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Warren Buffett and his team at Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) went out buying stocks in this last quarter according to the firm’s quarterly report.  Sadly, no one outside of...
A mere 17% of Americans believe that their overall financial situation is better now than it was a year ago. Only 19% say their net worth is higher today than it was 12 months ago. Just 11% are more...
H&R Block, Inc. (NYSE: HRB) comes under fire from time to time, and this morning may be an image-changing announcement.  The tax preparation service provider is going to start providing tax...
Thursday was such a great day and the markets cheered endlessly as if the world is suddenly saved.  With the DJIA having gone back over 12,000 and with the freshest economic data showing a less-bad...
To say that MF Global Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: MF) is in trouble might be the understatement of the year.  The commodities and derivatives broker has reportedly been caught on the wrong side of trades...
The economy remains in a climate with a very weak recovery.  There is still some good news though.  All of the recent calls for a “double dip recession” grew too loud and are now being...
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is trading lower after its earnings report, but there were some bright spots inside an otherwise confusing earnings report.  The most noticeable area was...
The “Occupy Wall Street” movement has been supported by many, yet criticized by many as well. How does one cover such a controversial issue that runs this deep and when it is this controversial?...
There are two financial issues in America that have been developing simultaneously: many borrowers have been locked out from the ability to access capital, and investors can no longer rely on bonds...
At times it seems that highly paid CEOs live in another universe that is barely related to the world the rest of us inhabit. And the CEOs of the largest US banks are among those at the outer reaches...
Are the Wall Street bankers, traders, and brokers really starting to do the right thing when it comes to controlled greed and compensation?  If you ask the poor Wall Street protesters, probably...
It is more tiring each day to consider how much Europe has the world by the throat.  Everyone in the U.S. is looking for a flash point, or a flushing sound, or something that signals the beginning...
Back in the day, a layaway plan made sense for many consumers who did not have the full purchase price of an item but could pay regular small installments until the item was fully paid for. The store...
TripAdvisor is supposed to be the next spin-off IPO and it in theory has kept a phantom premium under Expedia Inc. (NASDAQ: EXPE) during the market carnage of the last quarter.  Today came news that...
The European Union plans to initiate a plan next year that would force any major airline that flies to a European destination to participate in the European cap-and-trade system designed to limit...