Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released the latest holdings of U.S.-listed equities as of December 31, 2010. That makes these his new 2011 holdings and there…
EchoStar Corp. (NASDAQ: SATS) has agreed to acquire Hughes Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: HUGH) for about $2 billion, including debt, in a deal that would give EchoStar, which makes set-top boxes and satellites…
For its first fiscal quarter of 2011, Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA) reported that profit fell -12% and revenue fell by -4.8% due mainly to weakness in the company’s film business. Viacom’s cable…
BP plc (NYSE: BP) may face US charges that it manipulated gas prices. (Reuters) Roche said that regulations in the US could harms its results. (Reuters) Borders Group (NYSE: BGP) may file…
If mobile phones still did nothing but voice calls and text messaging, existing mobile networks would likely be sufficient for another 10 years or more. Smartphones that surf the web and allow…
Obama and China president Hu Jintao are likely to clash on economic issues. (Reuters) The American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai said regulations which are not enforced are the largest problem in…
Some Senators said they would pass a currency bill to punish China on the value of the yuan just as the People’s Republic president Hu Jintao visits Obama. (Reuters) Citigroup (NYSE: C)…
Level 3 Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: LVLT) is back again in the capital markets. Once a seller, always a seller. The company will offer $300 million in eight-year maturity notes, pushing out its…
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) is setting its 2011 goals in an analyst and investor meeting today in his presentation called the “GE Annual Outlook Investor Meeting.” GE just recently hiked its…
These are some of this Tuesday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) Raised to Overweight at Piper Jaffray. AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T)…
When Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) recently signed a contract with Level 3 Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: LVLT) to store and deliver streaming video, the stage was set for the next round in the…
The recorded music business has been getting beaten up for the last decade or so, starting with the original release of Napster in the late 1990s. Music industry executives decided that they’d…
The demand for GM stock may push the price per share of the IPO to $33. (Reuters) Rolls Royce began to build more engines to replace faulty ones on Airbus A380s. (Reuters)…
It is 13F season and investors are looking to see what their favorite gurus are up to. While everyone is looking at the slew of Buffett portfolio changes, it is John Paulson…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released the latest holdings of U.S.-listed equities as of September 30, 2010. This list appears to have many more changes than…
