Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B) (NYSE: BRK-A) has already seen its ratings cut last week by Standard & Poor’s over the added leverage of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (NYSE: BNI) acquisition. …
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) NYSE: BRK-B) is in the process of selling $8 billion in notes today to help fund the acquisition of Burlington Northern Santa Fe (NYSE: BNI). And Standard…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) is about to price a very large debt offering. With as many European nations as we are seeing having debt downgrades or credit concerns on…
These are this Wednesday’s top day trader and active trader alerts. We have more details and analysis with a link to each full story over at VSInvestor.com: Human Genome Sciences (NASDAQ: HGSI)…
It has been speculated that this may occur, but few were expecting this news this soon. Warren Buffett has been notified by Standard & Poor’s Indexes that Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B) will replace…
Today could be called IPO Friday. We have four confirmed priced deals, and likely a fifth. The IPO’s involve Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B) for its Symetra Financial (NYSE: SYA), followed by…
Douglas A. McIntyre When was the last time that Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) was one of the more unusual volume movers? It is today, and you’d have to ask yourself when the…
This week’s Unusual Suspects are not just about earnings season, despite the deluge and onslaught we are about to see. We have a watch for events this week in shares of Acorda…
Warren Buffett is raising capital. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) has just filed with the SEC to raise up to $1 billion via a sale of debt securities. It is selling its…
Stephen Burke, the 51-year-old president of Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA), has to be the new lead choice to become CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.A) when Warren Buffett retires or dies. Burke was added to the…
This was an important week for investment guru and billionaire watchers to see which gurus were holding which stocks. The full public equity holdings of Warren Buffett via Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:…
This is the list of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A)(BRK-B) public US equity holdings as of September 30, 2009. As noted in the “A to F” and “G to O” lists, there…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A)(BRK-B) has its Q3-2009 public equity holdings as of September 30, 2009. In our group “A to F” we noted some interim changes in the lot. Here are…
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) has just reported its Q3-2009 earnings ahead of the formal expectations. This will be perhaps one of the last similar earnings reports with a relative…
We always knew that Warren Buffett loved the railroad stocks. We also had for years heard Buffett talk about the prospects of a “whale of a deal” in large acquisitions. And now…
