Author: super@dmin
-

Brett Arends’s ROI: Warren Buffett’s newest challenge: Saving his hometown newspaper
The Omaha World-Herald, which Buffett bought in 2011, is shrinking fast.
-

Metals Stocks: Gold prices climb as Trump’s China tariff threat rattles markets
Gold prices bid higher Monday as investors back away from equities and oil on fears U.S. trade talks may get derailed.
-

Need to Know: ‘Art of the Deal’ or a serious breakdown in trade talks? Stocks point to the latter
White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow, in a tweet that put an awkward exclamation point on Friday’s stock-market rally, cheered “we’re killing it on the economy” and it’s “totally awesome.” In the first trading session since that tweet went viral, it certainly doesn’t feel totally awesome for traders who were anticipating good news on the…
-

Meet the man who helped create one of the best public pension plans in America
Gary Gates helped turn Wisconsin into the home of one of only two fully funded pension plans.
-

Market Extra: Happy birthday, Gordon Gekko: My 5 favorite quotes from the ‘Wall Street’ villain
Gordon Gekko was a bad guy in a movie released 32 years ago, and yet he is still widely quoted on Wall Street today. And as many on the Street know, May 6 is Gekko’s birthday.
-

Outside the Box: Lax standards for home equity lines of credit repeat bubble-era madness
Easily available HELOCs threaten homeowners and the economy, writes Keith Jurow.
-

BookWatch: How corporate monopolies fuel wage stagnation, inequality, and populism
‘The Myth of Capitalism: Monopolies and the Death of Competition,’ is reviewed.
-

Asia Markets: Asian markets plunge as U.S.-China trade deal appears in jeopardy
Asian stock markets plunged in early trading Monday as trade negotiations between the U.S. and China appeared to be on the verge of collapse.
-

The Wall Street Journal: SoftBank may launch IPO of its $100 billion Vision Fund, start another giant fund
SoftBank Group Corp. is considering audacious fundraising plans, including a public offering of its $100 billion investment fund and the launch of a second fund of at least that size, as it looks to seize on an exploding startup scene, people familiar with the matter said.
-

Country House — a 65-to-1 long shot — wins 145th Kentucky Derby after Maximum Security disqualified
In a stunning outcome, Country House was awarded first place in the 145th Kentucky Derby on a sloppy, rain-soaked course on a Saturday marked by a controversial review that resulted in the disqualification of Maximum Security, the first place finisher.