Freddie Mac talked to investors this week about possibly buying its stock to raise much-needed capital but billionaire investor Warren Buffett said he passed on an opportunity to help the troubled mortgage giant. ...more

August 23, 2008

What was expected to be a firestorm of shareholder fury fizzled into a mundane annual meeting for Yahoo on Friday, despite lingering disappointment among some shareholders about a failed merger with Microsoft that could have been worth $47.5 billion. ...more

August 2, 2008

Yahoo averted a showdown with rabble-rousing investor Carl Icahn on Monday by giving him three seats on its board of directors in a truce that still leaves the door open for a possible sale to Microsoft. ...more

July 22, 2008

Regarding "Trump Revels In $100 Million Sale Of Mansion" (Personalities, July 17): ...more

July 21, 2008

Jacksonville Jaguars owner Wayne Weaver is refinancing debt, considering taking on a financial partner and struggling to sell tickets and secure a stadium naming rights deal. Despite the problems, he wants to make one thing clear: His team is not for sale and is not going anywhere. ...more

July 11, 2008

"Powerhouse Principles: The Billionaire Blueprint for Real Estate Success" by Jorge Perez (Celebra, $23.95) ...more

May 18, 2008

Warren Buffett tried to reassure his shareholders Saturday that Berkshire Hathaway will be fine once he is gone, but the 77-year-old billionaire offered few new details of the company's succession plan. ...more

May 4, 2008

He pretended disinterest, but tempted he was. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg spent months with his eye on a prize bigger than running the Big Apple. But Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, who talked to His Honor about standing second at the top of an independent ticket, says now that Bloomberg won't run. ...more

February 17, 2008

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett said he offered to shore up $800 billion of municipal bonds guaranteed by troubled MBIA Inc., Ambac Financial Group Inc. and FGIC Corp. in a bid to gain 33 percent of the debt insurance market. ...more

February 13, 2008

There's a moment in "Fool's Gold" when Matthew McConaughey, as a flaky treasure hunter, finds himself stranded in the middle of the ocean, bobbing up and down as he clings to an ice chest, baking in the stillness of the sun and praying that someone will come by and rescue him. ...more

February 6, 2008