Josh Funk

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January 31, 2023
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February 3, 2023
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Dynabrade Acquires Global Abrasive Products
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JBS to Pay $20 Million in Pork Price-Fixing Settlement
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Unions Blast Rail Move to Delay Shipments Before Deadline
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Rail Union Says Plan for Contract Deal Doesn't Address Concerns
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Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, smiles as he plays bridge following the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting in Omaha, Neb., on May 5, 2019. Warren Buffett's company bet more on high-tech darlings Apple and Amazon during the second quarter of 2022 while also investing billions in old school oil producers Occidental Petroleum and Chevron.
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Buffett's Firm Buys More Apple, Amazon While Betting on Oil
Wall Street follows Berkshire’s investments closely because of Buffett’s remarkably successful track record over the decades.
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Buffett's Firm Reports $44B Loss
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In this May 5, 2019, file photo, Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, speaks during a game of bridge following the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting in Omaha, Neb.
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Warren Buffett's Firm Owns Nearly $11B of Occidental Stock
Berkshire has bought more than $1.3 billion worth shares this month alone.
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In this June 10, 2020 file photo, cattle occupy a feedlot in Columbus, Neb. The nation's largest food distributor has joined the other businesses accusing the four largest meat processors of working together to inflate beef prices. Sysco recently filed a federal lawsuit in Texas accusing Tyson Foods, JBS, Cargill and National Beef of price fixing.
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Sysco Accuses 4 Largest Beef Processors of Price Fixing
The nation's largest food distributor filed a federal lawsuit accusing Tyson, JBS, Cargill and National Beef of price fixing.
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Buffett's Berkshire Keeps Buying Occidental Petroleum Stock
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Warren Buffett Tells Shareholders About Spending $51 billion
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Striking Kellogg's workers stand outside the company's cereal plant in Omaha, Neb., on Dec. 2, 2021. Several hundred workers at a Kellogg's plant that makes Cheez-Its won a new contract, Wednesday, March 30, 2022, that delivers more than 15% wage increases over three years after 1,400 workers at the company's cereal plants went on strike for nearly three months last fall.
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Big Raises for Kellogg Workers
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Meatpacking giant JBS has agreed to a $52.5 million settlement in a beef price-fixing lawsuit, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022, that some say supports their concerns about how the lack of competition in the industry affects prices.
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Beef Giant JBS to Pay $52.5M to Settle Price-Fixing Lawsuit
JBS didn't admit any wrongdoing as part of the settlement.
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