Berkshire Hathaway said its net profit was $3.2bn (£1.9bn) in the three months to September, compared to $1.1bn in the same period last year. Full Article at Huffington Post
Quick Vote Who should be the business leader of the decade? Full Article at CNN/Money
Hold onto your rears, people, I've done something today that I haven't been able to do in months, maybe even years. Full Article at MediaPost.com
It's been a steep drop for former Merrill Lynch chairman and CEO Stanley O'Neal, who was ousted in 2007 after his company had amassed a big portfolio of troubled mortgages. Full Article at Huffington Post
HOLLYWOOD -- Uh oh, here we go again. After an extended period of unremarkable celebrity baby names -- a "James" here, a "Charlotte" there, the kookiness has again returned. Full Article at Canoe
DETROIT -- Time Inc. is in the middle of a unique journalistic project in Detroit. Full Article at WDIV
People seeking employment line up outside a job fair in Baltimore, Maryland. Five states posted jobless rates above 12% last month, according to the Labor Department. Full Article at Anderson Cooper 360 Blog
We kick off this morning with one of those “green shoots” in the economy: better than expected retail sales; they surged 2.7 percent in August, as the Cash for Clunkers program provided a lift to auto sales. Full Article at Anderson Cooper 360 Blog
Would panic prevail? That was the question gripping the world in the days surrounding the fall of Lehman Brothers on Sept. 15, 2008. Full Article at Fortune
There is something about John Patrick’s unorthodox presentations of his collections that tend to be like little treats, and his smoky showcase last week was no exception. Full Article at Inhabitat