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Warren Buffett explains why balanced trade is good for the world during Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting. Find the latest: cnb.cx/4j4oXGh

Warren Buffett criticized the idea of tariffs and trade protectionism, saying that “trade should not be a weapon.” Find the latest from the Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting: cnb.cx/4j4oXGh

Warren Buffett said that following Apple’s latest earnings release, he tuned into Cook’s call on Thursday afternoon, the “only investment quarterly call” that he listened to. “I’m somewhat embarrassed to say that Tim Cook has made Berkshire a lot more money than I’ve ever made Berkshire Hathaway,” Buffett joked. “Credit should be given to him.” Find the latest from Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting: cnb.cx/4j4oXGh

Warren Buffett on Saturday criticized President Donald Trump’s hardline trade policy, without naming him directly, saying it’s a big mistake to slap punitive tariffs on the rest of the world. “Trade should not be a weapon,” Buffett said at Berkshire Hathaway ’s annual shareholder meeting. “The United States won. I mean, we have become an incredibly important country, starting from nothing 250 years ago, there’s nothing that anything like it.” “It’s a big mistake, in my view, when you have seven and a half billion people that don’t like you very well, and you got 300 million that are crowing in some way about how well they’ve done - I don’t think it’s right, and I don’t think it’s wise,” he added.

Berkshire Hathaway Automotive CEO Jeff Rachor discusses the impact the auto industry is seeing “so far” from tariffs. Find the latest from Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting: cnb.cx/4j4oXGh

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway reported first-quarter results on Saturday that showed a steep drop in operating earnings from the year-earlier period. The conglomerate, which owns a vast array of insurance, transportation, energy, retail and other businesses also warned that tariffs may further hit profits. Find more: cnb.cx/4iPg2ID

As members of Gen Z continue to graduate high school and enter adulthood, many elect to forgo traditional college degrees. That’s in part because of the cost of getting a bachelor’s degree, they tell CNBC Make It. The annual cost of attending a four-year, in-state public college increased by about 30% between 2011 and 2023, according to Make It calculations based on data from the Education Data Initiative, and went up by 42% at private, nonprofit four-year colleges. “There are about 2 million fewer students in a traditional four-year university now than in 2011,” says Nich Tremper, senior economist at payroll and benefits platform Gusto. Instead, many young people are entering skilled trades like construction, plumbing, electrical contracting and automotive repair.

(Follow along with our full coverage of Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting here.) Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway reported first-quarter results on Saturday that showed a steep drop in operating earnings from the year-earlier period. The conglomerate, which owns a vast array of insurance, transportation, energy, retail and other businesses also warned that tariffs may further hit profits. Operating earnings, which include the conglomerate's fully owned insurance and railroad businesses, fell 14% to $9.641 billion during the first three months of the year. In the first quarter of 2024, they totaled $11.222 billion.