Just days ago, the fate of a 144-year-old American icon was being hashed out in a Pittsburgh conference room as executives spoke by phone to representatives of two global billionaires who went by the code names “Owl” and “Goose.” Owl was Warren E. Buffett, chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway and one of the most admired investors in the [...]
Mark Zuckerberg Donates a Whopping $500 Million for Education and Health Improvements
December 19, 2012 | Posted by
Two years ago, Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg signed The Giving Pledge, a public commitment to give away 50% of his wealth or more during his lifetime or upon his death. The young tech titan just took the next step toward meeting that pledge. On his Facebook page Tuesday, the $12.5 billion CEO announced that he and his [...]
Warren Buffett Betting Big on U.S. Housing Market
November 1, 2012 | Posted by
Perhaps the most bullish indicator for U.S. housing is Warren Buffett. The legendary investor has been buying up real-estate brokerages around the country as he bets on a housing turnaround. Now, he is partnering with Brookfield Asset Management, a Canadian real-estate investor, to more than double the size of his brokerage business. Berkshire’s HomeServices of [...]
Warren Buffet Completes Radiation Treatment for Prostate Cancer
September 16, 2012 | Posted by
Warren Buffett, the billionaire chairman and chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway, completed radiation treatment for prostate cancer, according to the Omaha World-Herald, a newspaper owned by his company. “Today I had my 44th and last day of radiation,” Mr Buffett told newspaper executives, according to a report on the World-Herald’s website yesterday. “I’ll be [...]
Warren Buffett Made $661 Million . . . In A Day
June 15, 2012 | Posted by
Billionaire Warren Buffet just can’t lose. Or he certainly knows how to win. Whatever the case, Buffett came out on top Thursday, as the market closed with Buffett $661 million wealthier than he had been the day before. Just this week he announced that his holding company, Berkshire Hathaway, would be ordering $9.6 billion-worth of [...]
