To help keep you afloat, our research shows that the two actions any business owner must take personal ownership of are lead generation and lead conversion—how you attract customers and convert them to closed sales, writes guest blogger, Jay Papasan.   Read More

Recessions are like a 12-step program: First you're shocked. Then you panic. But now that we're in the seventh inning, we're starting to loosen up a little. We're putting the fun back in "FUNemployment." Click here to check out some of the fun, new recession buzzwords.   Read More

We buy companies at deep discounts and hold them for a long time, said Wallace Weitz, president of Wallace R. Weitz & Company.    Read More

Markets posted gains on the strength of Monday's good news from the housing and manufacturing sectors. In the meantime, Warren Buffett told CNBC that although the economy is "very slow," he remains optimistic that the economy will eventually improve. Watch the accompanying videos for more on what other experts had to say...   Read More

"Jim Croce said not to tug on Superman’s cape, spit in the wind, or pull the mask off that old Lone Ranger. He might have added, “Don’t criticize Warren Buffett,” says author Vahan Janjigian.   Read More

"The single most-asked question we received concerned Berkshire’s bad derivatives experience last year," says Jeff Matthews author of "Pilgrimage to Warren Buffett's Omaha."   Read More

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has lost its coveted top-level credit rating from Moody's Investors Service, but a well-known Buffett watcher says the move will have only a very small impact on the company.  Tonight Moody's downgraded Berkshire by two notches to Aa2 from Aaa.  The ratings agency says severe stock price declines and the U.S. recession have weakened an important Berkshire reinsurance subsidiary.   Read More

Berkshire Hathaway, which owns 22 percent of Burlington Northern, is being chatted up as a potential buyer of BNI along with Chinese railway operator Guangshen Railway. Does the market rumor meet the "3 Vs" test?   Read More