Keep It Simple, Says Buffett
May 5, 2009 by Joseph McCafferty
Warren Buffett emphasized that the best way to manage the current financial situation is to get back to basics at the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting Saturday.
May 5, 2009 by Joseph McCafferty
Warren Buffett emphasized that the best way to manage the current financial situation is to get back to basics at the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting Saturday.
Buffett’s Berkshire Ready to Buy
May 4, 2009
Berkshire Hathaway is ready to make a deal at the right price. Berkshire CEO Warren Buffett said Sunday at the company’s annual meeting that the company has $20 billion in cash and is “perfectly willing to make a deal that’s compelling” should one arise.
May 4, 2009
Berkshire Hathaway is ready to make a deal at the right price. Berkshire CEO Warren Buffett said Sunday at the company’s annual meeting that the company has $20 billion in cash and is “perfectly willing to make a deal that’s compelling” should one arise.
Buffett, Munger Share Stage, Differences
May 1, 2009
On Saturday, longtime partners Warren Buffett and Charles Munger will conduct Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting.
May 1, 2009
On Saturday, longtime partners Warren Buffett and Charles Munger will conduct Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting.
Buffett Not Releasing Berkshire Results
April 30, 2009
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway will report first-quarter results May 8, six days after the company’s annual meeting.
April 30, 2009
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway will report first-quarter results May 8, six days after the company’s annual meeting.
Buffett Awaits No-Nonsense Shareholder Meeting
April 29, 2009
With Berkshire Hathaway suffering record value losses throughout the recession, it will be up to chairman and CEO Warren Buffett to assuage shareholder fears and point to future success at the holding company’s upcoming annual general meeting.
April 29, 2009
With Berkshire Hathaway suffering record value losses throughout the recession, it will be up to chairman and CEO Warren Buffett to assuage shareholder fears and point to future success at the holding company’s upcoming annual general meeting.
Buffett to Host 35,000 at May 2 Meeting
April 24, 2009 by Joseph McCafferty
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett is set to host a record 35,000 people at his Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting May 2.
April 24, 2009 by Joseph McCafferty
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett is set to host a record 35,000 people at his Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting May 2.
Buffett Breaks His Own Rules
April 15, 2009 by Joseph McCafferty
Warren Buffett awaits approval from the Chinese government for his $230 million investment in an obscure, but promising Chinesse battery, mobile phone, and electric car company, BYD.
April 15, 2009 by Joseph McCafferty
Warren Buffett awaits approval from the Chinese government for his $230 million investment in an obscure, but promising Chinesse battery, mobile phone, and electric car company, BYD.
Buffett’s Berkshire Stripped of its AAA Rating
April 9, 2009 by Joseph McCafferty
Moody’s Investors Service has pegged down Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway credit rating in a move the Oracle of Omaha had to have seen coming.
April 9, 2009 by Joseph McCafferty
Moody’s Investors Service has pegged down Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway credit rating in a move the Oracle of Omaha had to have seen coming.
Buffett May Have Successor Lined Up
April 3, 2009 by Joseph McCafferty
Byron Trott, formerly of Goldman Sachs Group, has left the company after 27 years of service to run a Berkshirt Hathaway-financed venture fund fueling speculation that he may succeed Warren Buffett as head of the millionaire’s $130 billion company.
April 3, 2009 by Joseph McCafferty
Byron Trott, formerly of Goldman Sachs Group, has left the company after 27 years of service to run a Berkshirt Hathaway-financed venture fund fueling speculation that he may succeed Warren Buffett as head of the millionaire’s $130 billion company.
Buffett Buys Into Swiss Re
February 5, 2009 by Joseph McCafferty
Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett shored up Swiss Re with a 3 billion Swiss franc ($2.6 billion) investment today as the world’s weakened No. 2 insurer wrote down twice that amount in toxic assets.
February 5, 2009 by Joseph McCafferty
Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett shored up Swiss Re with a 3 billion Swiss franc ($2.6 billion) investment today as the world’s weakened No. 2 insurer wrote down twice that amount in toxic assets.
Buffett Rides to the Rescue
February 4, 2009 by Joseph McCafferty
Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett swooped into buy $300 million of Harley Davidson distressed debt.
February 4, 2009 by Joseph McCafferty
Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett swooped into buy $300 million of Harley Davidson distressed debt.
Former CEO Gets Two Years in Fraud Case
December 17, 2008 by Joseph McCafferty
The former chief executive of General Re was sentenced yesterday to a two-year prison term and levied a $200,000 fine for participating in a stock-inflation scheme with AIG six years ago.
December 17, 2008 by Joseph McCafferty
The former chief executive of General Re was sentenced yesterday to a two-year prison term and levied a $200,000 fine for participating in a stock-inflation scheme with AIG six years ago.
Automaker CEOs Drove to Capitol Hill
December 4, 2008 by Joseph McCafferty
After being scrutinized and ridiculed for flying private jets to Washington to ask for taxpayer money, the CEOs of U.S. automakers will be driving, not flying, to Washington.
December 4, 2008 by Joseph McCafferty
After being scrutinized and ridiculed for flying private jets to Washington to ask for taxpayer money, the CEOs of U.S. automakers will be driving, not flying, to Washington.
Buffett Takes on the Nuclear Power Industry
September 26, 2008
Warren E. Buffett’s decision to buy Constellation Energy Group is worrying some of the nuclear industry’s biggest players.
September 26, 2008
Warren E. Buffett’s decision to buy Constellation Energy Group is worrying some of the nuclear industry’s biggest players.
The 2008 List of Influentials on the Directorship 100
September 1, 2008 by Directorship Editors
The Most Influential Players in Corporate Governance (listed in alphabetical order)
September 1, 2008 by Directorship Editors
The Most Influential Players in Corporate Governance (listed in alphabetical order)
Coda: September 2008
September 1, 2008 by Aaron Bernstein
Although it is a time of challenge for directors and CEOs, some get hurt while others get helped.
September 1, 2008 by Aaron Bernstein
Although it is a time of challenge for directors and CEOs, some get hurt while others get helped.
CFO Earns More than Buffett, Munger
March 18, 2008 by Joseph McCafferty
Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett and Vice Chairman Charlie Munger have once again kept their salaries at $100,000 in 2007. Both men, though, received less pay than CFO Marc Hamburg.
March 18, 2008 by Joseph McCafferty
Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett and Vice Chairman Charlie Munger have once again kept their salaries at $100,000 in 2007. Both men, though, received less pay than CFO Marc Hamburg.
Apple Tops List of Most Admired
March 12, 2008 by Joseph McCafferty
Apple Computer has been noted as this year’s most admired company. Fortune magazine [March 17, 2008] profiles CEO Steve Jobs, reporting that “what makes him a great CEO drive him to put his company, and his investors, at risk.”
March 12, 2008 by Joseph McCafferty
Apple Computer has been noted as this year’s most admired company. Fortune magazine [March 17, 2008] profiles CEO Steve Jobs, reporting that “what makes him a great CEO drive him to put his company, and his investors, at risk.”
Buffett Sounds Off on Bank Woes, Economy
March 3, 2008 by Joseph McCafferty
Warren Buffett’s annual letter to the shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway is one of the most widely read documents in the business world made all the more imperative certainly by his longstanding impressive results and dry, pragmatic wit. Every word of the just issued letter to shareholders reporting on 2007 results will surely be analyzed in an effort to discern just how Buffett and colleague Charlie Munger have generated a 21.1-percent compound.
March 3, 2008 by Joseph McCafferty
Warren Buffett’s annual letter to the shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway is one of the most widely read documents in the business world made all the more imperative certainly by his longstanding impressive results and dry, pragmatic wit. Every word of the just issued letter to shareholders reporting on 2007 results will surely be analyzed in an effort to discern just how Buffett and colleague Charlie Munger have generated a 21.1-percent compound.
Buffett Linked to Possible Microsoft-Yahoo Accord
February 6, 2008 by Joseph McCafferty
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway doesn’t have holdings in either Microsoft or Yahoo, but on his board sits Yahoo president Susan Decker and Microsoft cofounder and chairman Bill Gates. Those Berkshire Hathaway board meetings could “get tense” if a deal between the two companies isn’t brokered.
February 6, 2008 by Joseph McCafferty
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway doesn’t have holdings in either Microsoft or Yahoo, but on his board sits Yahoo president Susan Decker and Microsoft cofounder and chairman Bill Gates. Those Berkshire Hathaway board meetings could “get tense” if a deal between the two companies isn’t brokered.