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At 7:46 a.m. Monday, Doornbos had posted on X that Iranian officials were still considering a U.S. proposal to end the war, 'centering around uranium enrichment.'

Net investment income per share has not covered the quarterly distribution for at least four consecutive quarters. Q1 2026 NII came in at $0.27 per share against a declared distribution of $0.3075.

Berkshire Hathaway disclosed ownership of 5,065,744 shares of the New York Times, valued at approximately $351.7 million, marking its return to media investing after exiting its newspaper portfolio in 2020.

Special programs we ran for minorities at the firm were often counterproductive. That may be a provocation to other people. But I think if you brand something a remedial program, you're kind of also branding the people who go into that program.

I don't like wasting money. Dad was very big on not wasting things. If I left my light on in my room, he'd get really upset. Now I go around the house turning off every light. I don't like paying for parking, and I used to own a parking company. It really upsets me if the gas grill was running over the weekend—which it was, and it pissed me off.

Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Capital made a significant portfolio shift, selling its entire stake in Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG) and taking a new position in Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META | META Price Prediction), marking a rotation from consumer discretionary into AI infrastructure. The Trade That Turned Heads Ackman's firm exited Chipotle along with positions in Nike (NYSE:NKE) and Hilton (NYSE:HLT), while simultaneously investing in Meta Platforms, Amazon.com, and Hertz Global Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:HTZ).

Preferred shares represent a hybrid form of ownership. They're classified as equities for accounting and capital structure purposes. However, this asset's cash flows resemble debt. Holders receive fixed or floating dividends that must be paid before common shareholders see a cent, giving these securities a senior position in the payout hierarchy.

Hedge funds and other money managers spent $2.8 billion on alternative data in 2025, according to a new report from consultancy Neudata, a 17% jump from the year before. It's more than double what asset managers spent on alternative data in 2021, which includes a wide range of non-traditional information sources. The report projects that the total spend on alternative datasets could jump to more than $23 billion in the consultancy's bull case in 2030 and just under $8 billion in the bear case.

His new firm, Augnition Global Investors, is set to be a long-short equity investor that will also invest in private companies, a person close to the firm said. Alan Lo, a longtime partner and director of operations for New York-based SRS Investment Management, will be Wang's number two at the new fund. Those at the Breakers conference expect him to raise at least $1 billion, the two conference attendees told Business Insider.

As we kick off 2026, activist investor campaigns are no longer just prevalent; they are global, sophisticated, and have increasingly become an acute threat to corporate leadership. The escalating pressure is undeniable: Barclays data shows that activist investor campaigns hit a high last year - surpassing 2024 by 5% - with 32 CEOs resigning as a result (a record) - and showing no signs of slowing down.

The macro factor driving PWB forward is straightforward: enterprise spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure remains robust, and the companies building that infrastructure are printing money. Alphabet's net income surged 35% year-over-year in Q3 2025 as businesses adopted its Gemini AI models and expanded Google Cloud usage. NVIDIA tells an even more dramatic story-its data center business has transformed the company from a gaming chip maker into an AI infrastructure powerhouse, with earnings growth that reflects the scale of enterprise AI adoption.