WARREN BUFFETT

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett believes Japan's devastating earthquake is the kind of extraordinary event that creates a buying opportunity for shares in Japanese companies.

Stock index futures pointed to a strongly higher open on Wall Street on Monday, with futures for the S&P 500 up 1.2 percent, Dow Jones futures up 1 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures up 1.3 percent at 0907 GMT (5:07 a.m. ET).

Asian shares advanced on Monday as market players scooped up beaten-down stocks after heavy losses last week, while oil prices jumped more than $2 as Western forces struck targets in Libya.

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett said on Monday that Japanese stocks were good investments after the deadly earthquake that hit the world's third-biggest economy last week.

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett said on Monday that he was looking at more acquisition targets after a $9 billion buy of U.S. specialty chemical maker Lubrizol by his Berkshire Hathaway last week.

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett said on Monday that he was looking at more acquisition targets after a $9 billion buy of specialty chemical maker Lubrizol by his Berkshire Hathaway last week.

U.S. regulators gave major banks including JPMorgan Chase & Co the green light on Friday to boost dividends, loosening the reins on the industry 2-1/2 years after the government bailed out the financial system.

U.S. stocks ended lower on Monday, as investors were worried about the impact of the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan on the global economy.

General Electric Co paid Jeffrey Immelt a $4 million cash bonus in 2010, following two years when the chief executive of the largest U.S. conglomerate declined a payout in the face of sliding profits.

Billionaire Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc struck a deal to buy lubricants maker Lubrizol Corp for $9 billion, betting on a global economic recovery.

U.S. stocks declined in early trade on Monday, as investors were worried about the impact of the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan on the global economy.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway said it has agreed to acquire additives maker Lubrizol for $135 a share in cash, or $9 billion, making it one of the largest acquisitions in its history. Eli Lilly and Co. announced that it has made an irrevocable, unconditional offer to acquire the animal health business of Belgium-based Janssen Pharmaceutica NV, a Johnson & Johnson Co.

Billionaire Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc agreed to buy lubricants maker Lubrizol Corp for $9 billion to tap rising demand for chemicals used to operate engines and machinery.

Billionaire Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc agreed to buy chemical and lubricant maker Lubrizol Corp for $9 billion in cash, two weeks after he revealed the company's plans to use its huge cash pile on deals.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.A, BRK.B) said it has agreed to buy chemical company Lubrizol Corp. (NYSE: LZ) for $135 a share in cash, or $9 billion, making it one of the largest acquisitions in its history.

The world has entered a new economic era that will be more volatile and more dependent on the growth of emerging economies, General Electric Co Chief Executive Jeff Immelt said in a letter to shareholders.

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Flanked by an entourage of assistants and advisors, Chinese mining tycoon Lian Guangming flitted from one luxury jet to another at the Asian AerospaceExpo in Hong Kong.

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Flanked by an entourage of assistants and advisors, Chinese mining tycoon Lian Guangming flitted from one luxury jet to another at the Asian Aerospace Expo in Hong Kong.

Bill Gates didn't lose his title as the world's richest man last year; he gave it away by plowing billions into his charitable foundation, experts say.