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
My dad sent me an email a few weeks ago with no message attached, just an article entitled "Billionaires Dumping Stocks, Economist Knows Why?" Knowing my dad, what he wanted to...
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March 17 - 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
As of the close of trading on Friday, March 8, the S&P 500 had already surged almost 9% in 2013 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average was sitting at new all-time highs.
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March 14 - Hedge Funds
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
This is hard to do when you're looking at a loss, or a potential gain that just faded away. But there's another rule you also need to remember.
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February 21 - News
Sometimes all it takes is something crisp and refreshing like a salad - with just enough tanginess - to liven up a dreary lunch.
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February 20 - News
The price is certainly no steal, valuing the company at 21 times forward earnings.
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February 20 - News
Warren Buffett, the most successful and respected investor in the world, has recently pulled the trigger on H. J.
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February 20 - Hedge Funds
Financial contributor Jim Cramer provided an excellent introduction to his Mad Money television show on Tuesday, February 5. During his 6 p.m.
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February 19 - Hedge Funds
On Feb. 14, the management of H.J.
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February 19 - News
On Feb. 14, news broke that Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A) and partner 3G Capital Inc. would be purchasing the iconic American company H.J.
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February 19 - News
The acquisition of H.J. Heinz Company (NYSE:HNZ) by Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A) hasn't only hogged headlines over the past week.
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February 19 - News
Although the Dow Jones Industrial Average managed to close higher on Friday, its one-day, 8-point gain still left it down 11 points for the week.
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February 19 - News
One thing's for sure: You'll never discover truly great investments unless you actively look for them.
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February 18 - News
When you go out to a restaurant, would you rather read through a menu with limited options or one with exponential potential to send you into a food coma? Perhaps you have more...
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February 18 - News
The financials sector is never short on news, but if you're short on time, let me do the leg work for you. I've dug through the Fool's financial sector coverage over the past...
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February 18 - News
Though the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell slightly for a second straight day, several catalysts prevented the index from a more dramatic drop, including encouraging jobs data...
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February 17 - News
There's a strong feeling in the media that the answer to that question is a pretty glaring "yes." The Financial Times went as far as to say that, with regards to Warren Buffett...
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February 15 - News
The best companies are those run by talented and experienced leaders with strong vested interests in the success of the business, held in check by a board with sound financial...
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February 15 - News
When the markets are choppy, investing in the diversified food companies with modest yields is a good strategy.
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February 15 - News
Warren Buffett has famously said that The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) could be run by a ham sandwich. With a stake of close to $15 billion, Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
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February 15 - News
Happy Valentine's Day everyone! I hope you're in the mood for love, because a mammoth buyout was the main proponent behind today's move higher in the broad-based S&P 500 .
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February 14 - News
Early this morning, things looked dire for the stock market.
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February 14 - News
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.B) and investment firm 3G Capital are paying $72.50 per share for ketchup king H.J.
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February 14 - Hedge Funds
Warren Buffett's acquisition of H. J. Heinz Company (NYSE:HNZ) is not all that surprising -- even in a richly valued market.
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February 14 - News
H.J. Heinz Company (NYSE:HNZ) announced this morning that it has agreed to be acquired by an investment consortium consisting of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
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February 14 - News
Heinz said the bid represented a 19% premium to its all-time high share price and a 30% premium to its one-year average share price.
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February 14 - News
Dividend yields have retreated for many stocks as the Dow has climbed.
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February 1 - News