Berkshire Hathaway has 1st annual meeting without Warren Buffett
The company's first-quarter profit more than doubled as the value of its investments grew and most of its businesses improved.
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The company's first-quarter profit more than doubled as the value of its investments grew and most of its businesses improved.
Abel, 63, takes the helm of Berkshire Hathaway after a six-decade run by Buffett.
Warren Buffett announced Saturday he would step down as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway at the end of the year.
Warren Buffett said he will recommend to Berkshire Hathaway's board that Greg Abel should become CEO at the end of the year.
Buffett has given away billions of dollars in Berkshire Hathaway stock since 2006 as part of his pledge to donate 99% of his wealth in his lifetime.
Billionaire Warren Buffet says while America will continue to prosper, the government and philanthropy should do more to combat poverty that makes it difficult for some to succeed.
Investor Warren Buffett says he never used the kind of tax deduction used by Donald Trump. Buffett says he's paid taxes every year for 72 years.
Warren Buffett's company bought 9.8 million shares of Apple - something that may lead investors to question his long-standing aversion to tech stocks.
Football players are thinking more and more about their lives after football.
Two well-known American brands are merging, creating one of the largest food and beverage companies in the world
The "Buffett Rule," which has split Florida's U.S. Senate delegation, will likely come to a vote this week as Republicans and Democrats begin posturing for November's general election.
As President Barack Obama campaigned in South Florida on behalf of the so-called Buffett Rule – a plan whereby the wealthiest Americans would be required to pay at least 30 percent in income taxes – Senator Marco Rubio sat down with CBS4 News for an extended interview in which he criticized the proposed law.
We can all dream of being billionaires. This year, Forbes Magazine says twelve hundred and twenty six people have achieved that dream, about a hundred more than last year, and a whole lot more than the hundred forty Forbes found when it started counting a quarter century ago.
Congressional Republicans have spent the better part of the past several months refusing to consider tax increases for those making over a million dollars a year. But a new survey calls into question who exactly the GOP is fighting for.
One of the richest people in South Florida could be your neighbor. Well, maybe not YOUR neighbor, but the the richest man in Florida does live in Miami-Dade, according to the new Forbes 400 ranking of America's billionaires released Wednesday.
