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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...
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3M Co. (NYSE: (NYSE: MMM) is standing apart from its competing conglomerate peers. Not for the better. United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), Honeywell International Inc. (NYSE: HON), and General...
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General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) is due to report earnings early on Friday morning in the pre-market hours. Thomson Reuters has estimates for the DJIA component and conglomerate of $0.32 EPS and...
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Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) saw its share break under $100,000.00 last week in its A-Shares. Apparently Mr. Buffett thinks enough is enough. The company’s board of directors has...
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Tyco International Ltd. (NYSE: TYC) already partly deconglomerized in a three-way break up of the company. Now its core parent company is splitting up what is left of the operation into three...
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There is value in the world of conglomerates. The news flow is further evidence of that, but we have to throw up the caveat the driving force today should likely be considered a rumor rather than...
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General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) is making good on a promise it made earlier this year: it is paying back Warren Buffett. An SEC filing after the closing bell shows that GE mailed to Berkshire...
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The talk of succession for Warren Buffett is likely to take on some new discussion today, even if there is no timeline set. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A)(NYSE: BRK-B) has announced the hire...
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It was just under ten years ago that I was in Spain and Portugal for a vacation and a day of running with the bulls in Pampalona. Unlike most trips to Europe, there was a handy difference. The...
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The latest carnage in the market has left some companies at valuations that are getting hard to ignore, even knowing about the harder economic times. Value investors invest before recessions, through...
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It is not just the banks getting wrapped up in this latest FHFA litigation notice. General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) has issued a release this morning showing that it was also caught up in the FHFA...
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Get ready for massively larger new wind turbines… Currently available wind turbines for land-based wind farms typically generate between 1.5 and 3 megawatts. Most include a gearbox to transfer the...
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Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) has just scored its saving grace. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) is investing $5 billion in 6% preferred shares and warrants. What makes this...
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Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released the latest holdings of U.S.-listed equities as of June 30, 2011 and this is the second group of ‘M to Z’ in the...
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Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released the latest holdings of U.S.-listed equities as of June 30, 2011. These public stock holdings have been broken down...
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