To earn high returns as Buffett has, an investor needs to go beyond price-to-earnings ratios or other metrics commonly followed by value investors.

An obscure little book is capturing reader imagination like never before. 'When Money Dies' by Adam Fergusson was last heard retailing as high as Rs 73,000 at an online retailer! In fact, as per reports, this book has caught even Warren Buffett's fancy.

In an interview with the newspaper, Berkshire's Vice Chairman Charlie Munger said he felt it was "a foregone conclusion" that Li, a hedge fund manager who largely invests in Asian technology stocks, would become one of Berkshire Hathaway's top investment officials.

Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger have made a lot of money for themselves and fellow shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway with their market-beating stock picking.

Barron's isn't talking trash about Republic Services, one of the few common stocks that Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has been buying of late.

Much of Warren Buffett’s immense wealth has been derived from snapping up shares of top-notch brand names undergoing some type of temporary problem.

A few months ago, I laid out exactly how mutual fund manager Peter Lynch averaged 29% annual returns for more than a decade.

In exchange for $2 billion, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., which is owned by Warren Buffett, agreed to assume and manage all liabilities connected to asbestos claims from the commercial insurance company CNA Financial.

Legendary investor Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A and BRK.B), has teamed with the Dairy Queen(R) system to auction off a 33-inch, five pound, red metal DQ(R) spoon with his autograph to benefit Children's Miracle Network, a non-profit organization dedicated to saving and improving the lives of children by raising funds for 170 children's hospitals.

In an interview with The Motley Fool web site, author Roger Lowenstein, who has written extensively about Warren Buffett, offers some interesting insights into why the “Oracle of Omaha” has been such a successful investor.

More than three decades after his death, Ben Graham is still beating the market.

What makes Warren Buffett a genius? Does he have unique mathematical abilities, business insights, or simply a temperament more suited for capital allocation than all other investors? These questions have long intrigued observers trying to understand what key factors account for Mr. Buffett’s unique investment track record.

Back in the 1980s, a very successful ad campaign for investment adviser E.F. Hutton featured variations on a populated room ¯ an airport, cocktail reception, dinner or other venue. When one person mentioned that ``E.F. Hutton says ...” the room would suddenly become silent as everyone tried to hear the valued words from the vaunted company.

I'll tell you exactly what Warren Buffett said. He said, 'We went through a wrenching recession. And so we have not fully recovered. We're about 40, 50 percent back. But we've still got a long way to go'," Obama told NBC during a visit to Holland, Michigan, to promote his job creation policies.

"He said, 'we went through a wrenching recession, and so we have not fully recovered,'" Obama reported in an interview with NBC News. "'We're about 40, 50 percent back. But we've still got a long way to go.'"

Buffett recently gave an interview regarding the US economic recovery. Buffett disagreed with New York Times columnist and Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman, who wrote recently that he fears the U.S. is in “the early stages of a third depression.”

Allen's announcement comes at the heels of fellow Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and investor Warren Buffett's call for billionaires to pledge the majority of their wealth to philanthropy. He is one of the first to make a public announcement since the challenge.

President Barack Obama met today with Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s Warren Buffett to discuss the economy, and he will confer separately with business leaders including Bank of America Corp. Chief Executive Officer Brian Moynihan and Honeywell International Inc. Chairman David Cote, a White House official said.