Buffett says eyes more utilities acquisitions
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TEFEN, Israel  - Warren Buffett's investment   company Berkshire Hathaway Inc. BRKa.N BRKb.N is interested   in acquiring further utility companies in coming years, the   U.S. billionaire said on Monday during a visit to Israel.
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Bear Stearns  is in serious talks with several outside investors, including Warren Buffett, about selling as much as 20 percent of the firm, according to a report in The New York Times online edition on Wednesday.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 28 -- Warren E. Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is entering the bond insurance business in a move that could lower borrowing costs for local governments having a hard time raising money during the credit crunch.
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Merrill Lynch said solid fundamentals and a recent pullback in the US oil services and drilling group have provided some buying opportunities.
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CHICAGO, Dec. 25 -- Warren E. Buffett's investment company, Berkshire Hathaway, said Tuesday that it will pay $4.5 billion for 60 percent of Marmon Holdings, a private company that includes more than 125 manufacturing and service businesses.
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Warren Buffett, who last year  generated a 24 percent return for Berkshire Hathaway Inc.  (BRKa.N) (BRKb.N) shareholders, may this week tell investors  and followers to lower their sights for 2007.
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Billionaire tycoon Warren Buffett outlines a timetable by which he wants most of his $48.4bn fortune donated to charity.
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CME Group Inc , the world's largest derivatives exchange, hopes to broaden its reach by adding the energy and precious metals mart Nymex , the companies said on Monday.
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Warren Buffett's new bond insurer may  expand to Rhode Island after hearing that the state's treasurer  wanted it to apply for a license to operate in the state,  according to a Buffett spokeswoman.
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What's the one thing that most of Buffett's investments have in common?
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The Exelon Corporation, the owner of utilities in northern Illinois and eastern Pennsylvania, is in talks to acquire P.S.E.&G.
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At 77, Warren E. Buffett, the countryâs most famous investor, is in the midst of his hottest streak in almost a decade. And he is capping his run with a flurry of deal-making.
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Dell CEO Michael Dell hinted Monday that his company could be shopping for more acquisition targets, and that they could be larger than the companies it has acquired to date.Speaking in Tokyo at a news conference, Dell made the comments after giving his views on a recent run of acquisitions in the PC market, such as the&#160;purchase of Gateway by Taiwan&#39;s Acer.&quot;I think the pace of consolidation will increase,&quot; he said. &quot;It think that it favors the larger companies, particularly as the growth is skewed towards emerging countries. In the last two years Dell has acquired five companies, two related to the consumer business, one related to software, and two related to services. These have all been relatively small companies but I would not be surprised if the nature and pace of acquisitions increases somewhat.&quot;He added that his company had looked at Gateway when it was available but decided against purchasing the company.Dell was in Tokyo to launch the company&#39;s &quot;simplify IT&quot; program. It aims to cut corporate IT management costs, thus freeing up spending for use on new computers and servers. He estimated that 70 percent of IT spending at Japanese companies over the next year will be related to maintenance of old systems and management and only 30 percent on new hardware.&quot;We need to flip that 70/30,&quot; he said.On the consumer side of Dell&#39;s business the company has recently begun&#160;offering PCs through retailers&#160;-- a break with its successful direct sales model. With a handful of retailers already selling its systems, Dell said more are on the way.&quot;The first steps that we have taken with the partners mentioned earlier are really just that, first steps,&quot; he said. &quot;So I think you can expect over the next several quarters or year or two, that in all major countries around the world like Japan, Korea, China, India, U.S., France, U.K., Russia, etc., you would see Dell having a small number of key partnerships which allow consumers to purchase Dell products at retail. It&#39;s really about making our products available in more places.&quot;&quot;I believe we can grow the direct business both on telephone and online and I believe we can grow a channel, a partner business. And we are also working very hard to extend the capabilities that Dell has to our channel partners,&quot; he said.Looking ahead, Dell promised new x86-architecture based products during his speech at Oracle Open World on Nov. 14. The products, which he didn&#39;t detail, will have &quot;breakthrough performance and power capability relative to others in the industry.
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Warren Buffett's investment company announced Tuesday it will pay $4.5 billion for 60 percent of Marmon Holdings Inc., a private company of more than 125 manufacturing and service businesses
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Berkshire Hathaway Inc., the company  run by billionaire Warren Buffett, on Thursday said securities  regulators requested information from its General Re. Corp.  unit on insurance products that might help companies smooth  earnings.
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, California  - Oracle Corp.  will likely keep targeting smaller companies as it seeks to keep up a quick pace of takeovers, although bigger deals are still on the table, an Oracle executive said on Thursday.
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DALIAN, China  - Berkshire Hathaway Inc's   Warren Buffett said on Wednesday he is looking to buy large businesses anywhere in the world, but that he is doubtful about finding a good buy in China, as the market is currently too hot.