An easy fix for a tricky securities problem

A few days ago, I watched one of California’s top high school economics teachers lead a class in a discussion of the differences between the earthquakes in Haiti and Chile. I’m applying for my own teaching credential and was there observing.

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An easy fix for a tricky securities problem

The fall of a Wall Street highflier

When Erin Callan talked, people listened.

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The fall of a Wall Street highflier

Where the braniacs are, and pharma is not

Let’s say you’re a large company in need of innovative ideas. Where would you go?

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Buffett vents on financial fat cats

Warren Buffett has an elegant solution for the thorny problem of too-big-to-fail banks: Put the bankers’ bank accounts on the line.

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NetJets: Ready for takeoff?

If it’s possible, Berkshire Hathaway’s NetJets unit seems to have troubles rivaling those of longtime pitchman Tiger Woods. But Berkshire chief Warren Buffett says the company’s rehabilitation is well under way.

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Buffett’s winners and losers

A rousing stock rally has repaired much, but not all, of the damage the 2008 market meltdown inflicted on Berkshire Hathaway’s stock portfolio.

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Buffett’s $50 million credit card blunder

Peddling credit cards isn’t so easy that a caveman can do it.

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Employees of the world, unite!

There’s a revolution going on, one that should give heart to everyone who actually works for a living. The vanguard marches toward us, arm in arm, united in the struggle for their share of the American dream. Here they come in gray twill and wingtips! They carry not guns but spreadsheets and notebook computers running Excel

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Market for hard-to-sell assets gets a big boost

The charity foundation of Li Ka-shing, Hong Kong’s richest man, and Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund said Tuesday they had invested $15 million in SecondMarket. You may not have heard of this fast-growing New York-based company, but it’s created new exchanges where companies and investors can sell assets they might otherwise have had trouble unloading.

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Berkshire’s big day: $24 billion in trading

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway got a rousing introduction to the S&P 500 this month — though it wasn’t quite the most lavish ever.

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