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Oil prices shot higher on Friday morning after US-Iran talks ended in Geneva on Thursday with no deal and the US began ordering evacuations from embassies in the Middle East.

Futures on Brent crude (BZ=F), the international pricing benchmark, jumped by 2.9% to change hands above $72.90,

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Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) shares fell about 1% in early trading Friday after a senior executive overseeing the company’s Cybercab program departed ahead of its planned robo-taxi rollout.

The company confirmed that Victor Nechita,

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Feb. 27 (UPI) — January’s wholesale prices were up more than double the Dow Jones consensus estimate, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.

The producer price index for January showed final demand prices, excluding food and energy, increased 0.8% on a seasonally adjusted basis. The Dow Jones consensus estimated an increase of 0.3%.

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Warren Buffett stepped down as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway on December 31, 2025, after six decades leading the conglomerate he transformed from a struggling textile mill into a $1 trillion empire. The “Oracle of Omaha” left his successor, Greg Abel, with a very concentrated portfolio: more than 65% of Berkshire’s $381 billion portfolio is invested in just 6 Stocks. 

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