Finance

Schwab CEO says bullishness among retail traders is rising, with buy orders 20% higher than sells

Walter “Walt” Bettinger, president and chief executive officer of Charles Schwab Corp., speaks during the 2015 Fortune Global Forum in San Francisco, California, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Charles Schwab CEO Walt Bettinger said Tuesday that retail investors using his brokerage platform are showing signs of bullishness…

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Twitter laid off most of its workers in Africa last year. They say they’ve been ignored and left without severance

Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of Twitter, gestures as he attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris, France, June 16, 2023. Gonzalo Fuentes | Reuters Former Twitter employees in Ghana, who were laid off in November, have…

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Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway cuts Activision stake as Microsoft deal inches closer

Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, smiles as he plays bridge following the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, May 5, 2019. Nati Harnik | AP Warren Buffett‘s Berkshire Hathaway dumped a significant portion of its stake in Activision Blizzard as Microsoft’s deal to buy the video game company edged closer to…