courtesy of WhiteHouse.govWarren Buffett is generally considered to be one of the great investors of modern history. After all, under his leadership, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) has become worth more than…
The Charlotte Hornets are back again. When the NBA franchise moved to New Orleans in 2002, the Charlotte Bobcats were born. But as of last year, the New Orleans team became the…
When LeBron James had to leave Game 1 of the NBA finals because of leg cramps, fans took to Twitter. Why didn't Gatorade prevent the cramps, they asked? Gatorade tweeted back.
courtesy of The Coca-Cola CompanySuccessful companies frequently depend on just one product for a large share of their sales. That’s true for some of the most iconic brands, including Coca-Cola, Marlboro, Jack…
The 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics are both in Brazil and Pelé , the country's greatest soccer star of all time, is ready to take advantage. The retired athlete has…
courtesy of PepsiCoSales of diet soft drinks have been fizzling out for several years running, and the industry has not been able to come up with a way to stop the decline.…
To be familiar with a brand means a deeper level of engagement than simple awareness. However, it is not necessarily the case that a brand is familiar because it is a well…
Thinkstock After 40 years of allowing customers to “Have It Your Way,” Burger King Worldwide (NYSE: BKW) wants you to know it identifies with self-expression and individualism, so now it’s OK to “Be Your Way.”…
ThinkstockIf the world’s 10 largest food producers were a country, that country would be the world’s 25th largest emitter of greenhouse gases (GHGs), pumping out more pollutants than Finland, Sweden, Denmark, and…
courtesy of WhiteHouse.govBerkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) has released its holdings as of the end of the first quarter of 2014. We were originally not expecting many major changes to the portfolio.…
ThinkstockAs of the end of trading on Tuesday, coffee closed on the ICE at about $1.84 a pound, down from a peak of around $2.12 in the middle of April. In early…
Keurig Green Mountain is seeing yet another rise this week, a week after positive earnings news. Coca-Cola now has agreed to raise its stake in Keurig to the maximum 16% of the…
White House Photo by Pete SouzaAfter finishing last year strong, U.S. equity markets had a volatile start this year, pulling back from all-time highs. Stocks have recovered since and, so far this…
TwitterBerkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) has been holding its annual stockpalooza or Woodstock of Wall Street for its shareholders this weekend. The good news, and the bad news, is that there is…
Some 38,000 attendees are scheduled to appear at the annual meeting this weekend for Berkshire Hathaway. Warren Buffett has already been in the news quite a bit ahead of the event.
