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.
Oil refiner Phillips 66 reported lower first-quarter 2014 earnings before markets opened Wednesday morning. And the company is also expanding its capability for exporting refined products.
courtesy of WhiteHouse.govNow that stocks have pulled back from their highs, some investors have moved on to more defensive stock positions. That move often lands some of the top dividend payers as…
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It's just not CBS Sports that is a loser if Tiger Woods does not play in the Masters Golf Tournament, though without him ratings will be merely pedestrian. Also losing out are…
Jon OggIn case you haven’t been paying attention lately, value stocks are starting to get some interest again. In fact, the dog of all technology value stock dogs named International Business Machines…
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It seems nearly unimaginable to actually win the lottery. Now there is something even larger than Friday night's $353 million Power Ball lottery. There is an NCAA $1 billion prize for whoever…
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CEO Jeff Immelt of General Electric has demonstrated his confidence in the industrial conglomerate by investing his entire 2013 cash bonus in GE shares. This comes in a transitional time for GE.
White House Photo by Pete SouzaWarren Buffett has released the highly anticipated Annual Report for Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A), which also contains the highly visible Annual Letter to Shareholders. Buffett is…
The markets are way up, but for some reason this just does not feel like a market at the all-time high. That being said, 24/7 Wall St. wanted to evaluate the conglomerate…
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg was the largest charitable giver in the United States last year, donating just shy of $1 billion. A large number of the other largest givers were…
The U.S. Financial Stability Oversight Council has begun looking at Berkshire Hathaway to determine whether the financial powerhouse is important enough to the global financial system to require supervision from the Federal…
