warren buffett

• Opinion

Ben Carson and the Trump lifestyle

Ben Carson's $31,000 dining room may be bad optics but it's par for the (Trump) course.

• Business

Berkshire's HomeServices of America acquires Long & Foster

HomeServices of America, an affiliate of Berkshire Hathaway, has acquired The Long & Foster Cos., the largest U.S. private residential real estate firm by sales volume.

By Colin Campbell

Sep 7, 2017

• Maryland

Once a three-term mayor of New York City, free-spending Bloomberg offers advice and money to Pugh

Michael Bloomberg was mayor of New York and now, according to Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh, a mentor to her and a source of money and wisdom for the beleaguered city.

• Business

Business, political leaders celebrate small-business program in Baltimore

Business, political leaders celebrate new business program

By Sarah Gantz

Aug 2, 2017

• Business

Goldman Sachs, Bloomberg Philanthropies invest $10M to bring small-business program to Baltimore

Goldman Sachs, Bloomberg Philanthropies invest $10M to bring small business program to Baltimore

By Sarah Gantz

Aug 1, 2017

• Opinion

Trump's tweets prove once again, billionaires don't know best

Tweets provide latest evidence that billionaires can have poor judgment, too.

• Opinion

Thinking of others, doing for others and sharing with others

As our country shows a greater disparity between those at the top and the rest of us, and we are about to witness a presidential cabinet of billionaires, it is more important than ever to share — in various groups; through churches, mosques and synagogues; and as individuals. For people are far more important than any of the stuff we acquire.

• Obituaries

Richard Wyman, philanthropist and executive at Hochschild Kohn, dies

Maurice Richard Wyman, who helped run the iconic Hochschild Kohn department store in downtown Baltimore and donated millions to various local charities, died at home in Baltimore Tuesday of lung cancer. He was 87.

By Carrie Wells

Jun 19, 2016

• Opinion

Say goodbye to U.S. manufacturing jobs

Say goodbye to U.S. manufacturing jobs

• Business

Under Armour's Plank climbs on Forbes list of billionaires

Under Armour founder and CEO Kevin Plank boosted his ranking on Forbes' 2016 list of the world's billionaires, with a net worth of $3.2 billion.

By Lorraine Mirabella

Mar 1, 2016

• Maryland

GOP's top candidates lack public service experience to do job well

If I had a leaky faucet I would not hire a tailor. If I needed a new three-piece suit I would not visit a dentist or consult a lawyer. But today's Republican voters seem to value those with little or no experience in public office over those with a solid resume of public service.

• Opinion

Foster self-made millionaires

Don't treat poor people as victims who are entitled to live off the taxes of the rich

• Opinion

Overtaxed U.S. businesses are fleeing the country

nation's extreme interest to lower the taxes on U.S. business to levels that are below other nations and eliminate the reason for inversions, and stop all taxation on foreign generated profits to allow a free flow of funds back to the U.S.

• Opinion

Obama's curious petro-diplomacy

Mr. Obama seems intent on keeping Canada under his veto pen and America dependent on Middle Eastern oil, says Rachel Marsden.

• Maryland

Justin Fox: Kraft about to get much leaner

• Opinion

Why China is passing us by

The single most important factor in economic growth is a large foreign exchange surplus, which will strengthen the dollar, increase employment in high paying manufacturing jobs and increase tax revenues. Until the political elite correct our trade and deficit spending policies we will continue to move toward the dust bin of failed civilizations while China continues to thrive.

• Maryland

Dave Pyatt: Actions undermine economic confidence

• Perdue Farms

Book offers business wisdom from Frank Perdue

Drawing on her own notes and interviews, Frank Perdue's widow, Mitzi Perdue, has published a book of business and life lessons based on the Eastern Shore businessman's experience.

By Arthur Hirsch

Feb 24, 2015

• Opinion

Flawed debt and trade policies plague U.S.

The Republicans are euphoric about their recent election victory and Democrats counter touting lower unemployment numbers under their leadership. However neither Congress nor the president will touch our actual problems: flawed debt and trade policies.

• Maryland

Motley Fool Buck Hartzell to rundown smart investing at McDaniel College

Buck Hartzell, who graduated with a degree in sociology, will be joining McDaniel President Roger Casey for a SmartTalk conversation Wednesday on investing.

• Steve Bisciotti

Plank surges past Bisciotti, into top half of Forbes list of richest Americans

A near doubling in Under Armour's stock price over the past year helped drive CEO Kevin Plank past Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti in the Forbes 400 and into the top half of the list of the richest Americans.

• Opinion

America's real business leaders want to save capitalism [Commentary]

America's real business leaders understand that unless or until the middle class regains its footing and its faith, capitalism remains vulnerable.

• Baltimore City Paper

The Atlantic Monthly Goes Galt to a Fault

• Real Estate

Berkshire Hathaway brings brokerage service to Maryland

Berkshire Hathaway's expansion of its residential brokerage is an example of broader consolidation in residential real estate, as the industry works to right itself after the recession and capitalize on changes wrought by the Internet. Despite changes for brokerage firms, analysts said it's also a vote of confidence that the real estate agent – and the standard agent commission extracted from each sale – is here to stay.

• Opinion

An opportunity for Pepco customers [Editorial]

Based on BGE's experience with multiple buyout offers over the years, Pepco customers should push for big concessions in the proposed Exelon deal, with a particular eye toward boosting reliability.

• Maryland

Commentary: Make first NCAA tourney Friday a national half-holiday

• Warren Buffett

Books and billionaires [Commentary]

• Business

What you need to know about the debt ceiling

The debt ceiling, why it's important and what you need to know about it.

• Maryland

Ravens Notebook: Rice is day-to-day

• Maryland

Ravens owner Bisciotti ranks 260th on Forbes 400

• Business

Bill Miller's fund is beating the market once more

Famed money manager Bill Miller's fund is once again beating the market, but analysts say its too early to know whether he's made a comeback.

• Maryland

Strategies 4 Success: Helpful Tips for Investing Success

• Opinion

To keep corporations here, fix the tax code

Roughly switching the business and personal rates would create better incentives without a net loss of income

• Opinion

To keep corporations here, fix the tax code

• Features

Maryland 5th-grader to present cupcake idea to Warren Buffett

If you ever find yourself looking for an excuse to eat more cupcakes, 11-year-old Krissa Hillman has a good one. The 5th grader from Bollman Bridge Elementary School in Jessup is the creative mastermind behind Cupcakes for Literacy, a business that sells baked goods to benefit local schools, libraries and reading programs.

• Maryland

John Culleton: Lower taxes won't balance the budget

• Business

Former Constellation CEO Shattuck retires from Exelon — but remains on its board

Mayo A. Shattuck III, who helped sell two Baltimore institutions to out-of-state concerns and ran the region's energy firm for a volatile decade, has retired from the parent company of Baltimore Gas and Electric Co.

• Opinion

Mismanaged Maryland

Despite talk of reforms and budget cuts, Annapolis dabbles in excessive borrowing, noncompetitive projects and risky investments

• Pensions

Mismanaged Maryland

• Business

Tribune Co. hires banks to manage offers for newspapers

• Opinion

Amen to the flat tax

A flat tax would solve our tax code problems.

• Opinion

Amen to the flat tax

• Opinion

The vast left-wing conspiracy

• Business

Tribune Co. to emerge from bankruptcy Monday

After spending more than four years embroiled in a contentious Chapter 11 bankruptcy case, the reorganized Tribune Co. will emerge Monday under new owners and a newly appointed board, freed from its massive debt and facing an uncertain future, officials said.

• Newspapers

Possibility of Baltimore Sun sale brings interest from investors

The possibility that the Tribune Co. will sell its newspapers after its imminent exit from bankruptcy has set off a new round of speculation about The Baltimore Sun's future ownership — along with expressions of interest from potential buyers.

• Opinion

Politicians aren't like the rest of us

Cal Thomas says fewer politicians than ever understand the concerns of ordinary Americans

• Fiscal Cliff (2013)

Politicians aren't like the rest of us

• Opinion

'There's lots that can be done'

• Barack Obama

Voting to give more money to millionaires

• Colleges and Universities

Freeman Hrabowski's UMBC legacy grows as he celebrates 20 years as president

The melody of the president's voice, the intensity of his movements gripped Jeremy Brickey's attention, cutting through the monotony of freshman orientation at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.