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OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – Next week Warren Buffett steps down as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, a role he’s held for six decades. He dropped the retirement bombshell this spring at the annual shareholders meeting.

While Greg Abel will take over operations on Jan. 1 and lead next year’s shareholders meeting, Buffett has said he will still come to the office.

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Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway removed Kraft Heinz from the list of operating companies on its website earlier this year, weeks before writing down its investment in the food and beverage giant and leaving its board of directors.

The famed investor‘s conglomerate took Kraft off its subsidiaries page in April,

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US stock futures were mostly flat early Tuesday as investors braced for a batch of delayed economic reports that could help clarify the health of the American economy. Futures tied to the S&P 500, Nasdaq 100, and Dow Jones Industrial Average hovered near the flatline after Wall Street posted its third straight session of gains to start the week.

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Many farmers are entering 2026 in a tight spot.

Crop growers in the Midwest and Great Plains are grappling with low crop prices. Scott Irwin, a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign agricultural economist, said there’s been a stretch of general losses in corn, soybeans and wheat. Row-crop producers have lost a combined $34.6 billion this year before crop insurance and other support,

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By Matt Wagner, CFA

Three consecutive years of dominance from growth, momentum and the “Mag 7” have put valuations at the forefront of investor concerns heading into 2026.

The U.S. market increasingly feels like a

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