New York Post (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Threats of another round of rating downgrades put billionaire Warren Buffett ahead of vulture investor Wilbur Ross in the match of the bond insurers. In Buffett's corner is Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corp., the newcomer to the bond insurance...
Business Times Asiaone (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
LEGENDARY billionaire investor Warren Buffett has got it wrong. So has Morgan Stanley Asia chairman Stephen Roach and GIC group investment officer Ng Kok Song, says Tan Teng Boo, the owner of small fund company Capital Dynamics.
Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Hickey and Walters ( Bespoke ) submit: Within each sector of the market, there are certain individuals whose success has earned them a reputation that when they speak or act, people listen. Every move or comment that Warren Buffett makes is analyzed for potential clues as to what companies he may be interested in buying. More specifically, in the energy sector, when T. Boone Pickens makes comments...
Articles Database (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Warren Buffett, the richest man in the world, has criticized the US tax system for allowing him to pay a lower tax rate than his secretary and his cleaner. Mr. Buffett, who is worth an estimated $62 billion, says the wealthy pay a lower part of their income in taxes than their receptionists do, or their [...]
Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
Chad Brand submits: Things have not been great lately for Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) shareholders. BRK stock has dropped more than 20% since December and large Buffett holdings in the financial services area such as American Express (AXP) , Wells Fargo (WFC) , Moody's (MCO) , and U.S. Bancorp (USB) are hurting his equity portfolio. Buffett has also taken some heat for publicly bashing...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
THE LEGENDARY American investment guru Sir John Templeton, who has died aged 95, was as renowned in his heyday as Warren Buffett is today, for his success in reading the world's stock markets.
Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
Aaron Katsman submits: Volatile markets have impacted even the best of investors. Last week we heard that Warren Buffett had his worst first half of a year in 19 years, and news out Tuesday shows that the hedge fund industry didn’t fare much better. According to a report in Bloomberg: Hedge funds declined by an average 0.7 percent in June, bringing the year-to-date loss to 0.75 percent, data compiled...
CNNMoney.com (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
American consumers aren't the only ones going shopping. So is Warren Buffett.
FT.com - Europe homepage (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Dow Chemical agreed to buy Rohm and Haas, the Philadelphia-based maker of specialty materials, for $18.8bn in a deal that is part-funded by billionaire investor Warren Buffett and a Kuwaiti sovereign wealth fund
Financial Time (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
The changing face of global finance came into stark relief as Dow Chemical tapped Warren Buffett and Kuwait's sovereign wealth fund to help pay for its $18.8bn takeover of its US rival Rohm & Haas
CFO (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
Warren Buffett gives students at Swiss business school IMD a lesson in investment intuition.
Contrarian Value Investing (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
Warren Buffett always talks about investing being a no called strikes game. In other words, one does not have to invest in every investing opportunity presented. We sit and wait for that “fat pitch.” In a recent interview on the Fox Business Channel, Warren Buffett talked a bit about those fat pitches that he did not [...]
CNNMoney.com (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
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New York Post (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
WINNERS SHAKIRA Singer said to be close to $70M deal with Live Nation. DICK GRASSO It's over. Former NYSE boss KOs Spitzer suit, keeps $190M pay package. RUSH LIMBAUGH Radio talker signs massive $400M deal. LOSERS WARREN BUFFETT Holy Sage of Omaha!
Contrarian Value Investing (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
This is the second part on what stocks I am looking at. Part 1 dealt with stocks in the DJIA trading at or near 52 week lows. Next, I will look at stocks Warren Buffett or Berkshire Hathaway has bought according to Gurufocus.com. Although studies have shown that following Buffett into stocks has been a good [...]
