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Greg Abel stepped into the spotlight at Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting this weekend, his first as chief executive after Warren Buffett's historic exit following sixty years at the helm. The arena was roughly half full compared to prior years, but investors largely came away encouraged, describing the session as more business-focused and substantive than the Buffett-era gatherings that drew crowds more for spectacle than strategy.
Shifting to aviation, a United Airlines jet clipped a semitrailer truck and a light pole on the New Jersey Turnpike while approaching Newark Liberty International Airport Sunday. Safety experts described the margin as terrifyingly thin, noting that another five to eight feet of altitude loss could have turned a near-miss into a catastrophe. Federal investigators are now examining how a commercial aircraft came that close to highway-level infrastructure on final approach.
And on the domestic policy front, the White House is reportedly weighing an executive order that would require federal review of new artificial intelligence models before they reach the public. The move would represent a significant escalation in government oversight of the sector, and markets will be watching closely for how major AI developers respond to what could become a meaningful regulatory constraint on deployment timelines.
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