Boardroom Agenda
Buybacks Not ‘Un-American,’ But Accounting ‘Adjustments’ Cringeworthy, Buffett Says
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett on Saturday attacked what he saw as tricks used by U.S. companies to boost earnings and stock prices, but he defended one oft-criticized practice: share buybacks. ...
A Different View of America: Berkshire’s Buffett Trumpets Messages of Optimism
The annual letter to shareholders from Berkshire Hathaway's Chairman Warren Buffett seemed to have an underlying theme this year: Move over naysayers. Berkshire Hathaway's Chairman Warren Buffett ...
GEICO Steps on Gas as Berkshire Motors to 14th Straight Underwriting Profit
Even though Berkshire Hathaway's GEICO chalked up an underwriting loss in the fourth-quarter 2016, with full-year profit coming in basically even with 2015, the company is poised to take advantage of ...
Cyber Attacks Spur $350M Reduction in Verizon’s Yahoo Acquisition Offer
Verizon Communications Inc said on Tuesday it would buy Yahoo Inc's core business for $4.48 billion, lowering its original offer by $350 million in the wake of two massive cyber attacks at the ...
Zurich Insurance in Asia Pacific Region Revamps Commercial Insurance Structure
Zurich Insurance has revamped the structure for its Commercial Insurance business in the Asia Pacific Region, following the combination of its Global Corporate and Commercial units into a single ...
CNA Brings on Ex-Endurance Exec Worman as Chief Underwriting Officer
CNA has chosen a former Endurance executive to fill the newly-created position of executive vice president and chief underwriting officer. Douglas Worman will take on his new duties on March 7. He'll ...
Anthem Wins Temporary Order to Stop Cigna From Terminating Merger
Anthem Inc on Wednesday won a temporary restraining order that blocks smaller rival Cigna Corp from officially terminating their proposed $54 billion merger, a transaction already rejected by U.S. ...
Ex-CFO of Bankrupt Enron Offers D&O Lessons from Accounting’s ‘Gray’ Areas
Andrew Fastow, former chief financial officer of Enron Corp., a now-defunct energy trading company swept up in a massive fraud scandal in the early 2000s, warned a room full of directors and officers ...