Samsung finally revealed its Samsung Galaxy S9 phone on the sidelines of Mobile World Congress. It looks pretty similar to Samsung's flagship Galaxy S8 phone but has some exciting, new features. The S9 will have a new augmented reality emoji feature and a better camera. The Galaxy S9 will cost $720 and the S9 plus will cost $840. Pre-orders start this Friday, March 2.
Warren Buffett spent more money on Apple stock last year than on any other company. Berkshire Hathaway's second-biggest holding is now Apple, just behind Wells Fargo. These details were revealed in Berkshire Hathaway's annual letter released over the weekend. We also discovered that Berkshire Hathaway's net profit grew to $65 billion, thanks in part to savings from the GOP tax overhaul.
Cheddar sits down with Francis Lawrence, director of the new film "Red Sparrow," starring Jennifer Lawrence. This is Lawrence's 4th time working with Jennifer Lawrence. Previously, they worked together on "The Hunger Games" films. Lawrence says he and actress Jennifer Lawrence love working together and have become great friends. When Francis Lawrence first read the book which "Red Sparrow" is based on, he called Jennifer Lawrence immediately. She plays a Russian spy in the film, which hits theaters this Friday, March 2.
And we recap the biggest moments from the 2018 Winter Olympics with James Yoder, CEO and founder of Chat Sports. Yoder says the U.S. had a pretty underwhelming performance at the Olympics, finishing fourth overall in the games. The U.S. team is going home with just 23 medals, the lowest count in 20 years. But there were plenty of big moments for Team USA from the Winter Olympics. Yoder thinks snowboarder Chloe Kim and figure skater Nathan Chen will be the faces of the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Joe Cecela, Dream Exchange CEO, explains how they are aiming to form the first minority-controlled company to operate an exchange in U.S. history. Watch!
A Michigan judge is putting sponges in the hands of shoplifters and ordering them to wash cars in a Walmart parking lot when spring weather arrives. Genesee County Judge Jeffrey Clothier hopes the unusual form of community service discourages people from stealing from Walmart. The judge also wants to reward shoppers with free car washes. Clothier says he began ordering “Walmart wash” sentences this week for shoplifting at the store in Grand Blanc Township. He believes 75 to 100 people eventually will be ordered to wash cars this spring. Clothier says he will be washing cars alongside them when the time comes.
The State Department had been in talks with Elon Musk’s Tesla company to buy armored electric vehicles, but the plans have been put on hold by the Trump administration after reports emerged about a potential $400 million purchase. A State Department spokesperson said the electric car company owned by Musk was the only one that expressed interest back in May 2024. The deal with Tesla was only in its planning phases but it was forecast to be the largest contract of the year. It shows how some of his wealth has come and was still expected to come from taxpayers.
At 100 years old, the Goodyear Blimp is an ageless star in the sky. The 246-foot-long airship will be in the background of the Daytona 500 — flying roughly 1,500 feet above Daytona International Speedway, actually — to celebrate its greatest anniversary tour. Even though remote camera technologies are improving regularly and changing the landscape of aerial footage, the blimp continues to carve out a niche. At Daytona, with the usual 40-car field racing around a 2½-mile superspeedway, views from the blimp aptly provide the scope of the event.
You'll just have to wait for interest rates (and prices) to go down. Plus, this deal's a steel, the big carmaker wedding is off, and bribery is back, baby!
