Buy ‘undervalued’ Berkshire Hathaway shares ahead of ‘Woodstock for Capitalists,’ says CFRA

Before billionaire investor Warren Buffett takes the stage at Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting on Saturday, investors may want to scoop up some of his stock, according to CFRA. In addition to a Q-and-A session with the 93-year-old Oracle of Omaha, the company will release its first-quarter financial results Saturday...

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Amgen soars on weight loss drug progress, Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly slide

Pavlo Gonchar | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesAmgen's stock rose more than 12% on Friday after the drugmaker teased positive initial data on its experimental weight loss injection. That fueled investor concerns about new competition in the rapidly growing weight loss drug industry, sending shares of the current obesity players, Novo...

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U.S. job growth totaled 175,000 in April

The U.S. economy added fewer jobs than expected in April while the unemployment rate rose, reversing a trend of robust job growth that had kept the Federal Reserve cautious as it looks for signals on when it can start cutting interest rates.Nonfarm payrolls increased by 175,000 on the month,...

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Earnings jump as investment banking beats rivals

Lionel Bonaventure | AFP | GettyImagesCredit Agricole, France's second-biggest listed bank, posted a forecast-beating 55% jump in first-quarter net profit on Friday, helped by corporate and investment banking sales that outperformed rivals.Net profit in the January to March period rose to 1.9 billion euros ($2.04 billion), above the 1.48...

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