thinkstockRatings agency Moody’s Corp. (NYSE: MCO) reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2012 results before markets opened this morning. For the fourth quarter Moody’s reported diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.70 on revenues…
Paul Ausick thinkstockSoutheastern Asset Management, Dell’s (NASDAQ: DELL) largest shareholder, is unhappy with the price of the LBO. (Reuters) The Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) 787 has been approved for test flights. (Reuters) BMW says…
U.S. equity markets opened flat this morning, largely due to a slew of data from Europe that essentially cancelled any good news with an equal dollop of bad. U.S. unemployment data came…
(July, 2011) Standard and Poor's State Credit Rating, Provided by The Tax FoundationJustice delayed might be not be justice denied, but as far as many regular U.S. citizens are concerned it seems…
Douglas A. McIntyre ThinkstockThe McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. (NYSE: MHP) is trying to defend itself against a suit coming from the Department of Justice that goes back to the ratings agency’s involvement in helping to cause…
Jon C. Ogg ThinkstockCritics of the behavior of the various ratings agencies may be getting some high-powered company. According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, the U.S. Department of Justice and some state…
Paul Ausick Fortune is out with its top 10 stock picks for 2013. The list was divulged on CNBC late on Wednesday afternoon and was based on a survey of fund managers based upon…
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…
Mark Zuckerberg makes a rare public appearance and expresses disappointment about Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) shares but says that the company will push forward in mobile. (Reuters) Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) share…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released their most recent U.S.-listed equity holdings showing that there have been some significant changes in the positions of the Berkshire…
A number of central banks say they will act in concert if the EU financial situation worsens. (Reuters) The UK government and Bank of England could inject as much as 100 billion…
JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM) sells $25 billion in profitable securities to offset its trade debacle. (Reuters) The SEC examines JP Morgan financial reports. (Reuters) Marubeni buys U.S. grain company Gavilon Holdings for $3.6 billion.…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released their most recent U.S.-listed equity holdings for the Berkshire Hathaway empire. This cut off date is as of March 31,…
Dun & Bradstreet Corp. (NYSE: DNB), one of the venerable names in business and credit data, is taking some lumps this morning following lowered fiscal year forecast and the closure of one…
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…