Warren Buffett's annual gift of Berkshire Hathaway stock to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is worth $1.25 billion this year, a drop of over 30 percent from last year's $1.8 billion.   Read More

A humorous video clip shown to shareholders featuring Warren Buffett as a mattress salesman is part of a marketing campaign for a real Nervous Nellie model available from Berkshire subsidiary Nebraska Furniture Mart.  Built for troubled times, it features a hiding place for cash and other valuables.   Read More

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is losing to the benchmark S&P 500 stock index as the first half of the year comes to a close.  Buffett's three-year winning streak is at risk.   Read More

Considering shares of Berkshire Hathaway are down about 10% year to date, is it still a good idea to bet on Buffett?   Read More

Warren Buffett likes to say, "It's only when the tide goes out that you know who's been swimming naked." That's his way of saying a downturn exposes those who had been taking on excessive risk when times were good.  The other side of the tide is featured in a glowing report on Berkshire Hathaway today from a stock analyst initiating coverage with an "outperform."   Read More

The price of lunch with Warren Buffett has gone down since last year but it's still not cheap.  Tonight (Friday), this year's charity eBay auction ended at $1,680,300. The winner wants to be anonymous.  That's 20 percent below last year's record $2.1 million but 2-1/2 times the previous year's price.    Read More

Bidding for next year's charity lunch with Warren Buffett has accelerated as the auction goes into its final day.   The high bid stands at $456,789 with less than 10 hours remaining until the eBay auction closes at 10p ET tonight (Friday.)  There's still a long way to go, however, to top last year's record $2.1 million tab.   Read More

To help keep you afloat, our research shows that the two actions any business owner must take personal ownership of are lead generation and lead conversion—how you attract customers and convert them to closed sales, writes guest blogger, Jay Papasan.   Read More

Download the full transcript of Warren Buffett's headline-generating live interview on June 24, 2009 with CNBC's Becky Quick.   Read More

Warren Buffett appeared live on CNBC with Becky Quick today, Wednesday, June 24, 2009.  Buffett told us the economy is in a "shambles" with no signs of a recovery anytime soon. He also criticized Apple for not disclosing earlier that CEO Steve Jobs had received a liver transplant.  This is a transcript of their conversation.   Read More