It is hard to focus solely on the economic impact of tragedy and catastrophe when you read headlines such as “death count 60…” and “death count exceeding 100…” Unfortunately, the damage and…
It was rather surprising when we saw that Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A, BRK-B) had suddenly sold all of the Iron Mountain Inc. (NYSE: IRM) holdings back in mid-November. After…
Ben Bernanke may indicate to Congress that the recovery is tentative and that the $600 billion QE2 program is still necessary. (Reuters) Future US auto sales may be undermined by high gas…
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning. Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Cut to Neutral at UBS. Berkshire Hathaway Inc.…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B) has released its 2010 annual report. While there are plenty of Buffett-isms in there for some mild financial entertainment, there are some clues that investors need to…
BRF – Brasil Foods S.A. (NYSE: BRFS) may not be a household name in America. The company is in production and the sale of poultry, pork, beef, milk, dairy products, and processed…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) is out with the new portfolio holdings as of December 31, 2010, so these are his new 2011 investments. There were many changes in the prior…
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) has shown its latest holdings as of the close on December 31, 2010 and the changes were extreme due to a unit portfolio manager…
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, 2010. That makes these his new 2011 holdings and there…
Media reports questioning whether the United States will keep its “Triple-A Rating” in the future are frequent. The fear of endless budget deficit spending and quantitative easing have only added fuel to…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 175 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than…
Douglas A. McIntyre They call it “Merger Monday” for a reason. Today’s news is not dominated by football hangovers. It is dominated by a slew of headlines over mergers, mergers, and more mergers. We compiled…
Rising commodity prices didn’t hurt fourth quarter earnings or revenues at Dow Chemical Co. (NYSE: DOW). The company posted EPS of $0.37 from profits of $511 million on revenue of $13.77 billion.…
There are many new characters in this week’s installment of “The Unusual Suspects” for the week ahead. We have tracked news and added color on each where applicable. The cast of characters…
The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO) was in the news today for its dividend hike, which we briefly addressed in our Top Dividend Gain Trends in 2011 today. Unfortunately, about 30 minutes…
