How has the king of buy-and-hold investment fared in China? Not bad, based on a bet Warren Buffett made a decade ago. On Sept. 26, 2008, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (brk-b) agreed to buy what is now equivalent to 24.59% of BYD Co.’s Hong Kong-traded stock. Those shares in what is now China’s biggest maker of…
BY 9.00am on September 6th a crowd has appeared outside Fábio Gaia’s one-storey house in Murici, a town surrounded by sugar-cane fields. The councilman attends to a stream of constituents who proffer crumpled bits of paper: prescriptions, receipts for ultrasound scans and electricity bills. It is a month before Brazil’s general election, so he promises…
WASHINGTON — Republicans are bullish on their chances of confirming Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, signaling the vote will come soon after the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday to feature testimony from both the nominee and the woman accusing him of sexual assault when they were both teenagers, Christine Blasey Ford. Senators…
“And we told them at the very beginning of this process this will be not fun sometimes,” she added. Dr. Blasey has said that she intended for her accusations to remain confidential, but after word of them began to leak, she shared her account of the episode with The Washington Post. In a letter sent…
Pinterest has announced the opening of its first office in Canada, which will be spearheaded by Erin Elofson, a veteran leader on sales teams at Facebook and Microsoft’s operations in Canada. Stressing international growth in general as a priority, Pinterest said in Tuesday’s announcement that more than 80% of signups coming from outside the United…
THE 21st century, in one way at least, will be African. In 1990 sub-Saharan Africa accounted for 16% of the world’s births. Because African birth rates are so much higher than elsewhere, the proportion has risen to 27% and is expected to hit 37% in 2050. About a decade later, more babies will be born…
Washington flew into a frenzy on Monday morning following initial reports that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein was expected to leave his job. But hours later, he was attending a scheduled meeting at the White House. Rosenstein's job was thrown into question after The New York Times reported on Friday that he had discussed wearing…
Dr. Blasey’s lawyers have also asked for outside witnesses, including two trauma experts and the former F.B.I. agent who administered a polygraph examination to Dr. Blasey, the person familiar with the call said. Republicans have denied those requests, but Democrats say they will find a way to publicize those witnesses’ views. Dr. Blasey “has agreed…
• 2018’s Most Powerful. Fortune launched our 21st annual Most Powerful Women in Business list this morning. The 2018 ranking includes seven newbies; two execs who previously dropped off the list—only to return in grand fashion this year; public company CEOs who collectively control nearly $1 trillion in market cap; and, oh yes, Oprah! But the…
DPW Holdings’ SpyGlass Hill Capital Lending Corp. Announces Launch of MonthlyInterest.com Internet Investment Portal
Newport Beach, CA, September 24, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- DPW Holdings, Inc. (NYSE American: DPW) (“DPW”), a diversified holding company, today announced that its subsidiary, SpyGlass Hill...
