A 2.43-acre estate on Beaver Lake in Waukesha County is still on the market, and for about $500,000 less than a year ago. The home, at 31150 W. Thompson Lane in Hartland, was listed at $2.99 million in March 2018. Now, the price for the Nantucket-style home has been lowered to $2.49 million. Built in …

Warren Buffett’s company recorded a $25 billion loss in the fourth quarter because of a big drop in the paper value of several of its stock investments. http://www.wral.com

The political fallout from President Donald Trump’s push for his border wall is giving rise to overwrought rhetoric from Republicans and Democrats alike. http://www.wral.com

Billionaire Warren Buffett says the company he built through decades of acquisitions continues to perform well even though he hasn’t found any major deals at attractive prices recently. http://www.wral.com

The developer of the Dakota Access oil pipeline is going after the environmental group Greenpeace in state court in North Dakota, after a judge tossed the company’s $1 billion racketeering claim out of federal court. http://www.wral.com

President Emmanuel Macron pledged Saturday to protect European farming standards and culinary traditions threatened by aggressive foreign trade practices that see food as a “product like any other.” http://www.wral.com

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A modern manse belonging to a prominent tech exec who wants to remain anonymous is on the market in Bellevue for $5.48 million. The empty-nester couple who fell in love with the location, architecture and layout of the 7,555-square-foot home has owned it since it was built two years ago, but has never occupied it. “This …

Mahi Pono LLC, which purchased 41,000 acres of former sugar cane land from Alexander & Baldwin for $262 million late last year, said Friday that James “Kimo” Falconer, president of MauiGrown Coffee Inc., will serve as an advisor for the company’s community farming and outreach efforts. Falconer, who was director of agricultural research at the …

Zuckerberg, through his entity Northshore Kalo LLC, is already the majority owner of the four Pilaa parcels, which range in size 5,227 square feet to 1.59 acres. https://www.bizjournals.com/

Phoenix is the fifth permanent location to be announced by Meow Wolf, the Santa Fe, New Mexico-based art collective. https://www.bizjournals.com/

No mention of jobs to be created from the project was included in the development agreement posted on the city’s website. https://www.bizjournals.com/

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The largest increases in single-family home sales prices in South Florida occurred mostly in two very different type of areas: luxury coastal communities and low-income minority neighborhoods. Data from the Florida Realtors and the Realtors Association of the Palm Beaches and Greater Fort Lauderdale broke down single-family home sales in 2018 by zip code. For …

Charlotte City Council will review a proposed policy for how public dollars could be spent to acquire and preserve naturally occurring affordable housing. https://www.bizjournals.com/

Elon Musk, one of the country’s wealthiest individuals, has taken out $61 million in mortgages on five luxurious mansions in California. Bloomberg reported that the loans, financed through Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS), are for homes located in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles (four) and one in Hillsborough, in the Bay Area. Why did …

In a week when Memphis’ top five home sales added up to about $3.2 million, the top four sales came in Germantown. Located on Sophie Lane, the top house sold for about $790,000. The new ZIP 38138 home contains five bedrooms and four-and-a-half bathrooms. A 2004 home in ZIP 38139 took the No. 2 spot, …

Elon Musk, one of the country’s wealthiest individuals, has taken out $61 million in mortgages on five luxurious mansions in California. Bloomberg reported that the loans, financed through Morgan Stanley, are for a home in the Bay Area city of Hillsborough, and four homes in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles. Why did Musk, …

Several other companies raised funds this week. https://www.bizjournals.com/

Elon Musk, one of the country’s wealthiest individuals, has taken out $61 million in mortgages on five luxurious mansions in California. Bloomberg reported that the loans, financed through Morgan Stanley, are for a home in the Bay Area city of Hillsborough, and four homes in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles. Why did Musk, …

Sales of luxury single-family homes and condominiums on Oahu increased by 25 percent in January compared to the same month in 2018, but the median price of homes sold for $1.5 million and above last month dropped by 11 percent, according to a monthly report from Coldwell Banker Pacific Properties. Sales of 30 residential properties …

An old gear and machine works factory will become some of the newest creative office space to emerge in a transforming corner of Northwest Portland. Sturgeon Development Partners acquired the former Premier Gear & Machine Works factory at 1700 N.W. Thurman St. in 2017 for $6.75 million. Working with Lorentz Bruun Construction and LRS Architects, …

“I see the building as a place for someone to put their headquarters in Winter Park,” CEO Trey Vick said. https://www.bizjournals.com/

The Austin area has seen more proportionate growth from net migration than any other major U.S. metro since 2010. The Austin-Round Rock metropolitan area’s population has grown, on average, by 55,500 people annually since that year — a staggering rate of 152 people per day when births are included. That’s according to an analysis by …

One of the most popular upscale restaurants in the Magic City will move from Southside to Pepper Place. https://www.bizjournals.com/

In letter to mayor, labor officials claims firm behind the $104M project won’t use local workers or pay standard wages https://www.bizjournals.com/

Wayfair Inc. intends to locate its Pittsfield call center at 75 S. Church St. building No. 3, a spokesperson told the Business Journal.  The 40,000-square-foot call center for the e-commerce furniture retailer will open this fall.  Wayfair (NYSE: W) will employ 300 in Pittsfield, part of a company pledge to create 3,300 new jobs statewide …

The Denver-based real estate company held its Q4 2018 earnings call on Friday. https://www.bizjournals.com/

Texas’ pitch to startups: There’s low taxes, lots of space and plenty of workers for fast-growing companies to scale up quickly. https://www.bizjournals.com/

The Memphis Electrolux plant is worth more than double the value it has had for tax purposes over the past several years, documents from the Shelby County Assessor show. A new appraisal places the plant’s value at $82.5 million, not the $38.7 million that it has been appraised at since 2017. After Electrolux North America …

The planned project at 311 S. Mathilda Ave. is slated to break ground in the coming months following the land sale this week for a property next door to where a massive overhaul of the city’s downtown is underway. https://www.bizjournals.com/

Now there is one more place where cameras could start watching you — from 30,000 feet. http://www.wral.com

As their company was swirling around the financial drain in the early 2000s, General Motors executives came up with an idea to counter its gas-guzzling image and point the way to transportation of the future: an electric car with a gas-engine backup that could travel anywhere. http://www.wral.com

A beloved, longtime Walmart greeter with cerebral palsy met with store management in Pennsylvania on Friday in a bid to keep his job but came away with no guarantees, and his family is girding for a fight. http://www.wral.com

President Donald Trump is calling Amazon’s decision to drop its plans for new headquarters in New York “a big loss” for the city. http://www.wral.com

“Medicare-for-all” can mean different things to different people. http://www.wral.com

Gov. Andrew Cuomo again blasted fellow Democrats on Friday over Amazon’s backing out of a deal to put one of its second headquarters in New York City, calling the internet retailer’s rejection the “greatest tragedy” he has seen since he’s been in government. http://www.wral.com

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Several phone apps are sending sensitive user data, including health information, to Facebook without users’ consent, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. http://www.wral.com

YouTube’s year-in-review video is usually a celebration of video creators who upload free clips — sometimes wacky, sometimes personal, sometimes offensive — that the company then sells ads against. http://www.wral.com

The Trump administration on Friday set up new obstacles for women seeking abortions, barring taxpayer-funded family planning clinics from making abortion referrals. The new policy is certain to be challenged in court. http://www.wral.com

The project has been downsized from seven stories to six and now five, but neighbors say the proposal still needs a zoning change and is too tall. https://www.bizjournals.com/