Jorge Paulo Lemann may not be a name that many Americans know, but Americans are certainly familiar with the products his companies make: the Whopper, Heinz Ketchup, and Budweiser...
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September 4 - Hedge Funds, News
It is a fact that China and India’s appetite for commodities over the last years has pushed up the prices of farm raw materials in a spectacular way.
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July 1 - News
Millions of Americans, this blogger included, are finding that they feel better and are losing weight by eliminating wheat gluten from their diet.
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June 11 - News
It might not be obvious to the casual observer, but right now, today, Campbell Soup Company (NYSE:CPB)'s stock offers one of the best values available in the processed foods industry...
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June 10 - News
Four years after being kicked out of the S&P 500 Index, General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) is set to rejoin the benchmark U.S. stock index later this week.
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June 5 - News
MidAmerican Energy, the utility holding company under the Berkshire umbrella, is snapping up Las Vegas' NV Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NVE) . Once you throw in NV Energy, Inc.
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May 31 - News
In the wake of the most recent recession, many consumers are rethinking past cavalier spending habits.
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May 30 - News
Is Warren Buffett irreplaceable? Can Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
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May 29 - News
Have you ever seen anyone take notes during a flight, when the flight attendant gives the “in-flight safety instructions?” I haven’t.
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May 28 - News
Over the years, The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) has created advertising as iconic as its "red wave" logo, but its newest campaign could be among its most ambitious to invigorate...
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May 28 - News
The food industry is facing an era of lower margins as commodity inflation is impacting its players' performance.
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May 22 - News
The tried and true "classic" Warren Buffett quotes are classics because they're great, timeless bits of investing wisdom. But sometimes they can also feel a bit too well worn.
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May 13 - News
The Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A) annual meeting is attended by throngs of Berkshire faithful.
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May 12 - News
During the multi-hour question-and-answer session during the Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
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May 9 - News
As it turns out, Berkshire recently approached the kidney disease specialist about increasing its 14% stake in the company, which led to a formal agreement "that reflects the ...
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May 8 - News
We're still only a couple hours into the Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A) annual meeting, but there's a significant theme already surfacing in Warren Buffett's comments.
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May 4 - News
As the world knows, H.J. Heinz Company (NYSE:HNZ) announced it agreed to be acquired by Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.B) and 3G Capital, a private equity firm, on Feb.
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April 18 - News
2013 has been a big year for Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT).
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April 17 - News
Shortly after Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A) CEO Warren Buffett spent $12 billion in cash last month to acquire 50% of H.J.
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April 9 - Hedge Funds
In Warren Buffett’s recently published letter to shareholders, he mentioned how the S&P 500 outpaced Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
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April 4 - News
Thanks to the 14% rally in shares of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
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April 1 - News
Why? As Warren Buffett pointed out on the very first page of his 2012 letter to Berkshire shareholders, the company's per-share book value has grown by an astounding average of...
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March 31 - News
Billionaire and superinvestor Warren Buffett knows a good deal when he sees one.
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March 30 - News
This series, brought to you by Yahoo! Finance, looks at which upgrades and downgrades make sense, and which ones investors should act on.
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March 28 - News
New issues in U.S. corporate bond markets topped $38 billion last week, with four borrowers taking on more than $3 billion each to account for more than a third of the total.
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March 25 - News
Since Warren Buffett released his annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
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March 20 - News
Earnings season is winding down, with most companies already having reported their quarterly results.
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March 19 - News
No doubt you’ve heard of Hedge Fund Titan David Einhorn. He has been plastered all over the news lately. Einhorn was pestering Apple Inc.
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March 19 - News
With the stock market tipping the scales at new highs, there has been a veritable smorgasbord of merger and acquisition activity.
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March 17 - News
Stocks are like underwear: The flashy ones get all the visibility, but can cause a whole bunch of trouble.
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March 13 - News
Just four months ago activist investor Nelson Peltz took a 1% stake in and laid out his investment thesis for the Paris-based food giant Groupe Danone SA (PINK:DANOY).
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March 13 - Hedge Funds
It's deja vu all over again. On March 11, a Lenovo executive speculated about acquiring smartphone manufacturer Research In Motion Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY).
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March 13 - News
Buffett's folksy easy-as-pie investing image doesn't quite jibe with the usurious deals he's wrung from the likes of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), Goldman Sachs Group, ...
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March 7 - Hedge Funds
Last week I wrote about the transaction that Warren Buffett and 3G Capital are intending to complete: taking Heinz private.
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March 5 - News
Stocks opened nicely higher this morning, with the S&P 500 and the narrower, price-weighted Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.8% each as of 10:05 a.m. EST.
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March 5 - Hedge Funds
On February 14, 2013, as I suggested was possible a month earlier, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.B) announced a joint deal with Brazilian based 3G ventures to buy H.J.
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March 4 - News
Recently, Warren Buffett teamed up with 3G Capital, a Brazilian private equity firm, to acquire H. J.
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February 26 - News
Warren Buffett has done it again. His Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
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February 25 - News
Legendary value investor and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A) (NYSE:BRK.B) CEO Warren Buffett has the kind of problems the rest of us only dream of having.
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February 25 - Hedge Funds
Fiscal 2012 was fairly uneventful for Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.B) in terms of acquisitions; Warren Buffett and his loaded rifle found no elephants large or impressive...
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February 25 - Hedge Funds
For all that is written on the topic, the key to beating the market can be boiled down to a single concept: variant perception.
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February 23 - News
The recent announcement that Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.B) is acquiring food processor H.J.
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February 23 - News
Warren Buffett's involvement in a $23 billion deal for H.J. Heinz Company (NYSE:HNZ) signifies the Oracle of Omaha's desire to put the trove of cash at Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
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February 22 - News
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A) is joining with the Brazilian investment group 3G Capital to buy H.J. Heinz Company (NYSE:HNZ). for $23.3 billion.
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February 22 - News
The best investor in the history of modern times and the Brazilian owners of the best managed consumer goods company in the world just made a $28 billion bid (including debt) ...
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February 22 - News
Although Buffett has been leery of investing in airlines since he fared poorly back in the early 1990s with US Airways Group, Inc.
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February 21 - Hedge Funds
American Greetings Corporation (NYSE:AM), the second largest greeting cards company in America, is currently attempting to go private by the founding Weiss family, with a current...
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February 21 - News
The recently announced acquisition of H.J. Heinz Company (NYSE:HNZ) by Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
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February 21 - Hedge Funds
If you want to be a smart investor, you can learn a lot from Warren Buffett.
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February 21 - News