“When I think about Greg, he not only has high business acumen, but he has really high business instincts,” Dairy Queen CEO Troy Bader said Friday. “The intuition is really important. And, you know, Warren has that intuition, but Greg has a lot of it as well.”
Berkshire grew aggressively over the decades with Buffett as chairman and CEO, as he chose acquisitions and stocks for the company portfolio alongside trusted adviser and vice chairman, Charlie Munger, who died in 2023 at 99. The conglomerate acquired a bewildering assortment of businesses, which Buffett often said mirrored the US economy as a whole. […]
The collection, which is owned by the province, features items including the company’s first minutes book from 1671, historical maps, videos, audio recordings and so many diaries, letters and research notes that the textual records alone take up more than 1,500 linear metres of shelf space.
Separately, the U.S. administration is also investigating the national security implications of imported uranium and other minerals. After a similar probe during U.S. President Donald Trump’s first term in 2019, which ultimately spared uranium, Cameco took steps to protect itself, such as looking at contract terms and delivery timelines.
“We’ve not seen a significant impact to our volumes thus far, but there’s no question that uncertainty has increased over the last few months, and we’re seeing a heightened risk of recession in both Canada and the U.S.,” said chief executive Tracy Robinson.
The initial estimate from grid operator Red Electrica was that restoring all power supply in Spain may take between six and 10 hours. By Monday evening, that was looking optimistic — at 9pm Madrid time, there was 17.3 gigawatts of demand on the grid, about two thirds the amount seen just before the blackout happened, […]
As Trump’s 2024 campaign heated up, his allies used that scaffolding. Conservatives aligned with the Heritage Foundation held dozens of listening sessions with hundreds of experts and representatives from key industries, including health care, finance, energy and agriculture. The events were run like focus groups, with leaders helping coax participants to go beyond outlining routine […]
In 2019, Beijing blocked Canadian canola imports from two companies, citing contamination issues, though the move was believed to be in response to Canada detaining Meng Wanzhou, a Chinese business executive. Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig were also detained in China days after Wanzhou’s arrest.
For the industry, the showing proves the film’s reach has broadened beyond horror fans to mainstream audiences wanting to see what the hype is about. Last weekend, men made up 56% of the audience. This weekend, the gender divide narrowed to 50/50. Premium large format showings, like the 70mm IMAX screens, are also a big […]
Canada, whose tariffs aren’t affected by the temporary reprieve, is going to take it’s time, too. “We don’t have to do a deal in the short term,” Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney told reporters Thursday, as he campaigned in British Columbia ahead of the April 28 election. “My government will do the right deal.”