ThinkstockThe U.S. banking sector is looking better in 2013 than it did in 2012, 2011 and so on. Balance sheets, credit metrics and underlying asset values continue to recover. Still, the recession…
White House Photo by Pete SouzaBerkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) has been actively watched in the news of late. After its participation in the $28 billion acquisition of H.J. Heinz Co. (NYSE: HNZ), this…
courtesy of the Walt Disney Co.You know it is a bull market when you see major household names hitting 52-week highs. Right now we have many major stocks hitting fresh all-time highs!…
White House Photo by Pete SouzaBerkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) and Warren Buffett released their full stock holdings for 2013 on Thursday after the close. Earlier in the week we highlighted how…
White House Photo by Pete SouzaBerkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett may have surprised the markets with the $28 billion purchase of H.J. Heinz Company (NYSE: HNZ), but there…
Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesThe stock market is mixed Thursday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.04%, the Nasdaq down 0.06% and the S&P 500 up 0.04%. Today’s winners include a…
White House Photo by Pete SouzaWarren Buffett is out on another whale hunt acquisition today. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) and 3G Capital are acquiring food giant H.J. Heinz Co. (NYSE: HNZ).…
Mark Hirschey / Wikimedia Commons2013 is yet another year getting off to a great start for stocks, and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) is actually outperforming the broad stock market so far…
The stock market is down slightly Thursday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.19%, the Nasdaq down 0.02% and the S&P 500 down 0.08%. Today’s sole winner is a solar energy…
ThinkstockWarren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) subsidiary MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co. has acquired the 579-megawatt Antelope Valley solar projects from SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR) for a total price of up to…
Mark Hirschey / Wikimedia CommonsWarren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) apparently is living up to at least some of its former buyback ambitions that the company telegraphed before. What is…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research calls this Thursday. Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) raised to Outperform at William Blair…
Mark Hirschey / Wikimedia CommonsBerkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B) (NYSE: BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released their most recent U.S.-listed equity holdings. Many changes had been made in the June quarter…
thinkstockToday is potentially a make or break day when it comes to a corporate voice on how to avert SOME of the issues with the coming fiscal cliff. Leaders of labor got…
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…
