Warren Buffett, the American billionaire who has long championed a fairer U.S. tax code, has a position certain to rankle those who hold the investor dear: He's thrown his support behind the Keystone XL pipeline.
(Reuters) - The yet-unidentified winner of an online charity auction will pay $1 million to lunch with Warren Buffett and friends, a relative bargain compared with last year's top bid that came in at more than three times the amount.
Warren Buffett's investment powerhouse Berkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital announced Thursday that they would take over venerable US ketchup maker Heinz in a deal valuing the company at $28 billion.
South African mining billionaire Patrice Motsepe announced Wednesday he would give half his family's fortune to charity, becoming the first African to match a pledge made by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett.
WASHINGTON — US tycoon Warren Buffett announced he has early-stage prostate cancer, and indicated he had no intention of stepping down as head of his investment firm Berkshire Hathaway.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Monday urged senators in Washington, D.C. to vote against the Paying a Fair Share Act of 2012, claiming it would hurt economic growth.
