Buffett tries to assure on health, mulled megadeal

By Ben Berkowitz OMAHA, Nebraska | Sat May 5, 2012 8:48pm BST OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) – Warren Buffett tried to allay fears of Berkshire Hathaway Inc shareholders about the company’s future after he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, and revealed that he recently tried to make one of the biggest acquisitions of his storied career. The question of who will succeed Buffett, now 81, as chief executive has long been a focus of shareholders, and became more of an imperative after Buffett disclosed the diagnosis last month.

Top 10 MarketWatch stories of the week, from $VIX to votes and data to ultimata

By MarketWatch With Americans’ perceptions of seemingly every news event determinedly divergent these days, it’s as if Uncle Sam’s been fitted with a dysfunctional pair of glasses — bifocals, naturally.

Top 10 MarketWatch stories of the week, from $VIX to votes and data to ultimata

By MarketWatch With Americans’ perceptions of seemingly every news event determinedly divergent these days, it’s as if Uncle Sam’s been fitted with a dysfunctional pair of glasses — bifocals, naturally.

Top 10 MarketWatch stories of the week, from $VIX to votes and data to ultimata

By MarketWatch With Americans’ perceptions of seemingly every news event determinedly divergent these days, it’s as if Uncle Sam’s been fitted with a dysfunctional pair of glasses — bifocals, naturally. Surely not, one might ask hopefully, the drama surrounding the heroic escape from house arrest to the U.S. Embassy by a noted Chinese dissident

Top Ten: April 30–May 4: VIX, votes, data and ultimata

By MarketWatch With Americans’ perceptions of seemingly every news event determinedly divergent these days, it’s as if Uncle Sam’s been fitted with a dysfunctional pair of glasses — bifocals, naturally. Surely not, one might ask hopefully, the drama surrounding the heroic escape from house arrest to the U.S.

Now’s Not the Time to Sell Apple Stock

It has become a popular sport among investors these days to bash Apple Inc. stock and forecast what some denizens of the message boards are calling “the inevitable fall.” Indeed, it’s not hard to find investors in many of the online communities making the case for getting out of the technology giant, expecting a correction or something much worse, usually with creatively dull lines about how apples always fall off the tree or get picked and eaten

Google says it has China’s approval for Motorola deal

Women walk past the logo of Google in front of its former headquarters, in Beijing June 2, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Jason Lee Sun May 20, 2012 3:22am BST (Reuters) – Google said on Saturday that Chinese authorities have approved its $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility Holdings, the last regulatory hurdle to a deal that would allow the world’s No

I’ll Have Another wins Preakness, shoots for Triple Crown in 3 weeks

CHICAGO (MarketWatch) — Kentucky Derby winner I’ll Have Another won the Preakness Stakes Saturday at Pimlico Race Course in Maryland, giving him a shot to become the first Triple Crown winner in 34 years.

I’ll Have Another wins Preakness Stakes

CHICAGO (MarketWatch) — Kentucky Derby winner I’ll Have Another won the Preakness Stakes Saturday at Pimlico Race Course in Maryland, giving him a shot to become the first Triple Crown winner in 34 years. As in the Derby two weeks ago, I’ll Have Another ran down front-running Bodemeister to prevail by a head at the wire.

Google says it won China’s approval for Motorola deal

Women walk past the logo of Google in front of its former headquarters, in Beijing June 2, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Jason Lee Sat May 19, 2012 9:08pm BST (Reuters) – Google said on Saturday that Chinese authorities have approved its $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility Holdings, the last regulatory hurdle to a deal that would allow the world’s No.

G-8 leaders: Recovery still facing obstacles

By Andria Cheng , MarketWatch President Obama speaks at Saturday’s G-8 meeting as Germany’s Angela Merkel, Britain’s David Cameron (rear) and Russia’s Dmitri Medvedev listen.

3 NATO protesters accused of terror plot: report

By Andria Cheng , MarketWatch A protestor in a Guy Fawkes mask walks past a police officer during a demonstration ahead of the NATO meeting in Chicago. NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Ahead of a two-day NATO meeting beginning Sunday in Chicago, three men in their 20s were accused of making Molotov cocktails in planned attacks on President Barack Obama’s campaign headquarters, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s home and other targets during the summit, the Associated Press reported Saturday.

Chrysler recalls 87,000 Jeep Wranglers from 2010

By Andria Cheng , MarketWatch NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Chrysler Group is recalling about 67,900 Jeep Wranglers in the U.S. because of a risk of fires, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on its Website. About 6,000 other Jeeps also are being recalled in Canada, 1,500 in Mexico and about 11,000 in other countries for a total of about 87,000, the Associated Press reported Saturday, citing a company spokesman

Chinese dissident leaves for U.S.: reports

By Andria Cheng , MarketWatch Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng, who left Beijing for the U.S. on Saturday

NewsWatch: U.S. investors hang on Europe after bruising week

By MarketWatch MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE After the worst week of the year for U.S. stocks, investors will be looking for signs of whether the U.S. economy can continue to recover in the face of ongoing uncertainty about Greece, Spain and global growth prospects

NewsWatch: Facebook IPO fails to ‘pop’ in rough debut

By MarketWatch MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE Social network’s shares weaken near the end of its first trading session following its massive billion initial public offering, losing grip on the first-day pop. See full story. Facebook debut sets pace for tech IPOs to come Facebook’s mixed public debut and its aftermath will have a strong influence over investor demand for the next wave of Internet- and technology-sector IPOs

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