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BRK/A, BNI, KO, PG, WMT, USG, AXP, WFC, MCO, JNJ, COP, UNP, USB, MTB, ASD, NSC, WLP, UNH, IR, HRB It is always interesting to see how Wall Street bets with or against Warren Buffett’s stock...
On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer came out with perhaps the best endorsement a diversified company could get: he called Brookfield Asset Management (BAM-NYSE) the next Berkshire Hathaway...
General Electric Co. (GE-NYSE) is actually putting in new multi-year highs today.  All of a sudden, mega-caps are back.  This is just a couple months after more than a few ‘overly-hyperactive...
Stock Tickers: TYC, COV, COV-WI, TEL, TEL-WI, GE Tyco International Ltd. (TYC-NYSE) hosts its analyst meetings on Tuesday, June 19, to showcase its new spin-off companies.  Late last week we saw...
General Electric (GE-NYSE) has confirmed that it is selling its plastics unit to Saudi Basic Industries Corporation ("SABIC").  The proceeds will be valued at $11.6 Billion in cash plus the...
Siemens (SI), troubled by bribery scandals, has named a new CEO, Peter Loescher. He currently runs a division of Merck (MRK) and was an executive at GE (GE). Loescher’s background is primarily in...
General Electric (GE) is finally getting rid of the plastics division that has dogged its earnings for several quarters. It appears that Saudi Basic Industries will pay $11 billion, which The Wall...
This is an edited version of the first story to run an expanded list.  Last month we all found out that Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway decided to take a ride on the Reading by investing in...
General Electric’s (NYSE:GE) Jeff Immelt just made the inference during a CNBC interview that GE will not be showing any interest in Dow Jones (NYSE:DJ) and implied that they are not going to...
The Wall Street Journal (Yahoo! preview) is the latest media outlet going after General Electric (GE-NYSE) for it to uncover some value.  This report is suggesting a tie up between GE’s NBC unit...
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK/A) may be setting its sights lower as far as the size of a merger it would pursue.  Reuters has reported that Warren Buffett gave an interview to a Swiss newspaper called...
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that there is still some shareholder pressure to break-up General Electric (GE-NYSE).  This is partly modeled on the ongoing Tyco (TYC-NYSE) break-up, but the...
Berkshire Hathaway just came out and posted some pretty incredible results.  The company posted net earnings of $2.595 Billion, but net earnings from operations and outside of investment gains came...
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK/A-NYSE) will have a new issue to deal with at its annual meeting this weekend.  It will have protesters outside calling for Berkshire Hathaway to sell its 1.1% stake in...
Citigroup’s Jeffrey Sprague has issued a research note basically calling for General Electric (GE-NYSE) to partially break-up in Wall Street’s "Quest to unlock shareholder value."  They are...