3M board declares quarterly dividend of $0.78 per share

Warren Buffett served as chief executive officer of the Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA -2.37%)(BRKB -2.46%) holding company between 1965 and 2025. Over that 60-year period, his investment decisions turned it into a $1 trillion conglomerate with numerous wholly owned subsidiaries, a $350 billion stock portfolio, and more than $300 billion in cash holdings. Berkshire stock returned…

By Ian Hall on 14/07/2026 | Updated on 14/07/2026 Photo from Pixabay Regulatory oversight of AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft and Oracle to help ensure they can manage operational disruption affecting critical services The UK government has designated four of the world’s biggest cloud technology companies as ‘critical third parties’ (CTPs) to enable regulators to “strengthen…

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24 June 2026 Biennial report assesses progress towards euro adoption in Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Sweden Countries under review show economic resilience to external shocks but still face obstacles on road to euro adoption Mixed inflation trends, with fiscal situation deteriorating in most countries Legislation in all five countries not fully compatible with…

Central banks are scaling back on the dollar as institutional bullion buying climbs to record highs. In the World Gold Council’s (WGC) latest annual survey of central banks, 83% of respondents expect to increase their gold holdings over the next year. That’s up from 76% in 2025. This surge in demand is due to the…

Writer E. Jean Carroll arrived at the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, where former U.S. President Donald Trump was to arrive to ask a federal appeals court to overturn a $5 million jury verdict finding him liable for sexually assaulting and defaming her, who accused Trump of raping her nearly three decades ago, in…