05:56 AM EST, 02/24/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Berkshire Hathaway ( BRK/A ) has removed commitments to pursue hiring practices that promote diversity and inclusion from its latest annual report released Saturday. The company's 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 annual reports included a statement committing to the hiring policies that identify qualified candidates and promote diversity and inclusion in the workforce....

05:57 AM EST, 02/24/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Berkshire Hathaway ( BRK/A ) (BRK.A, BRK.B) plans to increase its Japanese investments, particularly in trading houses Itochu, Mitsui, Marubeni, Mitsubishi, and Sumitomo, Chief Executive Warren Buffett said in an annual letter published Saturday. Over time, you will likely see Berkshire's ownership of all five increase somewhat, Buffett said without disclosing further details...

Mumbai (Reuters) -DBS Group plans to cut 4,000 jobs over the next three years as it expects artificial intelligence (AI) increasingly take on roles carried out by humans, chief executive officer Piyush Gupta said on Monday. My current projection in the next three years, we'll shrink our workforce by about 4,000 or 10%, Gupta said at an industry conference in...

* Business activity index fell to 17-month low in February * Manufacturers that rely on steel revise financial forecasts due to tariffs * White House says tariffs give US metal producers breathing room, higher prices a 'natural result' By Timothy Aeppel Feb 24 (Reuters) - The price of the steel Glen Calder buys for his small machinery factory in South...