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Warren Buffett’s company has now bought up more than $11 billion worth of Occidental Petroleum stock this year to give Berkshire Hathaway control of more than 20% of the oil producer.

Warren Buffett’s company reported a $43.76 billion loss in the second quarter as the paper value of its investments plummeted.

Berkshire Hathaway's operating profits jumped in the second quarter despite fears of slowing growth.

Inflation Reduction Act would narrow the "carried-interest" loophole, but experts say wealthy fund managers may find a way around it.

Country superstar Dolly Parton is among the 2022 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy recipients.

The head of the nation’s financial watchdog is having second thoughts about using fines to deter illegal behavior in the financial industry, saying some companies have gotten so big that the money makes little difference.

Trident Mortgage illegally blocked people of color from access to home loans, Justice Department alleges.

The Justice Department says a Pennsylvania mortgage company owned by billionaire businessman Warren Buffett's company discriminated against potential Black and Latino homebuyers in Philadelphia, New Jersey and Delaware.

Introverts are often stereotyped as shy, quiet and reserved — and overlooked for leadership roles as a result. Best-selling author Susan Cain says that's a mistake.

The billionaire investors have shown a knack for getting in at the right moment. If confirmed, this move may show they’re also experts at bowing out.

Bill Gates, concerned about the “significant suffering” caused by global setbacks including the COVID-19 pandemic, announced Wednesday that he will donate $20 billion to his foundation so it can increase its annual spending.

Bill Gates, concerned about the “significant suffering” caused by global setbacks including the COVID-19 pandemic, announced Wednesday that he will donate $20 billion to his foundation so it can increase its annual spending. The donation, combined with longtime board member Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett's $3.1 billion gift last month, brings The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's endowment to approximately $70 billion, making it one of the largest, if not the largest in the world, depending on daily stock valuations. In an essay on the foundation's website, Bill Gates said he hopes “others in positions of great wealth and privilege will step up in this moment too.”

The billionaire-run platform’s support for distressed peers looks more like a sticking plaster than a credible backstop.

An anonymous bidder has shelled out a record $19 million for a private lunch with billionaire Warren Buffet at a steakhouse in New York City.

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading.

Bidding for a final, private lunch with Warren Buffett, an event that has raised tens of millions for a California charity, has already reached $2.3 million. It will be the first private lunch offered with the billionaire since a record-setting bid in 2019. The past two auctions were called off due to the pandemic and Buffett said this will be the last.

Howard Buffett is donating millions of dollars from his foundation in support of Ukraine after meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Mohnish Pabrai, who is a disciple of billionaire Warren Buffett, shares his market outlook, his playbook on what to buy, what to avoid and what to read.

While many investors may be wondering what to do in such a tumultuous market, Warren Buffett says the answer is simple: Try not to worry too much about it.

Berkshire bought 68.9 million shares of Paramount to build a stake worth $2.6 billion as of the end of March, according to a regulatory filing released Monday.

A filing revealed that Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway added more than 55 million shares to build a stake worth $2.95 billion as of the end of March.

Warren Buffett’s company has revealed all the investment moves it made in the first quarter, when it spent more than $51 billion on stocks.

California is the first state to formally begin examining how to broadly adapt to cryptocurrency and related technologies, following a path laid out by President Joe Biden in March.

At Berkshire Hathaway's annual shareholder's meeting, CEO Warren Buffett said he prioritizes getting his money's worth from investment, instead of dwelling on timing.

Buffett calls investing a "simple game" that Wall Street financial advisors have convinced the public is harder than it really is.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted investment advice that sounds a lot like the principles of value investing, as popularized by legendary investor Warren Buffett.

Buffett didn't mince his words when he was asked if he had changed his famously negative views on bitcoin or crypto.

There is little that individuals can do to avoid inflation at the cash register, but Buffett says that it is possible to protect against its effects.

The CEO’s ability to move quickly has been key to building his Berkshire Hathaway empire, but he probably won’t be able to pass that luxury on to his successor.

Warren Buffett on Saturday said Berkshire Hathaway has been increasing its stake in Activision Blizzard in a merger arbitrage play.

Despite a shift in public perception about the cryptocurrency, Buffett still wouldn't buy bitcoin.

Warren Buffett has a long history of deriding investment bankers and their institutions.

Berkshire Hathaway added to its Chevron bet significantly during the first quarter, making the energy stock the conglomerate's the fourth biggest equity holding.

Warren Buffett gave Berkshire Hathaway investors a few details of how he spent more than $50 billion earlier this year and again reassured them that the company he built will endure long after the 91-year-old billionaire is gone.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway reported Saturday a decline in first-quarter earnings, as the conglomerate was not immune to a slowing U.S. economy.

Tens of thousands of people are expected to pack an Omaha arena Saturday for Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting.

At Berkshire's shareholder shopping day, investors gathered in a sprawling convention center to explore exhibits featuring the conglomerate's holdings.

Investors around the globe are waiting to hear from Warren Buffett, along with his right-hand man Charlie Munger, following a flurry of investment activities.

While the pandemic is finally receding in the U.S., Buffett hasn't given the all-clear signal on banks. Why is that?

After a two-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Warren Buffett is auctioning off a lunch with himself — billed as the "grand finale" of the annual event.

The world’s most expensive lunch will go on sale again this spring when investor Warren Buffett auctions off a private meal to raise money for a California homeless charity one last time.

The world's most expensive lunch will go on sale again this spring when investor Warren Buffett auctions off a private meal to raise money for a California homeless charity one last time. Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway’s CEO, held the lunch auction once a year for 20 years before the pandemic began to raise money for the Glide Foundation, which helps the homeless in San Francisco.

Billionaires Buffett and Zuckerberg are just a few of the successful business leaders who have gleaned important lessons and career advice from books they've read throughout the years. Here are a few examples of the books on business that have influenced some of the business world's biggest success stories.

Journalist Charlie Rose has reemerged by posting an interview with investor Warren Buffett on his website — Rose's first public work since his career imploded in November 2017 after sexual misconduct charges.

Newspaper publisher Lee Enterprises is facing renewed pressure from a hedge fund to speed up its transition to digital publishing and consider adding new digital-savvy leaders to its board.

If you want to raise financially savvy kids, consider leaving the lectures behind and starting with an allowance instead.

Thiel's highly personal attack on Buffett, Dimon and Fink does nothing to make the case for bitcoin.

Wall Street closed its first losing week in the last four with an up-and-down Friday, as investors brace for the Federal Reserve to tighten the brakes on the economy more aggressively to beat down inflation.

At a bitcoin conference in Miami, Peter Thiel went on a rant about financial opinion leaders who he says are trying to stop the cryptocurrency.

HP had its best day since March 2020, after Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway disclosed that it's the company's top stakeholder.

A scuffle between the victim's family and the defendant's lawyers ensued after a judge dismissed the charges on April 5, 2022.

These are the stocks posting the largest moves in midday trading.

Shares of HP gained nearly 15% after Warren Buffett's company snapped up 11.5% of the company that makes printers and computers over the past week in another uncharacteristic investment for the billionaire in a tech company.

Berkshire Hathaway purchased nearly 121 million shares of HP.

As more cutting-edge investment products enter the marketplace, there’s growing fear retail investors and professional brokers are getting in over their heads.

The wealth of the top 1% increased by $6.5 trillion last year, mainly driven by soaring stock prices and financial markets, according to the Federal Reserve.

The “Billionaire Minimum Income Tax” included in President Joe Biden's proposed budget is part of the administration’s effort to reduce the federal deficit.

In a CNBC interview, Carl Icahn explained how his investment approach is different from that of fellow Wall Street legend Warren Buffett.

Warren Buffett views trust and "integrity" as essential in the workplace. That's likely why he seems confident that Berkshire Hathaway's latest acquisition will succeed.

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway is buying the insurance company Alleghany in a deal valued at approximately $11.6 billion.

Warren Buffett is making moves.

At the active-living community for Jimmy Buffett enthusiasts, it’s five o’clock everywhere.

Warren Buffett has argued that the high price of Berkshire's Class A stock has been a boon to shareholders over the years.

Berkshire Hathaway purchased an additional 18.1 million shares of Occidental Petroleum for almost $1 billion on the first three days of this week.

Berkshire Hathaway's Class A shares hit an all-time closing high above $500,000 as Warren Buffett's conglomerate continues to fire on all cylinders.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted that in times of high inflation, it is better to invest in companies you think make good products than keep your money in cash.

Buffett spent more than $1.5 billion this week to add another 27.1 million shares to Berkshire Hathaway's stake.

Unlike the other members of the top-five who have all lost money this year, Warren Buffett has actually seen his fortune grow by $7.8 billion.

Billionaire Warren Buffett says his company has benefited from some “extraordinary luck” in finding acquisitions, but he hasn’t had much of that in recent years as Berkshire Hathaway’s cash pile has grown to nearly $147 billion.

President Joe Biden highlighted his efforts to counter China’s dominance of the electric battery market as he touted domestic efforts to mine and process lithium and rare metals.

Funds that raise money to aid women get abortions say they would need more donations this year if the U.S. Supreme Court makes seismic changes to the nationwide right to abortion.

Warren Buffett’s company placed a rare bet on a technology company late last year and it has already paid off in a big way.

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced Wednesday it will add four new members to its board of trustees.

The Giving Pledge announced Tuesday that 14 more billionaires, including the CEOs of DoorDash and Pinterest, had promised in 2021 to donate more than half their fortunes, bringing the total to 231 philanthropists from 28 countries.

Newspaper publisher Lee Enterprises has rejected a takeover offer from the Alden Global Capital hedge fund that is one of the largest newspaper owners in the country with a reputation for intense cost cuts and layoffs.

Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates say they will still work with the Giving Pledge.

Former President Barack Obama’s foundation announced that it has received a $100 million donation from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, which it says is the largest individual contribution it has received to date.

Investor Warren Buffett’s company made two new investments during the third quarter while trimming its holdings in several drugmakers and financial firms.

Warren Buffett’s company reported a third-quarter profit that was roughly one-third the amount of last year’s profit because of much smaller paper gains on the value of its investments, but most of its businesses were continuing to recover from the effects of the pandemic.

Elon Musk isn’t happy.

To help pay for his big economic and social agenda, President Joe Biden is looking to go where the big money is and that's billionaires.

Nebraska billionaire Walter Scott has died at the age of 90.

Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has funded organizations that received the most money for racial equity in 27 different states following the police killing of George Floyd.

Demand for electric vehicles has shifted investments into high gear to extract lithium from geothermal wastewater around California's dying Salton Sea.

Demand for electric vehicles has shifted investments into high gear to extract lithium from geothermal wastewater around California's dying Salton Sea.

Billionaire Warren Buffett’s company has again increased the size of its bet on grocery giant Kroger, while scaling back several of its health care industry investments.

The Justice Department says the Treasury Department must provide the House Ways and Means Committee former President Donald Trump’s tax returns, apparently ending a long legal showdown over the records.

Federal regulators say Berkshire Hathaway’s $1.3 billion deal to buy a natural gas pipeline from Dominion Energy that fell apart this week should have never been attempted because a similar deal drew strong opposition in the past.

Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates will continue to work together as co-chairs of their foundation even after their planned divorce.

Investor Warren Buffett said the economic impact of the pandemic remains hard to predict but most big companies have fared OK throughout it as long as they weren't tied to travel.

Warren Buffett resigned Wednesday as trustee of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which says it will announce plans in July to answer questions raised about its leadership structure.

A proposal to bring down four hydroelectric dams near the California-Oregon border has cleared a major regulatory hurdle.

Republicans in Congress are alarmed by the leak of confidential IRS data to ProPublica that has enabled the investigative news organization to reveal that famous billionaires including Warren Buffett, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg paid little in U.S. income tax at times.

The richest 25 Americans pay less in tax — 15.8% of adjusted gross income — than many ordinary workers do, once you include taxes for Social Security and Medicare, the nonprofit investigative journalism organization ProPublica found.

JPMorgan Chase will take another crack at fixing health care after a push with two other corporate giants dissolved earlier this year.

Investor Warren Buffett’s company pared back its investments in financial firms further during the first quarter.

As much as billionaire couple Bill and Melinda Gates want to keep their pending divorce private, the split is already sending shockwaves through the worlds of philanthropy and public health.

Vice Chairman Greg Abel will succeed billionaire Warren Buffett as Berkshire Hathaway CEO, according to a report.

Billionaire Warren Buffett is warning people not to think investing is an easy way to make a fortune and gamble on the stock market.

A pushback against new voting bills and laws in numerous states is gaining momentum.