(Bloomberg) — Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., lacking the blockbuster deals that have galvanized the billionaire investor’s renown, embraced a “mildly attractive” way to deploy its vast cash pile last year via a record-breaking level of buybacks — and showed little sign of changing course. Most Read from Bloomberg Berkshire bought back a total of $27.1 billion in 2021, the highest annual level since Buffett began more aggressively repurchasing stock in 2018. The buybacks… Source link

Sometimes, it’s best to “hodl” — even if it means embarrassing one of the biggest art auction houses on earth. Earlier this week, a historically high-priced Sotheby’s auction for 104 Crypto Punk non-fungible tokens (NFTs) was abruptly withdrawn. NFTs have become a highly lucrative asset class in their own right, powered by the soaring popularity of smart-contract digital tokens like Ethereum (ETH-USD), with the unique images seeing eye-popping sales amid booming mainstream interest. But… Source link

Updated February 27, 2022 at 7:18 AM ET Facebook and YouTube are blocking Russian state media from running ads on their platforms, while Twitter is suspending all advertising in Ukraine and Russia, as pressure mounts on tech platforms to respond to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Nathaniel Gleicher, head of security policy at Facebook, tweeted on Friday: “We are now prohibiting Russian state media from running ads or monetizing on our platform… Source link

Meta, Facebook’s parent company, says the decision to bar Russian state media from making money on its platform comes in response to the invasion of Ukraine. Tony Avelar/AP hide caption toggle… Source link

NHL legend Dominik Hasek took aim at Alex Ovechkin in a Twitter thread. (Photos via Getty) With the Russian invasion of Ukraine surging on, many companies and countries are boycotting Russian goods or from taking place in the nation. One Hockey Hall of Famer wants that practice taken to the next level and called for the NHL to suspend all contracts of Russian players. Dominik Hasek, an all-time great and arguably the best goaltender to ever play the sport, took to Twitter Saturday morning to… Source link

Growing up, vegan restaurateur Pinky Cole prides herself on being the change she wished to see, using that determination to eventually build Slutty Vegan, a popular food chain. The plant-based eatery opened its first location in October of 2018, and now has locations across Georgia — including two in Atlanta and one each in Jonesboro and Duluth. With vegan eating now a “worldwide phenomenon,” Cole said Slutty Vegan has been able to attract “lines down the block for the last four years,” en… Source link

Popular Google software engineer Anthony D. Mays leaves the search giant to pursue diversity and inclusion full-time. Anthony D. Mays The year after Anthony D. Mays joined Google as a software engineer in 2013, the company publicly released its diversity numbers for the first time. He knew the numbers were likely low, but he didn’t realize just how low. When he found out only 1% of technology roles included Black people, Mays made it his personal mission to help grow that number while working… Source link

MOSCOW (AP) — Moscow may respond to Western sanctions by opting out of the last nuclear arms deal with the U.S., cutting diplomatic ties with Western nations and freezing their assets, a senior Russian official warned Saturday as Russia’s ties with the West dived to new lows over its invasion of Ukraine. Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy head of Russia’s Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin, also warned that Moscow could restore the death penalty after Russia was removed from… Source link

WASHINGTON — As the invasion of Ukraine continued on Friday morning, including near the capital city, Kyiv, one of Russia’s leading television stations aired a history lesson on an 18th century battle between German and Russian forces in Poland. It was the kind of nationalistic propaganda typical of media coverage in a nation where the Kremlin exercises near-universal control. That control is evident in print, radio and television. However, it also appears to be slipping, which could… Source link

A few days ago, Sundar Pichai announced a $100 million Google Career Certificates fund. It’s got nothing to do with college education, and instead, focuses on giving up-and-coming data analytics, IT, project management, and UX design students the tactical tools needed to start their careers with a bang. It follows in a long line of similar efforts by coding bootcamps across the country and online educational portals like Udemy and Coursera.  To all of this I say: Thank goodness. Now, I’m… Source link