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Tyco Break-Up Chases ITT… GE or United Tech Moves Ahead? (TYC, ITT, UTX, GR, GE)

Posted: September 19, 2011 at 7:48 am

Tyco International Ltd. (NYSE: TYC) already partly deconglomerized in a three-way break up of the company.  Now its core parent company is splitting up what is left of the operation ...
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Conglomerate M&A Rumors: Loose Lips Sink Ships (UTX, TYC, HON, TXT, GE, DBD, ITT)

Posted: September 16, 2011 at 11:31 am

There is value in the world of conglomerates.  The news flow is further evidence of that, but we have to throw up the caveat the driving force today should likely ...
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GE To Buffett: “Thanks, Take Your Preferred Shares Back!” (GE, BRK-A, GS, BAC)

Posted: September 13, 2011 at 5:16 pm

General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) is making good on a promise it made earlier this year: it is paying back Warren Buffett.  An SEC filing after the closing bell shows ...
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Meet Buffett’s & Berkshire Hathaway’s New Portfolio Manager (BRK-A, BRK-B)

Posted: September 12, 2011 at 8:53 am

The talk of succession for Warren Buffett is likely to take on some new discussion today, even if there is no timeline set.  Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A)(NYSE: BRK-B) has ...
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Euro-Dollar Breakdown: The Calls For Parity Return, A Hit To GDP (UUP, FXE, EUO, FXF)

Posted: September 9, 2011 at 12:47 pm

It was just under ten years ago that I was in Spain and Portugal for a vacation and a day of running with the bulls in Pampalona.  Unlike most trips ...
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The Best Value Stock in Conglomerates, Dividend Lovers (GE, UTX, BRK-A, HON, MMM, TXT, TYC, ITT, IYJ)

Posted: September 9, 2011 at 8:10 am

The latest carnage in the market has left some companies at valuations that are getting hard to ignore, even knowing about the harder economic times. Value investors invest before recessions, ...
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GE Gets Wrapped Up in FHFA Litigation With Banks (GE)

Posted: September 7, 2011 at 8:36 am

It is not just the banks getting wrapped up in this latest FHFA litigation notice.  General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) has issued a release this morning showing that it ...
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GE Developing Massive New Wind Turbines (GE, SI, VWDRY, AMSC, PHG)

Posted: August 31, 2011 at 1:06 pm

Get ready for massively larger new wind turbines... Currently available wind turbines for land-based wind farms typically generate between 1.5 and 3 megawatts. Most include a gearbox to transfer the ...
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Buffett Rides to BofA’s Rescue With $5 Billion (BAC, BRK-A, GE, GS, WFC)

Posted: August 25, 2011 at 9:29 am

Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) has just scored its saving grace.  Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) is investing $5 billion in 6% preferred shares and warrants.  What makes this ...
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Berkshire Hathaway & Buffett’s Stock Holdings ‘M to Z’ (BRK-B, BRK-A, MA, MTB, MCO, PG, SNY, TMK, USB, USG, UPS, VRSK, WMT, WPO, WFC)

Posted: August 15, 2011 at 4:45 pm

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released the latest holdings of U.S.-listed equities as of June 30, 2011 and this is the second group of ...
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Buffett & Berkshire Hathaway Stock Holdings, A to L (BRK-B, BRK-A, AXP, BK, KO, CDCO, COP, COST, DG, XOM, GCI, GE, GSK, JNJ, KFT, LZ)

Posted: August 15, 2011 at 4:25 pm

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released the latest holdings of U.S.-listed equities as of June 30, 2011. These public stock holdings have been broken ...
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Lessons of Triple-A Past: Berkshire Hathaway by Fitch (BRK-A)

Posted: August 15, 2011 at 4:06 pm

It was once upon a time that the ratings agencies used to have Warren Buffett's own company of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) as a "AAA" rating.  It was one ...
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When the Government Forces You Into Dividends, The Great Dividend Portfolio (MO, AEP, AWK, T, DLR, GE, GOV, KMB, KMP, SNH, WMT)

Posted: August 11, 2011 at 10:37 am

What on earth are investors supposed to do when T-Bonds offer almost zero income?  Interest rates are now so low that the price-risk in long-term Treasury bonds is too great.  ...
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More Than 20 Great Companies Which Refuse To Pay Dividends (AMZN, AMGN, AAPL, BBBY, BRK-A, CBB, DELL, DG, DLTR, EBAY, ERTS, EMC, ESRX, FLEX, GOOG, JACK, NDAQ, SYMC, UAL, URBN, WDC, YHOO, ZBRA, CSCO, VMW, MHS)

Posted: July 28, 2011 at 11:05 am

If you have been a reader of 24/7 Wall St. for long, you know that we appreciate companies that pay dividends just about as much the investors who buy ...
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ITT Special Situation Break-Up Becomes More Clear (ITT, XYL, XLS)

Posted: July 14, 2011 at 10:30 am

ITT Corporation (NYSE: ITT) is now forecasting more clearly what its special situation break-up will look like.  This was recently featured by 24/7 Wall St. as one of our picks ...
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