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Todd Combs, Castle Point - Execs Under 40

Who: Todd Combs Age: 39 Executive Post: Hedge Fund Manager at Castle Point Capital Why he's young and fierce: The once obscure 39-year-old was picked by Warren Buffet to manage a "significant Read more...

Goldman Sachs could survive a Buffett buyback

Recall that Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) is keenly interested in buying back the preferred shares it issued on very favorable terms to Warren Buffett back in September 2008. What kind of hit to the Read more...

Will Warren Buffett sell shares back to Goldman Sachs?

Recall that back in September 2008, Warren Buffett (Warren Buffett news) invested $5 billion in then-struggling Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS). The terms of the deal were enviable. He wrangled a hefty 10 Read more...

Moody's employees tell all in hearing

More sordid tales from the credit rating (credit rating agencies news) front emerged at a hearing in front of the Financial Crisis Inquiries Commission in New York. This is not necessarily new stuff, Read more...

Signs that Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein will be ousted?

Fortune offers four tell-tale signs that Lloyd Blankfein (Lloyd Blankfein news) will be ousted as Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) CEO and chairman: "The start of a probe: Federal, Congressional, or all of Read more...

Is Warren Buffett a hypocrite?

We've noted that Warren Buffett (Warren Buffett news) has long been a critic of the misuse of financial derivatives (derivatives news), calling them "financial weapons of mass destruction," a term Read more...

Warren Buffett offers support for Goldman Sachs

We noted recently that Warren Buffett (Warren Buffett news) was in a tight spot on Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS). He's seen as a defender of strong business ethics and he maintains a massive investment in Read more...

Warren Buffett in a tight spot on Goldman Sachs

This is what Warren Buffett (Warren Buffett news) said about the embattled Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) CEO before the firm was charged by the SEC. "It's a very, very strong, well-run business. Lloyd Read more...

Warren Buffet's credit card fiasco

Credit cards (credit card news) looked like easy money not too long ago. Just look at the rates such cards carry. The notion of easy money was validated when Warren Buffet dreamed of a way to get Read more...

Buffett: CEOs should pay for lapses

Should the CEO be the ultimate risk manager (risk management news) at a company? In his annual letter to shareholders, which had good news about earnings at Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett (Warren Read more...

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Zacks Investment Ideas Feature Highlights: Shaw Group, Energy Solutions, Scana Group and Urranium Resources

CHICAGO, Dec. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Zacks Investment Ideas feature highlights Features: Shaw Group, Inc. (NYSE: SHAW), Energy Solutions (NYSE: ES), Scana Group (NYSE: SCG) and Urranium Read more >>

Zacks Investment Ideas feature highlights: Kansas City Southern, Norfolk Southern, Canadian National Rail and Genesee & Wyoming

CHICAGO, Nov. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Zacks Investment Ideas feature highlights Features: Kansas City Southern (NYSE: KSU), Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE: NSC), Canadian National Rail Co. Read more >>

Zacks Investment Ideas Feature Highlights: Carbo Ceramics, Lululemon, Huntsmen and Travelzoo

CHICAGO, Aug. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Zacks Investment Ideas feature highlights Features: Carbo Ceramics, Inc. (NYSE: CRR), Lululemon, Inc. (Nasdaq: LULU), Huntsmen Corp (NYSE: HUN) and Read more >>

Zacks Investment Ideas Feature Highlights: Carbo Ceramics, Lululemon, Huntsmen and Travelzoo

CHICAGO, Aug. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Zacks Investment Ideas feature highlights Features: Carbo Ceramics, Inc. (NYSE: CRR), Lululemon, Inc. (Nasdaq: LULU), Huntsmen Corp (NYSE: HUN), Read more >>

Top 3 Headhunters in Corporate History Aren't Headhunters

Bill Gates Heads the List of Top Mega-Billionaire RecruitersCLEVELAND, June 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- According to jobs expert Jeff Christian, founder of CTPartners and founder and CEO of Revenue Read more >>