The jobs report released last week showed the job market shrank in July, after months of growth. Employers shed 23,000 jobs that month, far below the 83,000 jobs that were expected to be gained.

The economy lost 23,000 jobs in July and hiring in the previous two months was a lot weaker than originally reported, suggesting the labor market has sputtered again after a brief spurt in hiring in the spring.

U.S. employers shed 23,000 jobs and the unemployment rate fell to 4.1% in July, new Labor Department data shows.

The U.S. labor market lost jobs in July as inflation, tariffs, higher oil prices and economic uncertainty weigh on employers.

Berkshire Hathaway’s new CEO Greg Abel has invested $10 billion in Google’s parent company and repurchased about $4.5 billion of its shares

Company’s cash hoard at end of 2025 — which Abel noted was not a sign of an investment retreat — was down 2.1% from September to $373.3 billion.

The conglomerate struck a $6.8 billion deal, repurchased Berkshire shares and was a net buyer of other stocks, while more than doubling quarterly profits

Berkshire Hathaway chief executive Greg Abel ploughed a net $19.8bn into the stock market in the second quarter, ending a more than three-year selling streak by his predecessor Warren Buffett. The investments,

Dream Finders Homes inked a deal to buy Beazer Homes for about $915 million, following several months of talks.

The transaction will make Dream Finders Homes the sixth-largest home builder in the U.S. as sales continue to lag.

Dream Finders Homes said on Friday it would acquire peer Beazer Homes in ​an all-cash deal worth about $2.2 billion, including debt, ‌as it looks to scale up and become the sixth-largest U.S. homebuilder in a challenging housing market.

An Atlanta-based company plans to combine with a Florida-based competitor to form the sixth-largest homebuilder in the nation.