| | Billionaire investor Warren Buffett on Monday said buyers of bitcoin, which he has characterized as "rat poison squared," thrive on the hope they'll find other people who will pay more for it. | |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Defense resumed accepting F-35 jet deliveries from Lockheed Martin Corp last week after reaching an agreement on who would cover the costs to fix a production error, the Pentagon told Reuters on Monday. | |
| The first question Warren Buffett was asked at Berkshire Hathaway Inc’s annual meeting on Saturday was whether he was “semi-retired,” having given four lieutenants oversight over the company’s operating businesses and some investments. | |
| BOSTON (Reuters) - Massachusetts' gambling regulator on Monday said it allowed Wynn Resorts Ltd to remove founder Steve Wynn's name from its license for a planned $2.5 billion casino following allegations that Wynn subjected women who worked for him to unwanted sexual advances. | |
| ROME (Reuters) - The new governance set up at Telecom Italia does not change the obligations of top shareholder Vivendi regarding its stake in broadcaster Mediaset , an official from the communications regulator AGCOM said on Monday. | |
| MILAN (Reuters) - Telecom Italia (TIM) reappointed Amos Genish as chief executive on Monday, as the phone group enters a new phase after activist fund Elliott wrestled board control from top shareholder Vivendi . | |
| OSLO (Reuters) - Facebook will double the size of its data center in Sweden's northern city of Lulea, raising its total investments in the region to about 8.7 billion crowns ($987 million), the company said on Monday. | |
| NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar rose to fresh 2018 highs on Monday while oil prices surged to their highest since late 2014, driven by declining Venezuelan crude production and worries the Unites States could re-impose sanctions on Iran. | |
| (Reuters) - Activist investors Carl Icahn and Darwin Deason would consider a bid for Xerox Corp of at least $40 per share, or a split with Fujifilm that will leave the company independent, to resolve an ongoing proxy fight, they said in a letter on Monday. | |
| (Reuters) - Wall Street climbed on Monday, boosted by Apple's sixth straight day of gains and by a surge in oil prices to their highest levels since 2014. | |
| WASHINGTON, May 7 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump and conservative Republicans in the U.S. Congress were edging away on Monday from a threat to pick a new budget fight with Democrats, with the White House expected to propose spending cuts much less severe than previously planned. | |
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