Chinese auto and battery maker BYD Co. Ltd reported today that third-quarter profits fell 94% year-over-year as China’s domestic car market continues its slump. MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co., a division of Warren…
If Hurricane Sandy remains a Category 1 hurricane, property and casualty insurers may end up be on the hook for damages more than the reinsurers. We have seen an estimate of damages from…
thinkstockBest Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) cuts forecasts. (Reutesr) Spain will increase the rate at which its helps its regional governments. (Reuters) The federal government sues Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC)…
Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) is still out elephant hunting. He told CNBC’s Becky Quick this morning that he has made a record number of small bolt-on acquisitions. What…
There are a number of reasons that insiders and large holders sell shares of public companies. There is really only one reason that insiders and large holders buy shares, and that is…
The big banks are going to be rather important to watch this earnings season for the third quarter of 2012 as shares have risen handily from their lows. While banks almost never…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) and Warren Buffett are both revered by many sorts of investors. One investor who has held shares of Berkshire Hathaway for a long time is Whitney Tilson…
Media General Inc. (NYSE: MEG) has done well since Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B) (NYSE: BRK-A) invested heavily into the company by purchasing the majority of the news and…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B) rarely gets analyst research calls from Wall St. research and independent research shops. When it does, many investors tend to pick apart the data hoping to find…
Banks are back in favor. The most recently announced round of quantitative easing via mortgage-backed securities purchases from the Federal Reserve follows a ratings action earlier this year in which Moody’s downgraded 15…
Solar maker First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) will not ship any more modules to the company’s Agua Caliente solar farm project until January 2013. The stoppage is the result of the project…
The International Monetary Fund and World Bank do not think the rise in food prices will bring a global financial crisis. (Reuters) Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is the largest company by market…
U.S. Bancorp (NYSE: USB) is proving why it was on our own proprietary list of the 7 Safest Large Banks in America. Standard & Poor’s has just raised the bank’s corporate credit…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released their most recent U.S.-listed equity holdings showing that there have been some significant changes in the positions of the Berkshire…
Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) is the bank that we said has replaced J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) as the safest of the money-center banks in America now. Wells…
