Buffett shows off Berkshire products at meeting

Billionaire Warren Buffett loves to showcase his company’s products at the annual meeting with a 200,000-square-foot exhibit hall filled with displays where Berkshire Hathaway companies like Dairy Queen and Clayton Homes sell items.
Buffett said Saturday he was feeling good despite disclosing last month that he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer.
Buffett employed the newspaper tossing […]

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Dow regains its losses for the month

It took a while, but the Dow Jones industrial average finally gained back all its losses for the month.
On a day of conflicting signals, as investors weighed disappointing economic news against reports of higher profits at big companies, stocks inched higher. All three major indexes were up Friday, though barely.
The Dow climbed 23.69 points to […]

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IMF Says European Banks May Have to Sell $3.8 Trillion in Assets - Bloomberg

European banks could be forced to sell as much as $3.8 trillion in assets through 2013 and curb lending if governments fall short of their pledges to stem the sovereign debt crisis or face a shock their firewall can

Missouri Medicaid contractor to lay off 119

Molina Healthcare of Missouri plans to lay off 119 employees by June 1, according to a notice filed with the state’s Department of Economic Development.
The planned layoffs follow the company’s loss of managed care contracts for Medicaid patients.
Molina, a losing bidder, has an office in Creve Coeur. The company has filed a lawsuit against the […]

China Accelerates Markets Opening as QFII Quota Doubles - Bloomberg

China accelerated the opening of its capital markets by more than doubling the amount foreigners can invest in stocks, bonds and bank deposits as the government shifts its growth model to domestic consumption from exports.
The China Securities Regulatory Commission increased the quotas for qualified foreign institutional investors to $80 billion from $30 billion, according […]

Average US rate on 30-year loan rises to 3.92 pct.

The average rate in the U.S. on the 30-year fixed mortgage hovered near historic lows this week, making home-buying and refinancing more attractive to those who can qualify.
Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the U.S. rate on the 30-year loan increased to 3.92 percent. That’s up from 3.88 percent the previous week. The rate […]

U.S. Local Governments Show First Gain in Empolyment Boost Since August - Bloomberg

U.S. local-government payrolls increased last month for the first time since August, easing the drag on the economy brought on by budget-cutting cities, counties and school districts.
The U.S. Labor Department reported today that local- government employment, adjusted for seasonal swings in hiring, expanded by 2,000 in February as school districts boosted hiring. State payrolls […]

Monti Expects Euro Debt Firewall Deal This Month - Bloomberg

Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti, signaling the worst may be over for the euro region

U.K. Hometrack Home Prices Underpinned by Rush to Beat Tax-Holiday Expiry - Bloomberg

U.K. house prices held their value for a second month in February, boosted by a seasonal increase in demand and a rush to beat the expiration of a property-tax exemption, Hometrack Ltd. said.
The average cost of a home in England and Wales was unchanged from January and 1.4 percent lower than a year earlier, […]

Good riddance to the refund anticipation loan

This year is the last hurrah for the refund anticipation loan, a tax-season staple that consumer groups love to hate.
Bank regulators forced a couple of big banks to abandon the product after the 2010 tax season, including the one that once made 2 million loans a year through H&R Block offices. The last small bank […]