6 billion roubles ($200.5 million) against Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE), court records show, adding to two others filed earlier this year.The lawsuit, details of which have not been published, was filed with the Nizhny Novgorod Regional Arbitration Court on Friday.GAZ did not immediately respond… […]

UBS chief draws up Credit Suisse leadership shortlist, FT says
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UBS chief draws up Credit Suisse leadership shortlist, FT says

May 6 (Reuters) – UBS Group AG’s (UBSG.S) Chief Executive Sergio Ermotti has shortlisted the Credit Suisse Group AG’s (CSGN.S) executives most likely to become part of the management team, the Financial times reported on Saturday, citing people familiar with the plans.Dixit Joshi, chief financial officer, Francesca McDonagh, chief operating officer, and André Helfenstein, head… […]

VW to fire top executives at software unit Cariad, source says
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VW to fire top executives at software unit Cariad, source says

FRANKFURT, May 6 (Reuters) – Carmaker Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) is set to dismiss all but one of the executive board members at its software division Cariad next week to try to resolve development problems, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Saturday.The unit – set up under former VW group CEO Herbert Diess -has… […]

Biden Rules Out Giving Ukraine Rockets ‘That Can Strike Into Russia’
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Biden Rules Out Giving Ukraine Rockets ‘That Can Strike Into Russia’

Topline The United States will not send the Ukrainian military rocket systems that can reach targets inside Russia, President Joe Biden said Monday, as Ukraine asks U.S. officials for long-range rockets to aid in its fight against Russian forces in the country’s east. A U.S.-made HIMARS on static display during live fire exercises on April… […]