Warren Buffett

Maryland 5th-grader to present cupcake idea to Warren Buffett

2013-05-13 07:43:00

If you ever find yourself looking for an excuse to eat more cupcakes, 11-year-old Krissa Hillman has a good one. The fifth-grader from Bollman Bridge Elementary School in Jessup is the creative mastermind behind Cupcakes for Literacy, a business that...

Former Constellation CEO Shattuck retires from Exelon — but remains on its board

2013-03-15 17:31:40

Mayo A. Shattuck III, who coordinated the sale of two Baltimore institutions to out-of-state concerns and ran the region's power company for a volatile decade, has retired from the parent of Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. Chicago-based Exelon Corp. didn'...

Mismanaged Maryland

2013-03-11 03:00:00

There is a sharp disconnect between the image and reality of the O'Malley administration's fiscal policies. The image features pension reforms, reduced structural deficits, a rainy day fund, and protection of programs. The reality includes deferred...

Tribune Co. hires banks to manage offers for newspapers

2013-02-26 18:57:00

Tribune Co. has hired two investment banks to manage offers to buy its newspapers, executives said Tuesday, adding that no decisions have been made about whether to sell any properties. JPMorgan Chase and Evercore Partners will oversee a process to...

Politicians aren't like the rest of us

2012-12-08 00:00:00

An Internet search is inconclusive as to where the phrase "no skin in the game" originated. Some ascribe it to the late columnist William Safire, others to investor Warren Buffett. Politicians often use the phrase to justify policies to their liking. It...

The vast left-wing conspiracy

2013-02-03 05:00:00

I'm not big into conspiracy theories. I never bought into the grassy knoll in Dallas or the anti-Obama birther movement. And it will take a lot of convincing for me to believe Oakland Raiders coach Bill Callahan took a dive in Super Bowl XXXVII to...

Amen to the flat tax

2013-02-15 12:00:00

Every year around this time, the media are replete with stories, both serious and funny, about the density, complexity, and inanity of our tax code ("The Carson monologue" Feb 12). One has to wonder if maybe we've gone a little too far in punishing,...

Possibility of Baltimore Sun sale brings interest from investors

2012-12-13 17:41:00

The possibility that the Tribune Co. will sell its newspapers after an imminent exit from bankruptcy has set off a new round of speculation about The Baltimore Sun's future ownership — along with expressions of interest from potential buyers....

Tribune Co. to emerge from bankruptcy Monday

2012-12-30 20:48:00

The last day of 2012 is the first of a new era for Tribune Co. After spending more than four years embroiled in a contentious Chapter 11 bankruptcy case, the reorganized Chicago-based media company will emerge Monday under new owners and a newly...

O'Malley might look to his own finances instead of Romney's

2012-08-28 11:17:00

Mitt Romney's tax returns are a distraction. The Republican presidential candidate should release them for the sake of transparency. But the clamor for them by Gov. Martin O'Malley in his role as head of the Democratic Governors Association says more...

'There's lots that can be done'

2012-10-25 10:50:00

In 2008, Paul Tough’s first book, “Whatever It Takes,” told the story of the Harlem Children’s Zone, a massive effort to leverage a pre-birth-through-high-school system of education services to change the trajectory of 10,000...

Voting to give more money to millionaires

2012-10-20 12:26:49

As I drove by the old Playhouse cinema on 25th Street in Baltimore the other day, I thought of the hapless fellow I encountered on the screen there in the 1970s — Nino, the lead character in "Bread and Chocolate," a comedy about a poor Italian...

Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett, left, plays table tennis with Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates in Omaha, Neb. after Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting.

2013-05-06 00:00:00

Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett (C) shakes hands with a shareholder just before the company's annual meeting in Omaha

2013-05-04 09:33:07

Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett walks through an exhibit hall before the company's annual meeting in Omaha

2013-05-04 09:30:39