An earlier version of this post miscalculated the size of an estate that would be needed to achieve a $1.1 million savings through early death.
An earlier version of this post miscalculated the size of an estate that would be needed to achieve a $1.1 million savings through early death.
A previous version of this article incorrectly stated that Warren Buffett has criticized JPMorgan Chase for expensive stock repurchases.
Paulson's Advantage and Gold funds fell a respective 4.7 percent and 11.6 percent for the month of November, and the gold fund is down 21 percent year to date. An earlier version of this story, which was based on performance specific to only one set of Paulson investors for the same time period, reported the results as respective drops of 3.6 percent and 9.5 percent for the month, and nearly 30 percent year to date.
Correction: An earlier version of this story had Greece's prior credit rating as "C" instead of "CCC."
Correction: Hospital operator HCA will pay a special dividend of $2 per share, payable before year's end. An earlier version of the article incorrectly said the special dividend is $20 a share.
Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that the Best Buy will no longer be a private company. It should, in fact, be no longer a public company.
An earlier version of this story said that the CEO noted the margin on engagement rings was around 70 percent. In fact, that 70 percent number referred to the percentage of sales that come from engagement rings annually. Margins on engagement rings are actually below 20 percent.
An earlier version of the story mischaracterized the circumstances of the Montessori school's closure.
An earlier version of this article reported that Best Buy's earnings excluding items were 4 cents per share. In fact, the company's earnings excluding items were 3 cents a share.
An earlier version of this article said Target's revenue increased 3.4 percent to $16.6 billion and missed estimates. In fact, the company's revenue rose 3.2 percent to $16.93 billion and matched expectations.