đ Warren Buffett's trillion-dollar hurrah
Plus: A new meat makes its way into an old McDonald's sandwich

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HEREâS WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Warren Buffettâs Berkshire Hathaway just hit a really big milestone. The companyâs market cap reached $1 trillion and is Americaâs first non-tech company to do so.
Abercrombie stock took a big dive on a bad omen. Shares dropped precipitously after the companyâs CEO warned that an âincreasingly uncertain environmentâ could threaten its growth.
United Airlines flight attendants are ready to strike. Members of their union approved the move with 99.99% voting in favor.
Bitcoin got devalued 5% overnight. The cryptocurrencyâs âwhaleâ owners are behind the drop.
Super Micro Computers got a super major ding. Short seller Hindenburg Research says the scandal-plagued company is a âserial recidivistâ that will burn shareholders again soon.
HOW MUCH JET FUEL HAS TO BURN TO FUEL BURNING MAN?
Anywhere from 800 to 3,000 private planes are descending into the Nevada desert this week to ferry participants to the cultural festival.
There are so many of them that a temporary airport is constructed in âBlack Rock Cityâ to accommodate the incoming air travel.
IF THATâS NOT BEEF IN YOUR BIG MAC THEN WHAT IS IT?
McDonaldâs would say that itâs a âChicken Big Mac.â The burger giant is slated to rumored to be bringing back the sandwich that was a fan favorite when it had a limited 2022 run.
The offering is part of a push to lure back customers who had been turned off by high prices among other reasons.
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Thereâs some black hole puffery afoot. Scientists believe that some galaxies appear bigger than they are due to their proximity to the collapsed star formations.
Summer canât end fast enough for some schools. More than 10,000 of them nationwide lack air conditioning to cope with increasingly hot back-to-school seasons.
Americans are loving unions again. The labor organizations notched their second-highest approval rating since the 1960s.
Private equity has a new foothold in your life. The National Football Leagueâs owners will now allow the investment-flipping firms to purchase stakes in your favorite team.
Ozempic is a boon to plus-size fashion fans. The resale platform Poshmark says that itâs seeing a surge in larger-size listings as more people begin using weight-dropping GLP-1 drugs.Â
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