Warren Buffett buys Occidental shares for 9 straight days, pushes his stake to nearly 29%

Warren Buffett walks the floor and meets with Berkshire Hathaway shareholders ahead of their annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, on May 3, 2024.David A. GroganWarren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has scooped up more shares of Occidental Petroleum over each of the past nine trading sessions, driving his gigantic stake in the Houston-based oil...

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May retail sales rise 0.1%

A worker assists with check-out at a Costco store in Teterboro, New Jersey, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. Stephanie Keith | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesRetail spending was weaker than expected in May as consumers continued to wrestle with stubbornly higher levels of inflation.Sales rose just 0.1% on the month,...

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LZB, NEE, KR, LEN and more

Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading. La-Z-Boy — Shares jumped more than 9% after La-Z-Boy's latest quarterly results beat expectations. The furniture company posted fiscal fourth-quarter adjusted earnings of 95 cents per share on revenue of $554 million. Analysts polled by LSEG anticipated earnings of 70...

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