Bloomberg Overflowing cargo ships, snarled production lines, copper above $10,000 and a start to earnings season that’s smashing records. As developed economies reopen and the newly vaccinated embrace their pre-Covid ways, the global rebound is proving vigorous but messy. For equity investors, the most pressing question is whether the return of inflation spoils returns and eats into corporate profits. Accelerating ...

Bloomberg Warren Buffett’s capital-deployment machine pulled back on several fronts at the start of the year as the billionaire took a more cautious stance on stocks. Berkshire Hathaway Inc’s net stock sales in the first quarter were the second-highest in almost five years and the conglomerate, where the billionaire is chief executive officer, slowed its buyback pace, according to a ...

Bloomberg India’s Covid-19 crisis has pummeled demand for transport fuels to the lowest in several months, highlighting the risks for energy consumption amid an uneven global recovery from the pandemic. April sales of gasoline — used in cars and motorcycles — fall to 2.14 million tons to the lowest since August, according to preliminary data from officials with direct knowledge ...