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  • Marc Benioff holds microphoneFinance

    An auction for a private lunch with Marc Benioff raises $1.5 million in his first year replacing Warren Buffett, who netted $19 million for his final auction

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • Alan ShawLeadership

    Norfolk Southern shareholders elect 3 directors nominated by activist, while CEO keeps job

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • Berkshire Hathaway shareholders pose with a cutout poster of CEO Warren Buffett Friday, May 3, 2024, in Omaha, Neb., inside the exhibit hall in Omaha where Berkshire companies sell their products. Buffett will spend hours answering questions at the meeting Saturday. (AP Photo/Josh Funk)Finance

    Warren Buffett saw an AI deepfake video of him that was so good he says he could imagine it tricking him into sending money overseas

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • Greg Abel takes selfie with shareholdersFinance

    Warren Buffett changed the succession plan by saying Greg Abel will run Berkshire’s investments, even though he’s never been a stock picker

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • Warren Buffett speaks on stageFinance

    Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway sells 100 million Apple shares as cash pile and operating profit surge

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • Warren BuffettFinance

    Berkshire board member blesses Buffett’s successor but warns—’he’s not going to be as entertaining as Warren and Charlie’

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Norfolk Southern locomotives are moved through the Conway Terminal in Conway, Pa., June 17, 2023. The activist investors trying to take control of Norfolk Southern’s board are picking up key support, but the railroad’s CEO promised Monday, April 29, 2024, to continue fighting until the May 9 vote because he believes his strategy is the best in the long run for investors, customers and workers. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)Finance

    Activist investors aiming to take over Norfolk Southern gain momentum before key shareholder vote on embattled railroad’s future

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • Marc BenioffLeadership

    Marc Benioff replaces Warren Buffett in private lunch auction for California charity that raised $53 million

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • East Palestine, OhioEnvironment

    Norfolk Southern settles fiery Ohio derailment class action lawsuit for $600 million

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Debris from a Norfolk Southern freight train lies scattered and burning along the tracks on Feb. 4, 2023, the day after it derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)Environment

    EPA never declared a public health emergency after fiery 2023 Norfolk Southern derailment that spilled and burned toxic chemicals in Ohio

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • Smoke fills the sky after an empty CSX coal train hit a rockslide along tracks causing a fiery derailment, March 8, 2023, in a remote area just south of Sandstone, W.Va. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has reiterated his concerns about railroad safety and scolded the industry for not doing more to improve since last year’s fiery Ohio derailment. (Jenny Harnish/The Register-Herald via AP, file)Politics

    Buttigieg is scolding railroads for not doing enough to improve safety after fiery 2023 Ohio derailment: ‘The rate should be going down—and fast’

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Cleanup of a creek is underway in the aftermath of a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, Wednesday, March 8, 2023. Norfolk Southern alone will be responsible for paying for the cleanup after last year’s fiery train derailment in eastern Ohio, a federal judge ruled, Wednesday, March 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)Finance

    Norfolk Southern has to pay for cleanup of fiery Ohio train derailment all by itself, federal judge rules

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • Warren BuffettFinance

    Warren Buffett on markets’ ‘casino-like’ behavior, avoiding snake-oil salesmen and when Charlie Munger told him he made a big mistake

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • Warren Buffett, Charlie MungerFinance

    Warren Buffett pays tribute to Berkshire Hathaway ‘architect’ Charlie Munger in annual letter

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • Trains at a Norfolk Southern rail yard in ChicagoPolitics

    Norfolk Southern is first big U.S. freight railway to let workers use anonymous federal safety hotline in wake of last year’s fiery Ohio derailment

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press