Tag: donald-trump

  • Warren Buffett: I bought $12 billion of stock after Trump won

    Buffett revealed that he has bought $12 billion of stock for his company Berkshire Hathaway Inc since the Republican Donald Trump beat Democrat Hillary Clinton in the Nov. 8 U.S. presidential election. In an interview with talk show host Charlie Rose that aired on Friday night, Buffett suggested that Berkshire's post-election stock purchases overall were…

  • Wells Fargo faces tighter controls as U.S. regulator reverses course

    By Patrick Rucker WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A leading U.S. bank regulator on Friday reversed course and positioned the agency to claw back pay of former executives at Wells Fargo & Co after a phony-accounts scandal. Friday's move may target executive pay at Wells Fargo at a time when some lawmakers complain bank bosses have not…

  • Wall Street slips; indexes still near record highs

    The Nasdaq hit a record high earlier in the session, helped by a rise in Microsoft and other big tech stocks. U.S. stocks had been on a tear since Donald Trump's surprise victory in the presidential election last week as his proposals to increase infrastructure spending and reduce taxes are seen benefiting the economy. The…