Berkshire Hathaway reported today that its net worth fell in 2008 by $11.5 billion, a decline reducing its per-share book value by 9.6%. That was Berkshire’s worst result in the 44 years that Chairman Warren Buffett has run the company and, in fact, only the second decline in that period. The other drop was 6.2% […]
Entries from February 2009
Buffett’s worst year
February 28th, 2009 · No Comments
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Postój za państwowe
February 28th, 2009 · No Comments
Rząd po raz pierwszy zamierza pomóc firmom tak, by nie musiały zwalniać ludzi - donosi "Gazeta Wyborcza". Chce płacić pracownikowi połowę pensji minimalnej, gdy firma stanie z powodu kryzysu. Drugą połowę ma dorzucić pracodawca.
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Regulators shutter 2 more banks
February 28th, 2009 · No Comments
U.S. bank regulators closed two more banks on Friday, the 15th and 16th banks to fail this year, as the worsening recession pulled more regional banks underwater.img src=”http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_news_economy/~4/nqlUa6j1Q1Y” height=”1″ width=”1″/
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Obama thinks big in budget
February 27th, 2009 · No Comments
President Obama last week — his sixth in office — showed his hand on how he hopes to shape the government’s federal budget and the U.S. economy along the way.img src=”http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_news_economy/~4/T5s2O4uUtPY” height=”1″ width=”1″/
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Mortgage deductions: Wealthy on the losing end
February 27th, 2009 · No Comments
The Obama administration plans to tap the rich to help pay for its ambitious programs. Specifically, that will include slashing mortgage interest deductions for high-income taxpayers.img src=”http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_news_economy/~4/dAMEcA9Hevk” height=”1″ width=”1″/
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Calif. jobless hits double digits
February 27th, 2009 · No Comments
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Dollar falls after grim GDP data
February 27th, 2009 · No Comments
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Obama’s rude shock to six-figure earners
February 27th, 2009 · No Comments
During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama tempered his pledge to substantially raise taxes for high earners with an important proviso: He’d simply restore rates to their levels during the Clinton Administration. The implication was that families in the upper brackets would see their total tax bite go back to the levels of the 1990s, but […]
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Oil settles down 1%
February 27th, 2009 · No Comments
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In one town, recession helps bridge cultural rift
February 27th, 2009 · No Comments
The recession has hit Framingham, Mass., like an earthquake, shaking local businesses and thinning their numbers. But the town’s merchants have found one silver lining in the economic calamity: It’s forcing them to tackle a festering problem.img src=”http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_news_economy/~4/bALfjLbiqYU” height=”1″ width=”1″/
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