
Dow hits record, erasing Great Recession losses
The stock market is back. Five and a half years after the start of a frightening drop that erased $11 trillion from stock portfolios and made ...

Dow surges to record ... and keeps going
The Dow Jones industrial average closed at an all-time high Tuesday, beating the previous record it set in October 2007, before the financial crisis ...
Heinz CEO entitled to $56 million golden parachute
Heinz CEO William Johnson is entitled to a golden parachute worth $56 million if he's fired by the company's new owners. Warren Buffet's Berkshire ...
Buffett: Stocks are good buy; ketchup is forever
Warren Buffet says stocks are a good investment, long-term government bonds are a dumb one, and ketchup is forever. The billionaire investor covered ...
Forbes: Slim world's richest for 4th year in a row
Mexico's Carlos Slim remains the world's richest man for the fourth year in a row, according to Forbes, while Warren Buffett dropped out of the top ...
Buffett: 'No thanks' on buying Tribune papers
Warren Buffett has been buying newspapers recently but says he's not interested in the big papers owned by Tribune Co. Buffett spoke about his recent ...
Buffett: Low interest rates have boosted stocks
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett says stock prices have gotten a boost from low interest rates caused by the Federal Reserve's stimulus efforts.
Buffett calls year with 45 pct. profit jump subpar
Most companies would undoubtedly be thrilled with the results Warren Buffett called "subpar" at Berkshire Hathaway because his company's value trailed ...
Buffett firm's 4Q up 49 pct. on paper gains
Warren Buffett's company reported a 49 percent surge in fourth-quarter profit because of a big paper gain on its investments and derivative contracts, ...

Warren Buffett releases annual letter on Friday
What will life be like without Warren Buffett? Berkshire Hathaway shareholders may have gotten a glimpse into that future. Most of Berkshire's deals ...
SEC alleges insider trading ahead of Heinz deal
Federal regulators have alleged that a brokerage account in Switzerland was used for illegal insider trading ahead of the H.J. Heinz acquisition ...

Buffett's Heinz buy puts spotlight on big deals
Warren Buffett and a fellow billionaire are teaming up to snap up the Heinz ketchup company, marking the food industry's biggest ever deal and yet ...

Buffett puts money in ketchup, buys Heinz for $23B
Billionaire Warren Buffett, the most closely watched investor in America, is putting his money in ketchup, agreeing Thursday to buy H.J. Heinz Co.

Kerry's portfolio could grow with Heinz deal
Secretary of State John Kerry's family financial portfolio could grow by hundreds of thousands of dollars as a result of the $23 billion megadeal ...

Stock market wavers as Europe's economy slows
Renewed worries about Europe overshadowed an encouraging U.S. jobs report on Thursday, leaving major stock indexes roughly where they started.
Stocks waver as Europe's economy slows
Stocks are ending little changed on Wall Street as a slowdown in Europe's economy overshadowed an encouraging report on the U.S. jobs market. The Dow ...
Merger activity stirs on Wall Street
Companies are buying each other again. This year was shaping up to be one of the biggest for mergers and acquisitions since 2007. Then, on Thursday, ...
Democrats to unveil bill to replace budget cuts
President Barack Obama's Democratic allies in the Senate are unveiling legislation Thursday to avoid a looming set of sharp, across-the-board spending ...
Stocks fall midday on deepening European recession
Stocks are falling midday Thursday as reports showed Europe's recession deepened late last year. The Dow Jones industrial fell 16 points to 13,966.
Stocks open lower on European slowdown
Stocks fell early Thursday as a slowdown in Europe overshadowed a flurry of mergers in the U.S. Germany's economy shrank in the final three months of ...

Futures slide on troubling news from Europe
A troubling economic retreat in Europe and Asia weighed on futures Thursday and overshadowed a flurry of corporate activity in the U.S.
Senate Democrats craft bill to avert budget cuts
Top Senate Democrats have prepared a plan to slice the Pentagon's budget by $3 billion a year in an attempt to avoid far steeper cuts that defense ...
S. African billionaire to give away half his money
A South African billionaire says his family will give away half of its money to charity. The South African Press Association reported that Patrice ...
Was that you? Foul odor wafts from France to UK
A foul-smelling cloud of gas escaped from a factory in northern France on Tuesday, making life unpleasant from the outskirts of Paris to Britain's ...