Month: February 2022

In this article AAPL BRK.A Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Inc The India Today Group | Getty Images Warren Buffett said he now considers tech giant Apple as one of the four pillars driving Berkshire Hathaway, the conglomerate of mostly old-economy businesses he’s assembled over the last five decades. In his annual
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Shining a light on the coronavirus: A test based on changes in the fluorescence of nanodiamonds in a microfluidic channel could be used to indicate the presence of the virus that causes COVID-19. (Courtesy: Changhao Li, Paola Cappellaro, et. al) A quantum sensor based on nitrogen-vacancy centres in diamond could be used to detect viruses
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One of the five Ukrainian Boeign 737-800 aircraft that landed yesterday at Castellon airport in the face of the political situation in Ukraine and Russia, on 15 February, 2022 in Castellon, Valencian Community, Spain. Carme Ripolles | Europa Press | Getty Images Russia’s invasion of Ukraine this week is ripping through the air travel industry,
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SAN FRANCISCO – Space-as-a-service startup Xplore has brought in $16.2 million to date including venture capital funding and contracts, the company announced Feb. 24. “Xplore’s funding is being used to support the aggressive growth of our team and enable us to meet our development milestones,” Lisa Rich, Xplore co-founder and chief operating officer, told SpaceNews by
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In this article BRK.A Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett. Andrew Harnik | AP Berkshire Hathaway‘s operating profits surged in the fourth quarter and for the full year as the conglomerate’s businesses continued to roar back to life from the pandemic economic slowdown. Chairman Warren Buffett increased his bet on that comeback, buying back
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Joe Wright’s Cyrano twirls onto 797 screens, the highest-profile specialty release in weeks (as the market awaits Focus Features The Outfit with Mark Rylance and Sony Pictures Classics Mothering Sunday). But the well reviewed period musical romance from UAR starring Peter Dinklage is landing in a tough place. Industry estimates anticipate a low single digit
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VTB Bank signs at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Centre, St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, in St Petersburg, Russia. Sefa Karacan | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images VTB Bank lost their top U.S. lobbyists after President Joe Biden’s latest round of sanctions on the massive Russian financial institution. Sidley Austin, one of the most powerful
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