WARREN BUFFETT

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama hosted a big state dinner for the British Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha, Wednesday night at the White House. Here are some pictures of the Belles in Blue, Michelle Obama and Samantha Cameron, in color-coordinated gowns, at their elegant best at the White House State Dinner, honoring the British Prime Minister David Cameron.

The state dinner at the White House welcoming British Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha on March 14, 2012, is said to be one of the biggest black-tie events to be hosted by President Barack Obama.

Throughout American history, billionaires have given to improve our society.

Nearly two-thirds of Americans support imposing a minimum tax rate of 30 percent on those who earn $1 million or more a year, according to Reuters/Ipsos poll results released on Tuesday.

Nearly two-thirds of Americans support imposing a minimum tax rate of 30 percent on those who earn $1 million or more a year, according to Reuters/Ipsos poll results released on Tuesday.

Top-tier technology companies including Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), IBM (NYSE: IBM), Intel (Nasdaq: INTC), Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM) and Applied Materials (Nasdaq: AMAT), among others, all buy back shares. Qualcomm and Applied Materials have just refreshed their buyback programs and hiked their dividends, too.

NetJets Inc, a private jet-sharing company owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc , was sued for $366.3 million by the government to recover unpaid taxes, four months after sued the government for nearly twice as much.

Buy when there's blood in the streets is a Wall Street saying often attributed to Nathan Mayer Rothschild, a prominent financial operator from the 18th century.

Forbes magazine published its celebrated list of the world's wealthiest people Wednesday, with Carlos Slim bagging the number one spot for the third year running.

Forbes Magazine released its list of the world's billionaires on Wednesday, a collection of 1,153 families and individuals, rife with familiar names like Bill Gates, Warren Buffet and Carlos Slim Helu, who topped the list with a net worth of $69 billion.

Forbes magazine is due to release its annual list of the world's billionaires around midday on Wednesday, with Mexico's Carlos Slim poised to retain the top spot and attention focused on how far up the list Facebook's IPO has catapulted Mark Zuckerberg.

Shares in Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway could rise as much as 45 percent, according to a Barron's story that cites an investor in the company.

Shares in Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway could rise as much as 45 percent, according to a Barron's story that cites an investor in the company.

Bill Gross, co-chief investment officer at PIMCO, on Thursday took issue with a derivative panel's decision that the restructuring of Greek debt does not trigger a payout on insurance protection, even after his firm backed the move.

Some two decades ago, Brian Moynihan's younger brother Patrick came to him for advice. Patrick who had been a trader wanted to move to Africa to work as a missionary.

An executive of Goldman Sachs Group Inc has been investigated by the U.S. Federal authorities as part of an insider-trading probe.

General Electric derided the new report by Citizens for Tax Justice as biased and inaccurate.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average crossed 13,000 at Tuesday's market close, while the S&P 500 rose above 1,370, but a bullish psychological impact could actually drag down the market in days to come.

Warren Buffett's real estate forecast for 2012 and beyond is extremely rosy. In some cases, he even recommended buying them over his favored equity investments in a diversified group of leading companies.

Buffett didn't identify the new pick and he even said the candidate hasn't been notified yet.

David Sokol, who left Berkshire Hathaway last year amid a scandal over his stock trading while at the company, would receive about $1 million in retirement payments every year, according to a regulatory filing.