24/7 Wall St. asked CoreBrand to identify America’s hottest brands. We wanted to know the biggest brands that were the best known and most well regarded. Read: America’s Hottest Brands Generally, most…
Ingersoll-Rand Plc (NYSE: IR) is often overlooked as a key company despite a nearly $13 billion market value. The news is out that Nelson Peltz has taken a 7.1% stake in the company via…
For some reason, Europe’s largest stock markets have shrugged off election results in Greece and France. Many indexes are down, particularly in Greece. But the markets the world watches most closely —…
Warren Buffett surprised investors when he said Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) may buy more newspapers. It already owns the daily in Buffalo and recently bought the paper in Omaha, which is where…
Warren Buffett hosted the Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) over the weekend and this Monday morning he gave a long interview to CNBC. In the interview Mr. Buffett noted how he still…
Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A), during the firm’s annual meeting, claimed that he looked at a huge buyout recently, which would have cost $22 billion. Buffett says he did not make a deal…
This weekend has perhaps the most widely followed annual meeting from any public company in America as Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) will have its shareholder meeting in Omaha, Nebraska. …
The European Central Bank will not act to help growth in the region, but it will seek solutions to Spain’s problems. (Reuters) Nokia (NYSE: NOK) promises to build new handsets to stimulate…
Several CEOs and founders of well-known American companies have complete control over their companies. Through voting power, they control the boards and strategic decisions of these corporations. The best current example is…
The revelation that the CEO of Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK), Aubrey McClendon, was borrowing money from a private equity firm that did business with Chesapeake to finance his personal stake (2.5%)…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) will be in the news quite a bit now that the world’s most famous investor, chairman Warren Buffett, has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. We…
Warren Buffett is supposed to be invincible. Unfortunately the world is finding out that this is not the case. A disclosure letter came from Mr. Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A)…
Many investors cannot mentally buy high-priced shares. It was not really an accident that Warren Buffett split the A and B shares of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A). Logic and mental blocks aside, three…
British newspaper The Guardian has a blog post saying there is speculation that US coal miner Walter Energy Inc. (NYSE: WLT) could be a ripe for a takeover fight among three potential…
Everyone loves Warren Buffett’s sage advice. Almost everyone at any rate. But what about Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) as an investment. We have argued that perhaps the Berkshire Hathaway…
