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Ball Completes Acquisition of Tubex Aluminum Aerosol Packaging Business in Brazil - PRNewswire

BROOMFIELD, Colo., Aug. 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Ball Corporation (NYSE: BLL) has completed the acquisition of Tubex Industria E Comercio de Embalagens Ltda., an impact extruded aluminum aerosol packaging business that includes a manufacturing plant in Itupeva, which is near Sao Paolo, Brazil.

The business, now part of Ball's aluminum aerosol packaging division, complements Ball's global aluminum aerosol and slug business in the Americas, Europe and India. The Itupeva plant includes eight extruded aluminum aerosol can lines, and produces personal care packaging for global and local customers in Brazil.

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Ball Corporation supplies innovative, sustainable packaging solutions for beverage, personal care and household products customers, as well as aerospace and other technologies and services primarily for the U.S. government. Ball Corporation and its subsidiaries employ more than 18,300 people worldwide and 2019 net sales were $11.5 billion. For more information, visit www.ball.com, or connect with us on Facebook or Twitter.

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Apple, Tesla stock splits take effect. What five market analysts are watching - CNBC

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Apple's and Tesla's stocks have officially split.

Shares of both companies rose Monday, their first day of trading post-split. Apple shares are up nearly 36% since July 30, when it announced its 4-for-1 split. Tesla's stock is up almost 76% since its announced its 5-for-1 split on Aug. 11.

Market watchers are divided on what the splits may mean for Apple and Tesla. Here's what five of them told CNBC on Monday:

Daniel Ives, managing director of equity research at Wedbush Securities, predicted the splits would drive Apple and Tesla higher:

"I think this was a smart move by the companies and the board[s] and ultimately I think there's going to be more stalwarts that follow. And I think right now, they're just in a position of strength if you see what's happening in terms of the market, of course on the EV side with Tesla and then Apple going into a supercycle. And this was the smart move at the right time in terms of the stock split and I view it as putting more sort of gasoline in the tank in terms of these stocks moving higher."

Sarat Sethi, managing partner at Douglas C. Lane, cautioned investors not to buy in simply because of the splits:

"I think the idea that you can have more pieces of a pie for the same pie is concerning, especially for long-term investors and I think the ability for some of the retail investors to get in there and trade. So, that's kind of making me a little wary when you look at how fast some of these stocks are moving when they're announcing splits and some of the stocks that are just moving in these huge ranges even though the broader market's not moving. … So, I think when you get some of that air coming out of the bubble, it might bring down some of the rest of the market and that's kind of where we're going to see some, hopefully, resilience in the breadth of the market. And stocks that have solid balance sheets and good growth that are trading at what we think are good discounts to the market should outperform when the retail investor's going to probably get hurt in some of these stocks that they're just buying because they're splitting."

Leon Cooperman, Omega Family Office chairman and CEO, emphasized the moves don't actually generate a higher valuation:

"Everybody understands that splits don't create value. My dad once told me if he gave me five singles for a $5 bill, I'm no better off. ... Apple's up 30% with the S&P up 6% and everybody's talking about the split. The splits don't create any value."

JJ Kinahan, chief market strategist at TD Ameritrade, suggested Apple's and Tesla's moves could fuel demand:

"I do think it will add to some increased demand. It's become a lot more affordable for people overall. In 2014, we saw incredible demand for this. In fact, we saw five times more trades on a stock split day and seven times more accounts place a trade. Now, I don't expect near that type of lift, especially considering the increased volume we've had over the last six months and … the incredible run-up that most stocks have had. However, I do think … sometimes people forget that capital management is the biggest thing the retail investor has to do, and so now, this may [put] people in a situation where buying 100 shares, etc., isn't such a giant part of their account so more people will consider it."

Roger McNamee, co-founder of Elevation Partners, said he was trimming his tech positions regardless of the splits:

"I look at the market. I look at the stock split. I realize there's a lot of momentum here. And you never know when the momentum's going to end, and I'm not trying to make a call on that issue. I'm just saying that, for me, this is enough. It's been a great ride. And it's not just Apple that I've been selling. I'm looking broadly through my tech portfolio — and I own a bunch of names — and I have been reducing positions across the board simply because I want to reduce the level of risk I'm taking in the market. I've had a year in the market that's been truly extraordinary notwithstanding what I think is demonstrably the worst year of reality of my lifetime."

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2020 NBA Mock Draft: Knicks trade up to land LaMelo Ball; Timberwolves select Anthony Edwards with top pick - CBS Sports

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We may not be sure when the 2020 NBA Draft will take place, but at least we now know the order. Unlike most drafts, securing the top pick this year doesn't necessarily guarantee you a franchise player, so it will be interesting to see how the Minnesota Timberwolves handle their choice. Will they look to trade it and gather more win-now talent and/or future assets? Or will they fall in love with one of the top prospects?

The same conundrum lies for the Golden State Warriors, who expect to be a title contender once again next season, and might not have as much use for whichever player they can get at No. 2. No matter who ends up taking them, it seems likely that the top three picks will be Anthony Edwards, LaMelo Ball and James Wiseman -- we're just not sure which order yet.

My first mock draft was done before we knew the draft order, so things have changed quite a bit now that we can take team needs into account. Here we go with version 2.0.

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Ball State Health Professions Building earns sustainability certification - Ball State University News

The new Health Professions Building at Ball State University has earned a LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), affirming the University’s commitment toward sustainable construction and environmental best practices.

The 165,000-square-foot Health Professions Building opened in 2019 and is home to Ball State’s College of Health, including classrooms, labs, clinical spaces, community clinics, and more.

The Health Professions Building is the seventh structure on campus to earn LEED Gold certification. Seven other buildings have earned other LEED certifications as well.

“At Ball State, we are committed to creating a brighter future for everyone,” University President Geoffrey S. Mearns said. “That commitment goes beyond education. It includes serving as stewards of our natural resources so that generations to come inherit a healthy Earth.”

In addition to being a state-of-the-art teaching facility, the Health Professions Building includes innovative technologies that reduce its impact on the environment, according to Jim Lowe, Associate Vice President for Facilities Planning and Management.

Those features include green roofs, photovoltaic solar panels, an underground storm water retention system, low-flow water fixtures, energy-efficient LED lighting, a design that enhances daylight to reduce energy consumption, and geothermal heating and cooling.

“The effort to create a greener campus goes back almost 30 years,” Lowe said. “As our campus expands to meet student needs, we will remain committed to the principles of sustainable construction and eco-friendly operations.”

The University is likely to celebrate the certification with a virtual ceremony involving representatives from USGBC and Ratio. Details on the ceremony are to be determined and will be announced as they become available.

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A&R Logistics Promotes Chris Ball To Company President - PRNewswire

HOUSTON, Aug. 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- A&R Logistics, Inc. ("A&R"), one of North America's leading providers of supply chain services for the chemical industry, has named Chris Ball as the Company's President. Chris has served as President of A&R Global Logistics, the Company's 3PL division, since 2016. Mark Holden, who has served as CEO of A&R since 2012 and President and CEO since 2018, will continue to lead A&R as CEO. 

Commenting on the announcement, Mark Holden stated, "On behalf of the A&R board and the entire management team, I am very excited to announce that Chris will assume this critical leadership role within A&R Logistics. With a deep background in transportation and logistics, a pronounced entrepreneurial spirit, and exceptional strategic vision around A&R's leading role in North America's chemical supply chain, Chris has been a tremendous contributor to our business since joining.  Moreover, he has been a consummate team player within the organization. I am delighted to see him now take on an even greater leadership role within the Company."

Chris Ball joined A&R over four years ago to lead the Company's 3PL division, A&R Global Logistics, as President. Chris has over 25 years of experience in transportation, logistics, and supply chain management that includes holding senior executive positions within large scale North American trucking firms, founding two 3PL businesses, and holding several senior leadership roles inside global distribution corporations. Chris has a proven track record in leading successful organizations that focus on high levels of service to clients while developing and delivering innovative global supply chain solutions. 

"I am honored and thrilled to be given the opportunity to help lead A&R Logistics, and I would like to thank Mark Holden, the A&R board, and all of my fellow teammates for their support," said Ball. "A&R is a truly unique company with amazing professionals, and we pride ourselves on delivering innovative, best-in-class supply chain services to the world's leading chemical companies. I am committed to helping build on that important tradition, and I am grateful for the opportunity to do so. In addition, I would like to congratulate my successor in the Global 3PL division, Dale Carpenter, who joined us in May and whose deep industry and functional expertise position him well to take that business to new heights as division President."

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A&R Logistics, Inc. is a leading supply chain services company providing dry and liquid bulk chemical transportation services, warehousing & packaging, distribution, export, and third-party logistics solutions to numerous multinational companies within the chemical industry. A&R provides a comprehensive suite of services including over-the-road transportation, transloading, packaging, warehousing, and end-to-end outsourced transportation management through a nationwide network of facilities, a combination of company-owned equipment and owner-operators, and a non-asset-based transportation management division. 

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Four of China's five largest state-owned banks prepare for bad debt from COVID-19 - Fox Business

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BEIJING/SHANGHAI - Four of China’s five largest state-owned banks said they have increased their provisions against bad debt to brace for future losses due to the impact of the global coronavirus pandemic.

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All five reported their biggest profit falls in at least a decade and an increase in soured loans when announcing their half-year results on Sunday and last week.

The results highlight the impact of the pandemic and the economic slowdown on Chinese banks as borrowers struggle to repay debt after months of lockdown and some sectors, such as those in the travel industry, labour to survive on lingering COVID-19 fears.

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Amid the grind, China’s banks have been asked to step up and lend to flagging sectors while sacrificing profits in a bid to revive the country’s fortunes.

Agricultural Bank of China Ltd (AgBank) (601288.SS) (1288.HK) said “the lagging impact of the epidemic and the risk of uncertainty are expected to be further transmitted to the banking industry,” in its half-year results on Sunday.

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China Construction Bank Corp (CCB) (601939.SS) (0939.HK), the country’s second-largest lender by assets, said it plans to assess credit risks and up provisions, just as Bank of China Ltd (BoC) (601988.SS) (3988.HK) said the same.

Even more directly, Bank of Communications Co Ltd (BoCom) (601328.SS) (3328.HK) said on Friday it had boosted “provisions to counter the future impact of the pandemic.”

CHINESE BANKS MUST BRACE FOR SURGE IN BAD LOANS, REGULATOR SAYS

Second-quarter loan-loss provisions were up 61% to 436% compared to the same period last year at ICBC, CCB, AgBank and BoC, showed data from China International Capital Corp (CICC).

The crater in first-half profit was mostly down to provisioning ordered by regulators, said CICC on Monday, noting that second-quarter profit would otherwise have been 1.5% to 5.1% for those four lenders.

“In the foreseeable future, downward pressure of banks’ profit and revenue will continue to weigh,” said Wang Yifeng, an analyst with Everbright Securities, adding that banks will keep boosting provisions in the third quarter.

Net interest margins (NIM) - a key gauge of bank profitability - fell at Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) (1398.HK) (601398.SS), the world’s largest commercial lender by assets, BoCom, CCB and AgBank.

But at BoC, NIM improved slightly to 1.82% from 1.8% three months earlier.

AgBank’s fell to 2.14% at the end of June from 2.17% at the end of March, while at ICBC it narrowed to 1.98% at the end of the second quarter, from 2.2% at the end of the first.

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Non-performing loan (NPL) ratios rose at the big five banks during the reporting period, with that of ICBC increasing to 1.5% by the end of June from 1.43% three months earlier, and that of CCB rising by 0.07 percentage points in second quarter to 1.49%.

Chinese commercial banks overall posted a 9.4% drop in first-half net profit to 1 trillion yuan ($146.08 billion), according to data from the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission.

By the end of the June quarter, the average non-performing loan ratio for commercial banks was at 1.94%, commission data showed, the highest since 2009.

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Five people were arrested for violating Gov. David Ige’s emergency proclamation after Hawaii Police Department officers were dispatched to a report of a more than 20 people gathering at Kahaluu Beach Park.

At about 5 p.m. Saturday, police responded to the park’s large pavilion to reportedly observe approximately 30 individuals within the large pavilion. Additionally, none of these individuals were wearing masks or social distancing.

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“Upon contact with these individuals, officers attempted to educate these parties on the most recent Governor’s Emergency Proclamation; however, they refused to listen or comply with the officers,” a press release from department reads. “Officers then began to issue citations, where the crowd then became belligerent and hostile.”

Police said officers then requested additional units to their location. Once additional officers were on scene, they began arresting all individuals who were in violation of the emergency proclamation, therefore causing others to disperse.

A total of five people were arrested and charged with five offense each: Violating Ige’s emergency proclamation by gathering in a group of greater than 10, not wearing a mask and failing to maintain social distancing as well as failure to disperse. Bail was set at $6,500 for Gene Tamashiro, 53, of Hilo; Stefanie Nolff, 48, of Keaau; Diane Fischer, 65, of Kailua-Kona; Melody Harris, 60, of Kailua-Kona; and Michaele Medearis, 53, of Holualoa.

Michelle Melendez, organizer of the event, the Hawaii Health Summit, told West Hawaii Today the event was peaceful and the group was about to leave when three officers arrived.

“Then we stayed,” she said via email, adding the department called out 22 cops with 15 cop cars speeding down Alii Drive “with their sirens and lights on. This was not an emergency.

“There were more cops than people by the time all the officers got out of their cars. They were standing there not saying a word to us. Once they all were there they walked toward us and started grabbing people and arresting them,” she said. “They didn’t say a word.”

She claimed the charges the people were arrested on were not laws.

“They were charged with not wearing a mask, not social distancing, gathering with more than 10-people and not dispersing,” said Melendez. “They should have been processed and let go that night but instead had a $6,500 bail. Peaceful people, no weapons, no harm to anyone. We were at a public beach!”

Melendez said the four women had been bailed out while Tamashiro opted to stay until arraignment.

The group met to ask questions regarding the virus, which she said “there is no legitimate proof that the virus is terribly lethal,” adding that according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) “only 6% of the deaths attributable to the virus have actually been ‘caused by’ the virus and the remainder of the deaths are attributable to two or more underlying comorbidities.”

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“The past 5-months have proven that the health care system in Hawaii is not at risk of being overwhelmed, nor is there an imminent threat of death and damage which would justify further emergency declarations,” she wrote. “The fact that between 2016 and 2019 somewhere between 300 to 500 persons per year have died of “flu like“ symptoms in Hawaii compared to some 60 persons claimed to have died from the virus in 2020 clearly demonstrates that there is more going on here than dealing with a public health threat or crisis.”

In response Melendez says the group is starting a “peaceful Hawaii Freedom Walk” on Saturdays at 3 p.m. along Queen Kaahumanu Highway, near Henry Street, in Kailua-Kona, “to protest this action as well as the unlawful mandates. We will be 6 feet apart in silence with our signs. To learn more go to http://Hawaiifreedomwalk.com.”

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Bleacher Report proposes Knicks-Hornets trade to land LaMelo Ball in New York - Lonzo Wire

The New York Knicks will have to get creative in order to land the coveted LaMelo Ball in October’s draft. After not only failing to move up in the draft lottery but falling two spots to the No. 8 pick, the Knicks now have to decide if Ball is worth trading up in the draft for.

From an asset standpoint, the Knicks have an excess of first round draft picks, but those largely belong to the Clippers and Mavericks, two sides that will likely be playoff contenders for years moving forward. That means those picks likely will never be more than late firsts.

As a result, it may cost the Knicks more than just draft picks to land a top-three pick and a chance to draft Ball. Bleacher Report’s Zach Buckley proposed a trade along those lines that would see the Knicks trade away Mitchell Robinson, Reggie Bullock and the No. 8 pick for Malik Monk and the No. 3 pick.

For Charlotte, it would allow them the chance to better balance their roster. With Devonte’ Graham and Terry Rozier already on the roster, Ball would have been a tough fit. With this trade, they could land a young center, swap a underwhelming youngster for a veteran in Bullock and still have the opportunity to add to the team’s roster further down the draft.

For New York, it would be tough parting with Robinson, who has been one of the bright spots for the team in recent gloomy seasons. But Robinson also has flaws in his game that could hinder his development in the long-term and now could be a decent chance to sell high if they don’t feel he’s a solid long-term piece. In swapping Bullock for Monk, the Knicks trade away a veteran guard for a chance at a young guard that was once a top prospect but has underperformed.

The cherry on top, though, is the No. 3 pick, which would be used to take Ball. Though because Ball is not guaranteed to fall to No. 3, this would be a trade that couldn’t be completed until the Hornets went on the clock on draft night. It also couldn’t be the Knicks only option as they would likely be in discussions with both Minnesota and Golden State for the top two picks.

But this provides an example of how New York could swing a trade that lands Ball but also doesn’t cost them a host of future draft picks.

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The Phillies allowed 10 runs in the top of the second inning but stormed back against the Braves on Sunday Night Baseball, falling just short of a historic comeback.

The Phils fell behind 10-0 but made it 10-7 within two innings. They scored six in the third inning, the biggest hits coming from Rhys Hoskins (two-run homer) and Didi Gregorius (two-run triple).

Gregorius also homered, as did Roman Quinn and Andrew McCutchen later in the game.

They had the tying run on base in the ninth inning but Braves shortstop Dansby Swanson erased it with a terrific double-play on a hard-hit ball to his right.

This offense is really, really, really good. The Phillies have averaged 5.51 runs per game, third-most in the majors and more than any team in the American League.

The back of the rotation is not, with Jake Arrieta struggling and Spencer Howard learning on the fly. Those two have allowed 28 runs in 38 innings.

The Phillies lost the game, 12-10, but won the series. They are 14-15, tied with the Marlins for second place and three games behind the Braves. The trade deadline is Monday at 4 p.m.

Joe Girardi was ejected by second base umpire Bill Welke in the top of the ninth inning after arguing a fair/foul call. It was Girardi's first ejection as Phillies manager.

The game was 4 hours, 15 minutes.

Arrieta torched

Arrieta had a miserable night, recording four outs and allowing seven runs. 

He has a 6.49 ERA on the season. 

He's averaged 4.8 innings over his last 19 starts.

He has a 4.44 ERA in 61 starts as a Phillie and the team has gone 29-32.

Arrieta's early hook led the Phillies to turn to reliever David Hale, acquired last week from the Yankees. Hale entered and allowed a single, double and three-run homer within four batters.

Hoskins and McCutchen on fire

The baseball clichĂ© "they come in bunches" applies as much to Hoskins as it does any power hitter. Once he starts hitting homers, he keeps hitting them for about a week.

Hoskins went deep Sunday night for the fourth time in his last six games. Both Hoskins and McCutchen homered and doubled in the game.

They've gotten hot as Bryce Harper (5 for his last 33) has cooled off.

Over their last 13 games, McCutchen and Hoskins have hit .333/.407/.648 with 14 extra-base hits, 26 RBI and 25 runs scored. Staggering production. The 1-2 is as locked in right now as the 3-4 of Harper and J.T. Realmuto was for the first three weeks.

It was almost enough offense for the Phillies to complete the sweep. It would have been the second time in franchise history the Phils came back to win after trailing by 10+ runs in the first or second inning of a game. They beat the Pirates 15-11 after falling behind 10-0 on June 8, 1989.

Didi's consistency

Gregorius, who homered in his first two games as a Phillie, still has not experienced a slump. He hasn't gone two straight games without reaching base and hasn't been held hitless more than two games in a row.

Unlike Harper, Gregorius does not have a track record of hitting lefties. But both extra-base hits Sunday came against left-hander Tommy Milone, giving Gregorius two triples and three homers against lefties this season. He's slugged .571 against southpaws.

Sure looks like a player worth bringing back on a multi-year deal.

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The Phillies are home for four games against the Nationals Monday through Thursday. 

Two great pitching matchups are on tap: Aaron Nola vs. Patrick Corbin on Tuesday, Zack Wheeler vs. Max Scherzer on Wednesday.

At 12-19, the Nats have the second-worst record in the NL, ahead of only the Pirates.

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Fantasy football best-ball gambles: Wagers of the week - USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire

Fantasy football best-ball drafts are a blast. My preferred league platforms for these drafts are RTSports.com and SportsHub’s “Best-Ball 10s” services. Neither company sponsored this article … I just like what they do in the space. Check ’em out, or look around the web to find competitors.

Let’s dive right into my four favorite gambles for this upcoming week’s drafting action:

Fantasy football best-ball gambles of the week

QB Drew Lock, Denver Broncos: Going in 14th round, on average, Lock is a fine QB2 target for gamers who spent an early pick on the position or preferred to wait for a tandem of late-rounders with upside. Wide receiver Courtland Sutton has been nothing short of awesome in training camp, and the short-term loss of rookie slot receiver K.J. Hamler opens the door for veteran DaeSean Hamilton to reclaim his role on the inside. Rookie Jerry Jeudy has shown the game isn’t too big for him without a formal offseason program, and tight end Noah Fant can house it from anywhere on the field. Invest with confidence in the big-armed Lock.

RB Darrynton Evans, Tennessee Titans: Evans, a third-round pick from Appalachian State, is the primary backup to Derrick Henry. The 2019 rushing champ is the obvious engine to this offensive vehicle, although it won’t stop rushing should he go down with an injury. Evans is a capable receiver and could even be featured in such a way — an element this system didn’t employ in 2019. The rookie has missed several practices of late with an undisclosed injury, so this one is a gamble inside of a gamble. Feeling lucky?

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WR John Hightower, Philadelphia Eagles: While Alshon Jeffery is nearing a return from Lisfranc midfoot surgery, he’s still going to be rusty and is fragile. The latter also can be said for DeSean Jackson. Rookie first-rounder Jalen Reagor was turning heads before suffering a torn shoulder labrum, an injury expected to sideline him up to a month. In training camp, another rookie, Hightower, has been a stud and appears poised to man the starting job as long as Reagor is out.

TE Greg Olsen, Seattle Seahawks: Reports of considerable chemistry between Olsen and Russell Wilson shouldn’t be ignored. The Seahawks have weapons on the outside in DK Metcalf and Tyler Lockett, but it’s rather slim pickings behind them. Olsen will pair with Will Dissly, who is coming off of a consecutive major injury. The veteran, 35, still has the skills to exploit linebackers and some safeties enough to be relevant. Even if the volume isn’t great, gamers could hit the occasional jackpot via multi-touchdown efforts.

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(Reuters) - Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N) said it has acquired slightly more than 5% of the shares in five large Japanese companies, marking a departure for Chairman Warren Buffett as he looks outside the United States to bolster his conglomerate.

FILE PHOTO: Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett walks through the exhibit hall as shareholders gather to hear from the billionaire investor at Berkshire Hathaway Inc's annual shareholder meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, U.S., May 4, 2019. REUTERS/Scott Morgan

In a statement on Sunday, Buffett’s 90th birthday, Berkshire said it acquired its stakes in Itochu Corp (8001.T), Marubeni Corp (8002.T), Mitsubishi Corp (8058.T), Mitsui & Co Ltd (8031.T) and Sumitomo Corp (8053.T) over approximately 12 months.

Berkshire said it intends to hold the investments for the long term, and may boost its stakes to 9.9%. A Berkshire insurance business, National Indemnity Co, is holding the shares.

“I am delighted to have Berkshire Hathaway participate in the future of Japan,” Buffett said in a statement. “The five major trading companies have many joint ventures throughout the world and are likely to have more... I hope that in the future there may be opportunities of mutual benefit.”

Taken together, five 5% stakes were worth 655 billion yen ($6.21 billion) as of Friday’s close, Reuters calculation showed based on Refinitiv data.

On Monday, shares in the trading houses jumped as much as 11% in early Tokyo trade, outperforming a 1.5% rise in the broader TOPIX .TOPX share price index.

Marubeni was the biggest gainer among the five, surging 12%. Sumitomo and Mitsubishi rose more than 10% and Mitsui rose 8.2%. Itochu - the only one of the four with a price-to-book ratio above 1 - rose 5.4% to a record high.

Shares of companies often rise when Berkshire discloses new investments, reflecting what investors view as Buffett’s imprimatur.

The Japanese trading companies in many ways appear to be a typical Buffett investment: four of them trade well below book value, meaning their market capitalizations were below their assets.

Several also have hefty amounts of cash on hand. Mitsubishi, for instance, has seen steady growth in its free cash flow per share over the last four years, Refinitiv data showed.

Further and in a likely attraction for Buffett - who famously avoids investing in companies he claims not to understand - the Japanese trading houses are deeply involved in the real economy: steel, shipping, commodities, and in some cases retail.

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The Japanese investments will help Buffett reduce his Omaha, Nebraska-based conglomerate’s dependence on the U.S. economy, which last quarter suffered its deepest contraction in at least 73 years as the coronavirus pandemic took hold.

Many of Berkshire’s own operating businesses have struggled, and Berkshire this month took a $9.8 billion writedown on its Precision Castparts aircraft parts business.

Berkshire owns more than 90 businesses including the BNSF railroad and Geico car insurer outright.

It also invests in dozens of companies including Apple Inc (AAPL.O), with a roughly $125 billion stake based on its holdings as of June 30, as well as American Express Co (AXP.N), Bank of America Corp (BAC.N) and Coca-Cola Co (KO.N).

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“Since Buffett’s portfolio is becoming heavily skewed to Apple, maybe he was looking for something complete the opposite of Apple,” said Hiroki Takashi, chief strategist at Monex in Tokyo.

Most of Berkshire’s operating businesses are American, though it has acquired a handful of foreign companies including Israel’s IMC International Metalworking and German motorcycle apparel retailer Detlev Louis.

Additional investments in Japan could also help Buffett reduce Berkshire’s cash pile, which ended June at a record $146.6 billion.

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Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. BRK.B 0.77% took stakes of slightly more than 5% in five of Japan’s most venerable corporate names with big investments in energy.

Berkshire disclosed the investments in Mitsubishi Corp., 8058 10.08% Mitsui MITSY 0.89% & Co., Sumitomo Corp., SSUMY 1.48% Itochu Corp. ITOCY 0.42% and Marubeni Corp. MARUY 0.42% just before the Tokyo stock market opened Monday.

Shares in the five companies surged at least 5% and in some cases more than 10%, helping drive the overall Nikkei Stock Average up 2% in intraday trading Monday.

Berkshire didn’t say how much it spent to acquire the stakes. Based on the companies’ Friday closing prices, a 5% stake in each would collectively be worth about $6 billion.

The five are often called trading companies, but investment company might be a more precise description. All have stakes in a variety of businesses including interests in energy and mining. Mitsubishi and Itochu each control a major convenience-store chain in Japan.

“I am delighted to have Berkshire Hathaway participate in the future of Japan and the five companies we have chosen for investment,” said Mr. Buffett in a statement. He said the five companies “have many joint ventures throughout the world and are likely to have more of these partnerships.”

The five companies all have long histories—dating back to the 17th century in Sumitomo’s case—and are considered prestigious employers in Japan. Mitsubishi, Mitsui and Sumitomo sit at the center of keiretsu, loosely affiliated networks of companies that sometimes invest in each other or have joint projects. Mitsubishi Corp. held 20% of Mitsubishi Motors Corp. as of March 31.

Berkshire Hathaway said it may increase its stake up to 9.9% in any of the five companies, depending on price, but it said it would make no purchases beyond that unless the board of the company receiving the investment approves. Berkshire said it intended to hold its Japanese investments for the long term.

The trading companies generally have low stock-market valuations relative to their profits, partly owing to their exposure to energy investments like oil and natural-gas fields. That may have made them attractive to a value investor like Mr. Buffett.

Mr. Buffett has been relatively quiet during the coronavirus pandemic, apart from a deal announced in early July in which Berkshire said it would buy Dominion Energy Inc.’s midstream energy business for $9.7 billion including debt. Berkshire held $146.6 billion in cash at the end of the second quarter, up from about $137.3 billion at the end of the first quarter.

As Mr. Buffett’s cash pile has grown, he has often lamented the surge in prices for all types of assets. Notably, several stock indexes in the U.S. are near all-time highs while billions of dollars have poured into private equity in recent years.

As a result, Mr. Buffett has looked for new targets in unfamiliar markets. The conglomerate owns only a handful of businesses outside the U.S., including Netherlands-based IMC International Metalworking Cos.

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WASHINGTON — And then Chadwick Boseman died. On a Friday night, a way-too-young Hollywood star who had inspired fans around the world suddenly was gone without warning. After everything else, it was just too much for many. “I HATE 2020” began trending on Twitter. Not for the first time and probably not for the last.

It has been a year of tragedy, of catastrophe, of upheaval, a year that has inflicted one blow after another, a year that has filled the morgues, emptied the schools, shuttered the workplaces, swelled the unemployment lines and polarized the electorate. It is a year in which one Black American after another fell victim to the police and one city after another erupted in flames.

If the worst pandemic in a century and the worst economic collapse in nearly a century and the worst social unrest in a half-century were not enough, nature threw in a few more challenges in recent days in the form of rampaging wildfires out west and a ferocious hurricane down south. At times, it has felt biblical, as if a torrent of plagues had been unleashed all at once. At least the locusts, for the moment, have not migrated here from East Africa.

But while 2020 feels cursed, it is still only two-thirds over. What could the next four months bring before the calendar turns? If nothing else, a bitter, angry, ugly, divisive presidential campaign followed by an Election Day that may not end on Election Day. It could stretch for days, weeks or even months without an undisputed outcome. So on top of another 1918 and another 1929 and another 1968, try adding another 2000, another Florida recount, but this time with, both candidates agree, nothing less than American democracy on the line.

As the fall contest gets underway after the nominating conventions, the national mood is sour. Only 13 percent of Americans are satisfied with the way things are going in the United States, the lowest such rating in nine years and one of the lowest since Gallup began asking the question in 1979.

Here are the stories of five Americans struggling with the challenges of the day: a firefighter who once lost his own home to flames, a young immigrant who lost his parents to the coronavirus, a sports star closing down games to protest racial injustice, a political activist navigating a campaign of divisions, a neighbor trying to make sense of the latest senseless police shooting.

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Dmitri Menzel has been fighting one of California’s biggest fires for most of two weeks. He is a strike-team leader, overseeing five engines from five jurisdictions, patrolling the volatile edges of the Hennessey fire in 24-hour shifts — 24 on, 24 off.

Mr. Menzel and his crew spent the early days battling flames in unforgiving canyons, thick with drought-dried underbrush, saving more houses than they lost, wondering how much more could be done if only they had more resources — more firefighters, more air power, more bulldozers.

The past couple of shifts have been spent snuffing out hot spots and helping homeowners who have returned to find their worlds nothing but a blanket of ashes. Mr. Menzel, 51 and a married father of three, knows the feeling. He lost his home in 2017 to the Tubbs fire that roared through Santa Rosa.

“When you say, ‘I’ve lost my house, too,’ you instantly have a connection,” Mr. Menzel said. “I hope there’s some relief. They see I’m still here, I’m still working. This isn’t the end. You can get through this.”

He offers advice for sifting through the ashes. Use fine-gauge chicken wire stapled to two-by-fours. Mentally try to recreate the floor plan. Think about where you left things, where things were in relation to other things. Fire does not rearrange a home, not like a tornado or a hurricane.

Still, he and his wife, Becky, never found the wedding ring that was on the bathroom counter upstairs. Mr. Menzel wonders: Did the second floor collapse a certain way, so it did not fall straight down to the ground? They looked everywhere. The ring is probably buried under the new house now.

The latest rash of Northern California fires, hundreds of them, started mostly with a freakish lightning storm without rain two weeks ago. Almost all were in extremely remote places. Most burned themselves out. Some raged in impenetrable canyons and merged with others until much of the Bay Area was ringed by fire.

Mr. Menzel, a deputy chief for the Novato Fire Department, was dispatched to lead a strike team at what is called the L.N.U. Lightning Complex. By Friday, fires there had burned roughly 370,000 acres, or nearly 600 square miles. The first shift lasted 48 hours. Mr. Menzel’s crew of 20 played hopscotch with fires burning through homes around Lake Berryessa. They would try to hold a line, watch the fire blow past and reset their ambitions.

Choices were made. The strike team protected one ridge but gave up another. “We lost a lot of homes here, maybe 20 or 30,” Mr. Menzel said, using his hands as ridges and valleys. “But we were able to save, probably, a couple hundred here.”

He paused. He knows the value of a home.

The last three years have been exhausting. Mr. Menzel was visiting his daughter at college in October 2017 when the Tubbs fire rampaged overnight through swaths of Santa Rosa, fueled by winds and the element of surprise. Becky and the couple’s 5-year-old daughter got out in time.

While waiting two years for their house to be rebuilt, they were forced to evacuate the home they rented in nearby Windsor because of the Kincade fire. These days, their rebuilt neighborhood is shrouded in smoke again.

“Mentally, I’m tired,” Mr. Menzel said. “The last two or three years, it’s affected me personally, emotionally. I’m just tired.”

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There are mornings when, in the haze between slumber and wakefulness, Nashwan Ismael reaches for his phone so he can tell his mother about a bad dream. Then he remembers: Both his parents are dead, victims of the coronavirus that has left the 20-year-old with adult burdens he is completely unprepared to shoulder.

With no income or close relatives near the Detroit suburb where he lives, Mr. Ismael has struggled to pay bills, find a job and care for his younger sisters, even as the three orphans mourn the loss of their parents — Christian refugees from Iraq who built them a new life in America that now lies in ruins.

“I’ve got to be strong for my sisters; that’s all that matters now,” Mr. Ismael said, sitting in his father’s car outside the family’s home so his siblings could not overhear him admit how scared and lonely he felt. “I don’t have somebody to be strong for me,” he said, struggling to hold back tears.

Like so many Americans, Mr. Ismael had no idea that 2020 would be marred by unspeakable tragedy. He and his family fled Baghdad in 2012, eventually settling in Sterling Heights, Mich., where his father got a job at an auto parts plant and his mother became a homemaker. Safely removed from the trauma of war, they prospered, and within a few years were able to put a down payment on a house.

In March, Mr. Ismael’s parents presented him with a gift, a new red Chevrolet Camaro. A few days later, as coronavirus cases in Michigan were mounting, his father developed a fever and a cough, then tested positive for the virus. Soon his mother began having shortness of breath. Both parents were hospitalized on March 22 and intubated not long afterward. Mr. Ismael’s mother, Nada Naisan, died on April 21, followed less than three weeks later by his father, Nameer Ayram, who succumbed to complications from the virus on May 11.

In the months since their parents’ deaths, the Ismael children have been forced to grow up faster than they ever imagined. Mr. Ismael and his sister, Nadeen, 18, are working with lawyers to obtain guardianship of their 13-year-old sister and transfer ownership of the house. Mr. Ismael wanted to become a pilot. Now he just wants to find a decent job as he figures out how to pay for car insurance, his sisters’ schooling and their parents’ mortgage.

“Sometimes I get mad at them for leaving me in this situation,” he said.

If anything, he said, he blames China for its role as the source of the virus that killed his parents. But Mr. Ismael never paid much attention to politics, and between his grief and the newfound pressures of being an orphan, he has given little thought to the events dominating the news. “I’m just trying to take care of my sisters,” he said.

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The phone call woke Amber Rodgers up from a nap, but it quickly got her attention.

“What’s going on on 28th?” a voice asked.

That would be 28th Avenue, the typically quiet residential community in Kenosha, Wis., where Ms. Rodgers’s grandmother has lived for more than four and a half decades, where she herself used to live and where she still spends a lot of time.

Ms. Rodgers, 30, quickly got on Facebook and found a graphic livestream of a man getting shot in the back by a police officer. She looked closely. She noticed the car, then the braids, and then it hit her.

“Oh my God, that’s Jacob,” she recalled thinking.

It was Jacob Blake, one of many neighbors she chatted with regularly. Someone she knew to be a family man. She almost dropped her phone looking at the clip. “It was sad,” she said. “I was mad, angry.”

Ms. Rodgers had long watched with horror as case after case of police violence against Black people stirred the nation. Now it was close to home. Too close.

She paced the house and panicked. As a Black woman, she worried for herself, her three children and her boyfriend, who is also Black. Now she saw unrest brewing in the town where she has spent her entire life.

Ms. Rodgers went to her grandmother’s house that night, after protesters had moved on from the neighborhood, and she sat on the side porch of the single-story, tan brick home, diagonally across from where Mr. Blake was shot.

Her hours working at a nursing home have been cut back because of the pandemic, so she did not have to work the four days after the shooting. That left plenty of time to reflect and to watch livestreams of protests around town, and it has all been pretty overwhelming.

She has worried about Mr. Blake’s condition, about the destruction of her hometown, about being Black in America.

“That could have been my son; that could have been my cousins. We’re always right here,” Ms. Rodgers said, sitting in a lawn chair next to flowers outside her grandmother’s home.

She has avoided going downtown or to other parts of the city with a lot of destruction. “I’ll bust out crying,” she said. “That’s where my kids are growing up. I’m from here, born, raised, and it’s basically gone. It can be rebuilt, but it’s not going to be what it was.”

On Thursday evening, Ms. Rodgers was steeling herself to return to work the next day. She was nervous about what the conversations would be like because there are a lot of older white people there with very different views than hers. After George Floyd was killed by the police in Minneapolis, one person at the nursing home upset her by backing the police.

Amid all the consternation, however, Ms. Rodgers was resolute. She was heading to her first protest for Mr. Blake on Saturday with a “Justice for Jacob” T-shirt.

“It won’t blow over,” she said. “We won’t forget this happened. Hopefully it gets better.”

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Navin Jarugumilli spent the week of the Republican National Convention just as he has other weeks this summer: in a procession of meetings with local candidates from the party mounting long-shot races in the most Democratic county in Wisconsin — a place where President Trump won just 23 percent of the vote in 2016.

Twice a day, Mr. Jarugumilli meets in person with candidates for the Wisconsin State Assembly and State Senate. Wisconsin’s narrow statewide divide and status as one of the nation’s most important battleground states make it critical to win as many Republican votes as possible even in heavily Democratic areas like Madison, where Mr. Jarugumilli lives.

“We are in a sea of blue,” he said. “The fact of the matter is nobody red is going to identify themselves in Madison. It shouldn’t be that way, but that’s the reality.”

His evenings have been spent in virtual meetings with Wisconsin’s delegation to the convention, where he has heard optimistic takes on the election from the likes of Senator Ron Johnson, former Representative Sean P. Duffy and “a lady who gave a speech about automated milking.”

A self-described hypochondriac, Mr. Jarugumilli said that he is always masked but that only about a third of fellow party members he meets with cover their faces. “There are a lot of concerns about state-imposed mandates,” he said.

Mr. Jarugumilli said he had spent time over the past week visiting Madison’s State Street commercial strip, between the State Capitol and the University of Wisconsin campus, where storefronts have been boarded up to protect them from protesters.

“One of the things I see is irrespective of your political orientation, people have less tolerance for violence in my view,” he said. “I don’t think violence would result in any kind of one side winning over the other side. You always lose your own people when you encourage violence.”

Mr. Jarugumilli, who immigrated from India, said the Democrats were between a rock and a hard place: “They don’t want to stop the violence because for some reason they think the people who are perpetrating the violence are meaningful voters for them. It’s a mistake in my view.”

Despite polls showing the president trailing, Mr. Jarugumilli said he was “80 percent certain” that Mr. Trump would defeat former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. “It’s very awkward watching Joe Biden,” he said. “I don’t know why the Democrats think otherwise. Right now, he can’t answer questions. He’s struggling to recall simple facts.”

And he is also counting on a reservoir of people who will not admit that they will support Mr. Trump.

“We know there are many Trump voters that will not identify themselves as such,” he said. “I know people who are liberal Democrats who are voting for Donald Trump. They’re looking at things like their age, their retirement. The biggest net worth of most Wisconsin public employees is in their retirement. A lot of them are thinking about that. They’ve seen the economy turn around before the pandemic and they have some degree of confidence in Trump.”

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Michael Carter-Williams of the Orlando Magic does not normally have his phone nearby before an N.B.A. game. It happened Wednesday only because a stubborn tendon strain in his left foot prevented him from playing a single minute of the Magic’s first-round playoff series against the Milwaukee Bucks.

So Mr. Carter-Williams was in the Magic locker room at the AdventHealth Arena at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex near Orlando, Fla., while most of his teammates were already warming up for Game 5 against the Bucks on the restricted access campus that players are not allowed to leave because of the coronavirus.

The Bucks, though, never took the floor for warm-ups, staying behind in their locker room. At 3:47 p.m., less than 15 minutes before the game’s scheduled start, Mr. Carter-Williams received a text message from the Milwaukee superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo.

“He told me that they were not going to go out and play — that they were going to take a stand for Jacob Blake,” Mr. Carter-Williams said.

Mr. Carter-Williams, who has been friends with Mr. Antetokounmpo since they were teammates on the Bucks, informed Steve Clifford, the Magic coach. Within minutes, Mr. Carter-Williams’s teammates were back in the locker room, trying to process a situation they never imagined. The Bucks had decided to stage a one-game protest to condemn the shooting of Mr. Blake in Kenosha, roughly 45 minutes south of Milwaukee.

Mr. Carter-Williams listened to Jeff Weltman, Orlando’s president of basketball operations, inform players that the Bucks, then leading the best-of-seven series by three games to one, were prepared to forfeit the game. Orlando’s players quickly shot that down, agreeing that they did not want to accept a playoff win that way.

League officials ultimately made that moot by postponing all three of Wednesday’s playoff games. Orlando staff members cleared the room to allow the players to hold a private meeting, during which Mr. Carter-Williams urged teammates to be accepting of the Bucks’ sudden walkout.

“It went from us being confused to like, ‘OK, we need to support them,’” Mr. Carter-Williams said. “This is something that happened in their backyard, so it hits home for them. We needed to have Milwaukee’s back.”

The Bucks stayed in their locker room for more than three hours, speaking by phone with Wisconsin’s attorney general and lieutenant governor. Orlando’s players began exiting their locker room around 4:40 p.m. and headed for the team bus to take them back to the Grand Floridian Resort & Spa.

“It was definitely weird, an experience we’ve never gone through before, but me personally, walking back to the bus, I was also really happy,” Mr. Carter-Williams said. “We’re doing something good. We’re going to be on the right side of history.”

Peter Baker and Reid J. Epstein reported from Washington; John Branch from Santa Rosa, Calif.; John Eligon from Kenosha, Wis.; Dan Levin from New York; and Mark Stein from Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

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