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Markets Have Oddly Calm Reaction To Debt Debate

Posted: July 25, 2011 at 6:24 am

The Republican House and the administration have not come any closer to legislation to increase the debt cap than they were last week, but the markets have barely reacted at ...
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Media Digest 3/13/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: March 13, 2009 at 3:07 am

According to Reuters, investors in GE (GE) are still worried that the stock will not recover to its highs of last year. Reuters reports that Madoff pleaded guilty of 11 ...
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Electric Utilities See the Value in the Pipes (AEP, AYE, BRK/A)

Posted: January 26, 2009 at 12:51 pm

American Electric Power Company (NYSE:AEP) expects to increase the company's profit by building new power transmission lines. The company plans to spend more than $7 billion to add new high-voltage ...
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Reliant Energy Eliminates a Credit Facility (RRI, CEG, BRK.A)

Posted: December 8, 2008 at 9:17 am

Late on Friday, Reliant Energy (NYSE:RRI) announced that it had terminated a $300 million retail working capital facility with Merrill Lynch. The company had failed to meet its EBITDA covenant ...
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Is Warren Buffett Buying AIG? (AIG, BRK/A, BRK/B)

Posted: September 15, 2008 at 11:47 am

Covering financial stocks on a day like today is sort of like watching the Chinese ping pong championship.  It's all action, happens faster than most can see, and no one ...
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Buffett & Berkshire Hathaway Earnings Watch (BRK.A, BRK.B, KFT, BUD)

Posted: August 7, 2008 at 1:52 pm

After the close of trading on Friday, we'll get to see earnings out of Wall Street's favorite idol as Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.A, BRK.B) reports earnings.  ...
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Chemicals on Fire After Rohm & Haas Merger With Dow (ROH, DOW, BRK.A, APD, CE, EMN, ASD, HUN)

Posted: July 10, 2008 at 6:38 am

Rohm & Haas (NYSE: ROH) has agreed to be acquired by Dow Chemical (NYSE: DOW) in an $18.8 Billion dollar merger ($15.3 Billion in equity value).  The terms to shareholders ...
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Berkshire Hathaway & Buffett, The True Anheuser-Busch Winners (BRK.A, BRK.B, BUD)

Posted: June 12, 2008 at 9:21 am

Everyone has reported on the huge acquisition offer from InBev for Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc. (NYSE: BUD).  What is interesting above and beyond the global beer initiatives and consolidation is that ...
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Moody’s Review of Insurers Saps Market Gains (MBI, ABK, MCO, MHP, BRK/A)

Posted: June 4, 2008 at 12:11 pm

MBIA Inc. (NYSE: MBI) and AMBAC Financial Group Inc. (NYSE: ABK) are actually responsible for taking back some of today's market gains.  Actually, it is Moody's Corp. (NYSE: MCO) that ...
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Buffett & Berkshire Hathaway Holdings I-S (BRK.A, BRK.B, IR, IRM, JNJ, KFT, MTB, MCO, NKE, NSC, PG, SNY, STI)

Posted: May 15, 2008 at 5:03 pm

After today's close, we saw which stocks Warren Buffett held in Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.A, BRK.B) as of March 31, 2008.  Buffett's filing cut off date is longer as ...
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Berkshire Hathaway Dumps Ameriprise (AMP, BRK.A, BRK.B)

Posted: May 15, 2008 at 3:56 pm

Ameriprise Financial Inc. (NYSE: AMP) was the stand out stock in Warren Buffett's holdings today.  Beakshire Hathaway inc. (NYSE: BRK.A, BRK.B) held some 661,742 shares and listed as worth some ...
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Warren Buffett: A Media & Watcher’s 360 Review Into Annual Meeting (BRK.A, BRK.B, C, WWY)

Posted: May 2, 2008 at 1:27 pm

Everyone loves covering Warren Buffett, rain or shine.  His long-term shareholders love him, the media follows his every move, and everyone on Wall Street either cares about his potential next ...
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Warren Buffett Calls Recession (BRK.A, BRK.B)

Posted: April 28, 2008 at 7:57 am

Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A, BRK.B) has been on CNBC this morning discussing his Wrigley's bid this morning.  Interestingly enough this interview was more of a general discussion ...
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White Mountains Buys Off Warren Buffett (WTM, BRK/A)

Posted: March 10, 2008 at 6:48 am

White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. (NYSE: WTM) entered an exchange agreement with Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) to transfer certain runoff businesses and a substantial amount of cash to Berkshire ...
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Implications Of Warren Buffett Panning Insurance Industry (BRK/A, BRK/B, ABK, MBI, AIG, RE, HIG, CB, PGR)

Posted: March 1, 2008 at 12:41 pm

It is no great mystery that Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A, NYSE: BRK.B) is still one of the most followed and most revered "long term value investors" on ...
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