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…
Voters in Greece and France turn away from German austerity measures set for the region’s weakest nations. (Reuters) AT&T (NYSE: T) moves into the home monitoring market. (Reuters) Ally Financial falls back…
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. …
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…
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)…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B) may have been hoping that a review of the credit ratings of its Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad unit would be given a credit upgrade. That is…
Jon C. Ogg Dollar General Corporation (NYSE: DG) was previously in the news for announcing a secondary offering of 25 million shares. The offering has now priced at what seems a fair discount for the…
Dollar General Corporation (NYSE: DG) is holding a public secondary offering of 25 million shares which are being sold by private equity backers who still own a large part of the company. …
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…
Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) has announced that the Federal Reserve did not object to its capital return plan for its shareholders. The first quarter dividend is effectively more than doubling…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.B) (NYSE: BRK.B) is very widely followed due to the great performance through time and due to the following of the great Warren Buffett. It has been an…
The precious metals subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A; BRK-B) has agreed to acquire the US business of UK precious metals firm Cookson Group PLC. No price was announced. Richline Group,…
