App-based companies like Uber and Lyft may soon have to treat their contract workers as company employees. This comes after lawmakers in California passed a bill yesterday, ordering the reclassification of drivers for the ride-hailing services. Yahoo Finance's Adam Shapiro, Julie Hyman, Alexis Keenan and Scott Gamm discuss with Charles Schwab Chief Investment Strategist Liz Ann Sonders.
"As early as this summer, a proposed move could begin to unleash almost $1tn into consumers' wallets. By the autumn, it could be on its way to $2tn."
Berkshire Hathaway's first quarter profits plummeted along with the paper value of its investments, but the company said Saturday that most of the businesses it owns outright performed well. The figures were heavily influenced by a large drop in the paper value of Berkshire’s investments. Buffett encourages investors to pay more attention to the conglomerate’s operating earnings that exclude the investment figures.
A big cash pile protects the above-average core operations of this stellar company.
David Kirsch, 64, is hoping to live comfortably in retirement — but he isn't sure his savings and Social Security will cover his living expenses.
This industry-leading company is out of favor and worth buying now.
This stock is clearly a favorite of both famous billionaires.
Berkshire Hathaway cut its stake in Apple by about 13% as its cash pile hit a record high in the first quarter. A bearish signal all around?
MPLX is a well-oiled cash-producing machine.
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Four industry-leading businesses with deceptively fast earnings growth rates are ripe for the picking by opportunistic investors.