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The Most Powerful CEOs in America

Posted: May 2, 2012 at 6:49 am

Several CEOs and founders of well-known American companies have complete control over their companies. Through voting power, they control the boards and strategic decisions of these corporations. The best current ...
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What Happens to Warren Buffett’s Top 10 Performing Stocks of 2012? (BRK-B, BRK-A, USG, IR, MCO, AXP, WFC, V, BK, VRSK, INTC, MA, AAPL, JNJ, BAC)

Posted: April 18, 2012 at 6:46 am

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) will be in the news quite a bit now that the world's most famous investor, chairman Warren Buffett, has been diagnosed with prostate ...
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What To Expect As Warren Buffett Battles Prostate Cancer (BRK-A, BRK-B, AXP, KO, KFT, PG, WFC)

Posted: April 17, 2012 at 5:46 pm

Warren Buffett is supposed to be invincible.  Unfortunately the world is finding out that this is not the case.  A disclosure letter came from Mr. Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. ...
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No Credit Upgrade For Warren Buffett’s BNSF Rail Outfit (BRK-B)

Posted: March 30, 2012 at 2:07 pm

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B) may have been hoping that a review of the credit ratings of its Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad unit would be given a credit upgrade.  ...
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Dollar General Discounts Shares In Secondary Offering After All-Time High (DG, GS, KKR, BRK-B)

Posted: March 28, 2012 at 9:05 am

Dollar General Corporation (NYSE: DG) was previously in the news for announcing a secondary offering of 25 million shares.   The offering has now priced at what seems a fair discount ...
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Dollar General Secondary Lightens Private Equity Stakes… Buffett Involved? (DG, GS, KKR, BRK-B)

Posted: March 27, 2012 at 8:55 am

Dollar General Corporation (NYSE: DG) is holding a public secondary offering of 25 million shares which are being sold by private equity backers who still own a large part of ...
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Coal Stocks Lifted on Rumor of Buyout (WLT, BRK-A, BRK-B, BHP, AAUKY, ANR, BTU, PCX, KOL)

Posted: March 16, 2012 at 2:29 pm

British newspaper The Guardian has a blog post saying there is speculation that US coal miner Walter Energy Inc. (NYSE: WLT) could be a ripe for a takeover fight among ...
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Surprise… Buffett & Berkshire Hathaway Underperforming Again in 2012 (BRK-A, BRK-B, DIA, SPY)

Posted: March 16, 2012 at 8:01 am

Everyone loves Warren Buffett's sage advice.  Almost everyone at any rate.  But what about Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) as an investment.  We have argued that perhaps the ...
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Do Long-Term Berkshire References Matter? Stocks Versus Bonds (BRK.B, BRK.B, BAC, GS, GE, HOG, TIF)

Posted: February 29, 2012 at 1:51 pm

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.B) (NYSE: BRK.B) is very widely followed due to the great performance through time and due to the following of the great Warren Buffett.  It has ...
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P&C Insurers Face Above-Normal Tornado Expectations In 2012 (ALL, PGR, BRK.B)

Posted: February 21, 2012 at 11:15 am

Before you hit the panic button too hard, ask yourself just how accurate you think the weatherman is.  All cynical thinking aside, AccuWeather.com is calling for an above-normal year of ...
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Berkshire Hathaway & Buffett’s Stock Holdings ‘L to Z’ (BRK-B, BRK-A, LMCA, MA, MTB, MCO, PG, SNY, TMK, USB, USG, UPS, VRSK, V, WMT, WPO, WFC)

Posted: February 14, 2012 at 5:05 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 December 31, 2011.  We have included some accompanying notes on ...
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Buffett & Berkshire Hathaway Stock Holdings, A to K (BRK-B, BRK-A, AXP, BK, KO, CVS, CDCO, COP, COST, DVA, DG, GCI, GE, GSK, INTC, IR, IBM, JNJ, KFT, XOM)

Posted: February 14, 2012 at 4:48 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 December 30, 2011. These public stock holdings have been broken ...
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Warren Buffett’s Top Stocks of 2012 (BRK-B, SPY, USG, BAC, IR, MCO, INTC, WFC, AXP)

Posted: February 2, 2012 at 8:23 am

2012 is getting off to a great start for the equity markets.  We recently looked at the performance of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.B), which is underperforming this ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (12/12/2011) Berkshire’s New Chairman, Unemployment Benefits for 2012

Posted: December 12, 2011 at 6:30 am

It may be that holiday spending actually is accelerating into mid-December. Some economists argued that the surge of Black Friday activity would burn out consumer activity. The contrary is true, ...
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24/7 Wall St. Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades of the Week (AVL, BRK-B, CRZO, DPZ, GILD, GT, GOOG, GMCR, HPQ, LULU, RIMM, SINA, WDC)

Posted: December 3, 2011 at 7:31 am

This last week had some very interesting and influential analyst calls.  We compile summaries of many top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations each morning from Wall Street research calls and ...
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