Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Saturday said its quarterly operating profit fell more than analysts expected, as weakness in insurance underwriting, a slowing economy and trade woes weighed on the conglomerate run by billionaire Warren (...)
Billionaire Warren Buffett wants investors to be wary of the high fees Wall Street r'outinely charges because of the damage they do to investment returns, and he emphasized his confident outlook in the US economy.
Buffett devoted a section of his (...)
So much for a double take. The Litherlands left everyone seeing triple at the US Olympic swimming trials.
Jay, Kevin and Mick are 20-year-old triplets who competed in Omaha over the past week. While Jay was the only one to earn a spot in Rio, (...)
Michael Phelps will bring down the curtain on his stellar Olympic career in Rio, heading a US swimming team packed with newcomers eager to stamp themselves the future of the sport.
Phelps and his gang of ageing warriors that includes Ryan Lochte, (...)
Katie Ledecky delivered everything but the world record everyone had expected, storming to victory in the women's 400 meters freestyle at the US Olympic swim trials Monday and securing her ticket to the Rio Games.
The dominant figure in women's (...)
Newcomer Chase Kalisz outduelled Olympic champion Ryan Lochte in the men's 400 meters individual medley final at the US Olympic swim trials Sunday, clinching the first ticket to the Rio Games.
The stage was set for the opening showdown of the trials (...)
Billionaire American investor Warren Buffett said Saturday that he was “dead wrong” with a prediction that the US housing market would begin to recover by now, but he remains optimistic about the nation's economy.
In his annual letter to Berkshire (...)
Kids will finally have a chance to learn financial lessons from billionaire Warren Buffett when his cartoon is released online this fall, three years later than planned.
Buffett is starring in “The Secret Millionaire's Club” that is designed to (...)
Billionaire Warren Buffett says the economy has “fallen off a cliff” over the past six months and consumers have changed their habits in remarkable ways.
Buffett said Monday during a live appearance on CNBC that current economic turmoil has (...)
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett said Friday the US economy continues to be in a recession, by his definition, and will continue to be for at least several more months.
During a live appearance on CNBC, Buffett said ripples of the credit crunch (...)
Dara Torres and Peter Vanderkaay captured the final two events at the US swimming trials on Sunday to join an American swim team that immediately turned its focus to the Beijing Olympics.
After being introduced to a raucous crowd at the Qwest (...)
Michael Phelps closed out the US Olympic trials with a commanding win in the 100 meters butterfly on Saturday, adding a final flourish to his packed Beijing program.
After seven days, 15 swims and two world records, Phelps has crafted an Olympic (...)
Michael Phelps roared to another world record, Aaron Peirsol equalled one and Dara Torres had a swim for the ages as the US Olympic trials produced plenty of Independence Day fireworks on Friday.
Phelps, who has targeted Mark Spitz's record of (...)
Former world record holder Brendan Hansen suffered a major blow at the US Olympic swimming trials on Thursday when he failed to qualify in the 200 meters breaststroke.
Hansen gave everything but faded in the final meters and was beaten into fourth (...)
Katie Hoff continued to upstage Michael Phelps at the US Olympic swimming trials on Wednesday, powering her way to two thrilling wins and adding three events to her Beijing program.
Hoff, who Phelps playfully calls his little sister, produced a big (...)
Natalie Coughlin and Aaron Peirsol blitzed to world records in the 100 meters backstroke to highlight another breathless day of action at the US Olympic swimming trials on Tuesday.
Coughlin sparked the record demolition when she stormed to the wall (...)
Natalie Coughlin and Hayley McGregory blitzed to back-to-back world records and Katie Hoff secured her second Olympic berth at the US swimming trials on Monday.
Just two days into the eight-day competition, four world records have fallen as (...)
time Olympic champion Gary Hall Jr. believes the recent glut of swimming world records has more to do with old-fashioned doping - which he says is on the increase - than hi-tech swimsuits.
Since the introduction of the Speedo LZR Racer this year, (...)