At Saturday's annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting, the 82-year-old CEO Warren Buffett announced that he knows who his successor is, but he's not ready to share the secret with the rest of us just yet.
Arguably the most influential investor of all-time has finally been persuaded to join Twitter, causing an online stampede to receive his financial wisdom. Don't bet on it.
Warren Buffett on taxing the ultra-rich, William D. Cohan on Jon Corzine, Dennis Ross on the Middle East, John Vidal on climate change, and E.J. Dionne on the Catholic Church.
Because being one of the world's the richest just isn't enough. Buffett has no plans of slowing down now that he's finished radiation treatment for his non-life threatening prostate cancer, which he announced to newspaper executives on Friday.
The patron saint of local newspapers told The New York Times' Christine Haughney that there's no magic formula for his papers' success. That's a pretty modest statement from a self-professed newspaper "addict" who bought 63 papers last month, and we don't buy it one bit.
If you had the opportunity to sit down and have lunch with Warren Buffett, what would you ask him? Turns out, most don't even ask about investing.
As of now, it's still unlikely that this will translate into action, but Warren Buffet responded to an open letter from a New Orleans musician to say, "Naturally I've been following the Times-Pic situation with interest." With interest!
At the annual shareholder's meeting for Berkshire Hathaway on Saturday, Warren Buffett and his business partner, Charlie Munger, both said they won't be investing in Facebook when the tech company finally releases its IPO.
Warren Buffett has announced to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders that he got diagnosed with stage I prostate cancer, but that "my condition is not remotely life-threatening or even debilitating in any meaningful way."
Bloomberg seems very excited about its newfangled "Bloomberg Billionaires Index" which, like Forbes' "The World's Billionaire List" before it, serves mainly as a reminder of how much money you don't have.
"The Oracle" comes down from on high this month to deliver his annual wisdom to the shareholders of Berksrhire Hathaway, and naturally people want to know: Where does Warren Buffett put his money?
With Tuesday's news that Debbie Bosanek, Warren Buffett's famed secretary, would attend the State of the Union as a guest of Michelle Obama, the media got a little hint about the subject of the president's speech (hint: taxes). Now we can put a face to a much-discussed name.
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If you're in New Hampshire, Chuck Todd and David Gregory want to watch tonight's BCS game with you, Stephen Hawking missed his birthday party, and Scarlett Johannson's mom is having cashflow problems.
According to the Congressional Research Service, 25 percent of millionaires break the "Buffett rule"
Now it's Rupert Murdoch's turn in the billionaire's game of tax return chicken
The billionaire investor takes on the media mogul over taxing the rich
In a CNBC interview, the billionaire says he'd only raise taxes on the 50,000 richest people
He owns Moody's, downgrades two of his major banking investments
The financial guru's assistants don't seem amused by the sudden attention
Ted Weschler doesn't seem to mind taking a pay cut at his new job
Some in the media grumble over Obama and Buffett's use of the word 'secretary'
48 percent of those with $3 million or more in assets are open to giving Uncle Sam more
The Oracle of Omaha says the ailing bank is "a strong, well-led company"
Brian Whitaker on Libya's new challenges, Ross Douthat on Texas's success
The Daily Show host delivers a lecture on income inequality
China's 'cat and mouse' media freedom game, Fareed Zakaria's unemployment prescriptions
The billionaire's request to increase taxes on the rich goes viral
A Christie candidacy, college cost-benefit, and irritating office workers
The investor tells Fortune: "The lower things go, the more I buy."
Standard & Poor's cuts ratings outlook on Berkshire Hathaway to 'negative'
Bids jumped north of $2 million in less than 24 hours, which is weird
Plus: Tom Brady basks in private equity
Berkshire Hathaway says its former heir apparent violated its ethics standards
Berkshire Hathaway shareholder wants payout for loss of goodwill
David Sokol has unexpectedly resigned from Berkshire Hathaway
Counterintuitive strategy might actually make sense
How to explain the mega-investor's odd preferences?
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