Warren Buffett

Berkshire Hathaway is controlled by Warren Buffett, who is chairman and chief executive of the company which owns a range of companies, including GEICO and NetJets, a substantial stake in Heinz, and has stakes in American Express, Procter & Gamble and IBM. The company is noted for outperforming the stock market under the leadership of Buffett, a value investor.

22 May 2013

Many business people come to Hong Kong hoping to crack the so-called China market, not appreciating perhaps that it is not "one" but many different markets. Even taking on a province can be a...

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20 May 2013

Given his cult-like following, critiquing Warren Buffett's investment approach takes a pinch of courage and a pound of stupidity. But that has never stopped me before … and it is a good time to...

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14 May 2013

To teach young readers how money makes the world go round, an author and illustrator have made a book about one of the world's best-known companies - and about Warren Buffett, the billionaire...

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13 May 2013

BYD is a curiosity. The firm gets few breaks in brokerage reports: of the analysts who track the company, 15 have "sell" ratings, six are "neutral", while two are a "buy". Meanwhile, the firm's...

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7 May 2013

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway sold off another 1.375 million of its Moody’s shares in the past three trading days, leaving it with an 11.1 per cent stake in the parent of credit rating...

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Warren Buffett said even though the US stock market is soaring, prices appear reasonable, and stocks would be a better investment than bonds for most.

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US billionaire Warren Buffet said the US economy is moving in the right direction and praised the policies of both president George W. Bush and Barack Obama as “the right things,” in an interview...

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The billionaire investor spoke to students, answering questions from audience members and those submitted on social media website Twitter. He cited Katharine Graham, the former chairman and chief...

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Chief Executive C.Y. Leung has made another poor political decision in setting up a committee to look at regulations surrounding government entertainment. Oh yes, and the committee is also going...

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The government does not approach China as an adversary … Its policy is aimed at encouraging China's peaceful rise

A defence white paper by Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's...

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Hedge fund trader Doug Kass had his first brush with fame at the age of 10, when he appeared on a US television quiz show, Tic-Tac-Dough, and won every day for a week.

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