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Top 10 biggest companies in the world

Futures Staff
May 26, 2016

Forbes recently released its 14th annual Global 2000 list; a ranking of the biggest companies in the world.

Warren Buffett invests $1 billion in Apple

Jonathan Stempel, Reuters
May 16, 2016
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Monday revealed a new stake in Apple Inc, in a bet that the stock's price could rebound after iPhone sales fell for the first time.

Buffett successor?

Sam Forgione, Reuters
March 2, 2015
At 84, it's time for Warren Buffett to start looking for a successor. Who will it be?

Buffett bullish on America, but investing abroad

Luciana Lopez and Jonathan Stempel, Reuters
February 27, 2015
Warren Buffett called America the "motherlode of opportunity," but is moving towards holdings abroad.

Berkshire profit benefits from Buffett shift to rail, energy

Noah Buhayar, Bloomberg
November 4, 2013
Warren Buffett’s shift toward businesses like railroads and power production that provide steady profits is paying off for his Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

Buffett’s $40 billion cash pile provides fuel for takeover

Noah Buhayar, Bloomberg
October 31, 2013
Warren Buffett, who aims to have $20 billion in cash at his Berkshire Hathaway Inc., isn’t investing fast enough to keep money from piling up.

Buffett says housing market gains still short of equilibrium

Noah Buhayar, Bloomberg
October 24, 2013
Warren Buffett, the billionaire chairman and chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., said the U.S. housing market has made progress and still has a way to go in recovering.

Buffett says U.S. to approach point of idiocy, not cross it

Noah Buhayar and Zachary Tracer, Bloomberg
October 3, 2013
Warren Buffett, the billionaire chairman and chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., said he expects Congress to resolve a stalemate over the U.S. debt ceiling before it seriously harms the country.

Berkshire adds National Oilwell shares as Buffett cuts P&G

Noah Buhayar, Bloomberg
August 15, 2012
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. added a stake in National Oilwell Varco Inc. in the second quarter as billionaire Chairman Warren Buffett pared investments in consumer-products stocks including Procter & Gamble Co.

Berkshire Hathaway hit by derivatives losses in Q2

Canaccord Genuity Morning Coffee
August 7, 2012
Warren Buffett’s ice-cream-to-insurance conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway reported a smaller profit for the second quarter on Friday as losses on derivatives dragged down results.