Perhaps the fact that Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) got into the bond insurance business just as it was falling apart was not entirely due to the genius of Warren Buffett. According to the…
These are not the only impact analyst calls this Tuesday, but these are the ones 247WallSt.com is focusing on in early pre-market trading: Baxter (BAX) raised to Buy from Hold at Citigroup.…
2007 was one volatile year and for now it appears that will be the norm for at least the start of 2008. Everyone’s favorite market pundit or least liked pundit is obviously…
Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA) has over $43 billion in cash on its balance sheet. It could buy most US public companies without borrowing a dime. Berkshire’s chief, Warren Buffett could put his money…
Union Pacific Corp. (NYSE:UNP) has just lowered earnings guidance for its fourth quarter 2007. It said earnings will be reduced by approximately $0.20 per diluted share. This warning is two-fold: primarily reflects…
Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK/A) (NYSE:BRK/B) shares fell today after Barron’s called for investors to sell Warren Buffett’s growth machine. This seemed like a long time since Berkshire Hathaway had gone down this much…
Northern Rock may be the UK’s most troubled financial company. The Bank of England has put 26 billion pounds into the company and would like to get the money back. According to…
Last night came the filing from Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK-A) showing its public company stock holdings as of September 30, 2007. Berkshire’s four largest holdings in the report are American Express (NYSE:AXP), Coca-Cola…
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK-A) posted reults after Friday’s close that are probably going to be hard to complain about, and not just because very few analysts make projections on the…
Douglas A. McIntyre It appears Warren Buffett may have cooled a bit toward the railroad sector. An SEC filing Monday evening showed that Bekshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK-A) trimmed a 10.5 million share stake of Union Pacific…
Forbes has released its list of the 400 wealthiest Americans. We really wanted to see the corporate impact of the wealthy. What is interesting is to compare how these companies tied to…
Safeway Inc. (NYSE:SWY) has announced a new environmental project to power 23 California stores with renewable solar energy. The company installed solar panels atop a newly renovated Safeway Lifestyle store in Dublin,…
According to Reuters, Citigroup (C) will list its shares on the Japanese stock market as early as November. Reuters writes that Capgemini, Europe’s largest computer consultancy, will start to incorporate Google (GOOG)…
Shares of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. (NYSE:BNI) are indicated higher Tuesday after Warrner Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK-A) upped its stake in the railroad company. In a filing from Monday evening, it…
Douglas A. McIntyre Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK-A) has just posted some pretty killer earnings. It posted $3,118.00 in EPS, but after you back out gains and other items you end up with $2,018.00 per share. …
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