Warren Buffett


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Buffett is chairman and chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway. The publicly traded holding company operates a broad collection of businesses, including insurance (Geico), manufacturing (Clayton Homes), energy (MidAmerican Energy, Lubrizol) and service (NetJets). It also owns stakes in Coca-Cola, American Express, Procter & Gamble and Wells Fargo.

Warren Buffett News

  • Ally to Pay ResCap $2.1 Billion to Settle Creditor Claims

    Ally Financial Inc., the auto lender majority-owned by the U.S. government, agreed to pay $2.1 billion to avoid lawsuits related to its bankrupt mortgage unit, Residential Capital LLC.

  • Spain’s Private Jets Disappearing as Tycoons Cut Flights

    As Spain’s housing market boomed in the last decade, real estate tycoons fell in love with the idea of getting to construction sites fast. Developers and other business titans binging on easy credit more than doubled the country’s corporate jet fleet from 2004 to 2009, to 137 planes.

  • Pritzker Understated Income, Files Amended Disclosure

    Chicago billionaire Penny Pritzker inadvertently understated a portion of her income by at least $80 million in a disclosure form required for her nomination to be U.S. Commerce secretary and has amended the document.

  • Victory for Dimon as JPMorgan Shareholders Reject CEO-Chairman Split

    JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon won more investor support this year than in 2012 to remain chairman, weathering a push to divide the roles after the largest U.S. bank suffered a record trading loss.

  • MetLife Avoids Buffett Reinsurer as CEO Confronts Risk

    MetLife Inc., the largest U.S. life insurer, is looking beyond Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. as Chief Executive Officer Steven Kandarian seeks ways to limit risk from retirement products known as variable annuities.

  • Jack Lew: In ETFs He Trusts?

    Jack Lew isn’t your average baby boomer. There's that Treasury Secretary thing, for starters. What may be even more impressive than his resume, though, is his portfolio of low cost, index-tracking exchange-traded funds. Unlike the vast majority of baby boomers, who don’t use ETFs at all, Lew is saving himself thousands of dollars per year in fees and beating a solid two-thirds of active mutual fund managers.

  • JPMorgan Shareholders Reject CEO-Chairman Split in Win for Dimon

    JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon won shareholder support to remain chairman, surviving a campaign to split the roles after a record trading loss at the biggest U.S. bank.

  • Dimon Seen Keeping Chairman, CEO Roles in Preliminary Voting

    JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon won approval from investors to keep his chairman title in preliminary voting ahead of today’s shareholder meeting, according to two people with knowledge of the tallies.

  • Hollande Bonds Without AAA Shine Brighter Than Gold

    Credit downgrades, recession and President Francois Hollande’s gaping budget shortfall have done little to prevent French bonds from outshining gold.

  • Bond Love Endures for Investors Unconvinced Rally’s Over

    Bill Gross, the world’s largest fixed-income manager, says the bull market for bonds may have ended last month. Investors are staying put.

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