I sat down today with a buffet of Buffetts—Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett, his son Howard G. Buffett and his grandson Howard W. Buffett—to talk about Howard G.’s new book 40 Chances: Finding Hope in a Hungry World. …
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This Is How Apple’s New Retail Genius Angela Ahrendts Thinks About the Business
Apple’s recent announcement that it is hiring Burberry CEO Angela Ahrendts to take on its flagging retail business created a stir in Silicon Valley. Not only will Ahrendts be the only top female executive at Apple, she will be …
SAC’s Settlement Signals the End of the Wild West on Wall Street
Over the past twenty years, Steve Cohen built his hedge fund SAC Capital into one of the largest and most successful operations on Wall Street, making himself into a billionaire nine times over. But Cohen’s long and illustrious …
Study: U.S Is Becoming a Top Oil Producer
Though, this only includes non-OPEC countries
Xiaomi: China’s Threat to Apple and Samsung
Why Xiaomi should worry Apple, Samsung and others
Why the FBI Can’t Get Its Hands on Silk Road Kingpin’s $80 Million Hoard
The FBI made headlines last week when it announced that it had shut down the illegal online drug bazaar Silk Road and arrested its alleged operator Ross Ulbricht. According to the FBI’s complaint, the arrest led to the seizure of …
Men’s Warehouse Rejects Takeover Bid
Calls offer from Jos. A. Bank ‘opportunistic’
Google Is Far From Losing the War Over Social
Google’s social network, Google+, is more popular than Twitter. Every month, nearly 390 million people worldwide use the service to post messages, make video calls and endorse search results by clicking on a so-called +1 …
The Web Hates Burger King’s Fake Name Change
Burger King may have made a misstep with its french fry campaign today by pretending to change its official name to Fries King. In a bid to promote the fast food chain’s new “French Fry Burger” and “healthier” Satisfries …
Seeking Shelter from Stock Swings Savers Take on a Different Kind of Risk
Ducking the market risk that comes with owning stocks, three generations of savers are signing up for another risk: missing out on the growth they need to save a decent nest egg.
Post Office Wants to Hike Stamp Prices
Cites continuing financial woes
The Fatal Mistake That Doomed BlackBerry
BlackBerry failed to anticipate that consumers — not business customers — would drive the smartphone revolution