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World's five largest companies
For the first time in nearly a decade, the world’s five largest public companies are all American affair These are the Top 5, as of mid-April 2013.
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Top 10 richest Americans
The 100 richest people in the world gained $241 billion in net worth last year, according to Bloomberg's Billionaires Index. Americans dominated the list, occupying five of the top 10 spots. This countdown of the top 10 wealthiest Americans features a casino mogul, software tycoons, and a lot of Wal-Mart money.
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In Pictures: The world's richest people
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Top 5 states for business
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Top 5 on Forbes rich list? Bill, Warren ... and Carlos!
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World's five largest companies
For the first time in nearly a decade, the world’s five largest public companies are all American affair These are the Top 5, as of mid-April 2013.
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$56 million golden parachute awaits Heinz CEO, if fired (+video)
$56 million golden parachute? That's what awaits Heinz CEO William Johnson if he is fired by the company's new owners. In addition to the $56 million golden parachute, Johnson is entitled to a payout of $99.7 million in vested stock and $57 million in deferred compensation benefits that he accrued over his 30-year career with Heinz.
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Warren Buffett's bad news: a $24 billion gain
Warren Buffett's annual shareholders letter says Berkshire Hathaway's 14.4 percent gain trailed the S&P's performance. Despite the bad news, an optimistic Warren Buffet is searching for more acquisitions.
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Warren Buffett: Heinz ketchup company to be bought by Buffet firm (+video)
Berkshire Hathaway is dipping into the ketchup business as part of a $23.3 billion deal to buy the Heinz ketchup company. Berkshire Hathaway, billionaire Warren Buffett's investment firm, teamed up with 3G Capital to buy Heinz in the food industry's largest deal ever.
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The Reformed Broker Debunking the Warren Buffett debunkers
Warren Buffett's head-and-shoulders above all other investors stature has only been cemented during this last five years, Brown writes.
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Top 10 richest Americans
The 100 richest people in the world gained $241 billion in net worth last year, according to Bloomberg's Billionaires Index. Americans dominated the list, occupying five of the top 10 spots. This countdown of the top 10 wealthiest Americans features a casino mogul, software tycoons, and a lot of Wal-Mart money.
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The Reformed Broker Berkshire Hathaway sells Intel stock, nets $60 million
Warren Buffet's firm deviates from its usual buy-and-hold strategy to sell its Intel stocks a year after buying them, Brown writes.
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Happy Friday! JPMorgan launches stock market rally
Showing a vote of confidence in JPMorgan Chase Friday, relieved investors drove up bank stocks, ended a six-day losing streak for the market and sent the Dow Jones industrial average up 204 points, the best day this month, to close at 12,777.
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The Reformed Broker If you live by the sword investors, remember you die by it, too
The impressive luck of one hedge fund manager has The Reformed Broker reminding investors that the stated return should never be the focal point - it should always be a question of "how was this return produced."
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Stocks fall amid discouraging economic reports
The Dow fell 156 points to close at 12442 – the index's 11th loss in 12 days – after a pair of discouraging economic reports unnerved investors already worried about a possible exit from the euro by Greece.
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The Circle Bastiat 2012: The year of the junk bond
The first quarter of 2012 will go down as the most active for junk bond issuance since 1980, when Thomson Reuters began keeping track, with 130 companies floating $75 billion in debt offerings.
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Goldman Sachs culture 'toxic'? Letter confirms suspicions about Wall Street.
Polls show that Americans hold a very low opinion of Wall Street, and a damning public letter of resignation from a Goldman Sachs executive could only amplify that perception.
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The Reformed Broker Stocks: What is Warren Buffett buying?
Warren Buffett's involvement is good for a stock, since he's generally a long-term holder. But can that translate into profits for other investors?
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Dow just misses 13000. Again.
The Dow lost 1 point to close at 12981 – 19 points shy of the 13000 mark. The index hit 13000 several times last week but so far hasn't been able to hold onto it.
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Warren Buffett ends rocky week by announcing heir apparent
As Warren Buffett's public profile took some rare hits, the 'Oracle of Omaha' moved Saturday to shore up Berkshire Hathaway's future by locating a successor.
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Global News Blog Warren Buffett sings in the Chinese New Year (+ video)
State-run TV marked Chinese New Year with a video of US billionaire Warren Buffett singing and playing a ukulele.
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Buffett buys a newspaper. Time to invest in news?
Warren Buffett's $200 million deal to acquire the Omaha World-Herald is no investor's home run. But it does signal that well-run local newspapers have a profitable future.
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Warren Buffett buys local paper. His gutsiest move?
Warren Buffett announces that Berkshire Hathaway will buy the Omaha World-Herald, despite Warren Buffett's earlier predictions of 'unending losses' for most newspapers.
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Insider trading: Ex-Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta pleads not guilty
Insider trading has been a target of both the Bush and Obama administrations. The case against Rajat Gupta, a former director of both Goldman Sachs and Procter & Gamble, is part of a major crackdown on insider trading.
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Insider trading: Ex-Goldman board member arrested
Insider trading charges brought against former Goldman director Rajat Gupta. Charges stem from insider trading case that netted Raj Rajaratnam 11 years in prison.
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Stock buybacks: a first for Buffett
Stock buybacks would occur when Berkshire Hathaway stock is within 110 percent of book value. If stock buybacks happen, they would be the first in Warren Buffett's 46 years heading Berkshire.
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Dow jumps 272 points
Stocks rallied Monday amid hopes for a fix to Europe's debt problems. The Dow went up 272 points to close at 11043, making up nearly a third of last week's losses.
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In Pictures: The world's richest people
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Bank of America: Fireproof it with 'asbestos deal'?
Bank of America's woes are so large that it could take a page from the asbestos settlements trusts of more than a decade ago. Bank of America faces a raft of lawsuits claiming it knowingly sold them securities backed by shoddy home loans.
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Stocks soar on relief over hurricane
Standard & Poor's index recovers all its losses since stocks hit their 2011 low. Dow stocks within reach of break-even for the year.
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