Some of the U.S.’s most prominent tech companies may be about to face a new challenge, one that they likely didn’t see coming. When President Donald Trump defeated Kamala Harris in the 2024 U.S. presidential election, many tech stocks surged. His history of favoring policies that eased regulation on big business made his victory a highly bullish indicator for many high-growth companies. 💵💰Don’t miss the move: Subscribe to TheStreet’s free daily newsletter💰💵 For many tech companies, though, Trump’s win seemed particularly promising. The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) had formed a cornerstone of his campaign, and the new president had…

Berkshire Hathaway founder and Chairman Warren Buffett is going to forego his usual stage appearance at the 2026 company shareholders’ meeting, the Omaha World-Herald reported on Sunday. Buffett instead will be seated alongside the company’s board of directors while his successor and current vice chairman and incoming CEO Greg Abel answers questions, the report said. At Buffett’s…

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Sunday dismissed Moody’s downgrade of the US sovereign credit rating, saying President Trump’s administration would ensure US economic growth outpaced its debt. “I don’t put much credence in the Moody’s” downgrade, Bessent said on CNN’s “State of the Union” program. Bessent said the tax-cut bill being debated in Congress would spur economic…

WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent acknowledged Sunday that Walmart, the largest US retailer, may pass along some of the costs from President Donald Trump’s tariffs to its shoppers through higher prices. Bessent described his call with the company’s CEO a day after Trump warned Walmart to avoid raising prices…

The Casey DeSantis for governor trial balloon is briskly losing its altitude.Republicans from Tallahassee to Washington — some of whom were convinced just over a month ago that Florida’s first lady was set on launching a campaign to succeed her husband — now believe she is unlikely to challenge Congressman…

Five years on, New York City office building foot traffic has all but recovered from the “work from home” losses caused by the pandemic — and here’s the proof. Visits to office buildings in April were a mere 5.5% below April 2019 levels, authoritative Placer.ai platform found, making the Big Apple the nation’s clear…

Global insurance and investment firm Starr is expanding into Silverstein Properties’ 1177 Sixth Ave. The new, 49,264 square-foot lease is in addition to Starr’s current space at 399 Park Ave., where it will remain. Sources said the asking rent was in the $80s per square foot. Starr will have the…

Ree Drummond’s daughter Paige is getting married on Saturday, May 17Paige and fiancé David Andersen will tie the knot on the family’s Pawhuska, Okla., ranchIn an Instagram Stories post, Ree wrote, “Our second baby is getting married here in 2 days”Ree Drummond and her husband Ladd are getting ready for…

Some day, and that day may never come, real-estate media will discover that tenant departures and loan expirations at any particular office building don’t portend doom for the building. Take 568 Broadway, the 12-story, century-old Soho beauty that Eric Hadar of Allied Partners and Bobby Cayre of Aurora Capital have owned…

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