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. …
Douglas A. McIntyre Friday morning will be the earnings report for Brookfield Asset Management (NYSE:BAM) (and TSX:BAM). The problem with this ‘earnings’ for U.S. investors is that the company is based in Canada and First…
On today’s STOP TRADING segment on CNBC, Jim Cramer addressed the homebuilders all being up based on the rumors that Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK/A). Cramer said it would more likely be…
There have been market rumors today that Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway could be buying a stake in Hovnanian Enterprises Inc. (NYSE:HOV). The truth is that anything is possible, particularly since Buffett likes…
Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK/A-NYSE) auctions himself off for a lunch every year in a benefit for the Glide Foundation. He has been doing the auction on eBay, and you wouldn’t…
Douglas A. McIntyre Stock Tickers: WB, GE, SMH, TYC, BRK/A, BX, SBUX, KFT, SIRI, XMSR, CAKE, BAM Most stories come out, affect a stock or a sector, and then cease to matter. We have numerous…
BRK/A, BNI, KO, PG, WMT, USG, AXP, WFC, MCO, JNJ, COP, UNP, USB, MTB, ASD, NSC, WLP, UNH, IR, HRB It is always interesting to see how Wall Street bets with or…