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Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) reported first-quarter results Saturday that showed a $1.1-billion net loss — and 49-percent jump in operating earnings.  The Analyst Morgan Stanley's Kai Pan maintains an Equal-weight rating on Berkshire's Class B...

Salesforce.com, inc. (NYSE: CRM) is well positioned to realize a large one-time gain from accounting changes, according to Baird's Rob Oliver" who detailed in a research report several accounting changes that are specific to salesforce and how it could impact the company. Oliver noted many...

Famed journalist, CNBC contributor and Managing Partner of Pacific Square Research, Herb Greenberg, was a special guest on Benzinga's PreMarket Prep Thursday. Among the many topics of conversation included Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA). Alibaba is in the midst of making a recovery...

• Keefe, Bruyette & Woods believes the new current expected credit loss standard (CECL) will be unveiled within the next several months. • The firm sees the new standard as a net positive in the long term for the financial industry. • The terms of the new standard will...

My first column showed why the theoclassical attack on regulation is the leading reason why we suffer recurrent, intensifying financial crises. This column explains why the attack on regulation impairs our recovery from these crises by contrasting two polar cases: the U.S. response to the S&L...