Friday, August 15, 2014

Buffett bets on media, Alibaba’s accounting woes, a Ferrari sold for $38.1 million

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Friday, August 15, 2014

Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway bulks up its media investments


A financial filing on Thursday revealed Berkshire Hathaway's recent investments in Charter and Verizon.

Zuckerberg's latest like: Ice water…on his head


Some of the biggest CEOs in tech -- Mark Zuckerberg, Satya Nadella and Dick Costolo -- are joining the Ice Bucket Challenge to raise money for ALS.

Alibaba finds possible accounting irregularities at film unit


Embarrassing discovery raises questions over quality of e-commerce giant's acquisitions in the run-up to its IPO.

Once-crashed Ferrari tops $38 million, setting an auction record


The chart-topping vehicle was involved in a fatal crash in 1962.

Coca-Cola secures 16.7% equity stake in Monster


After grabbing a stake in Keurig earlier in the year, Coca-Cola has secured a 16.7% equity stake in energy giant Monster.

By Philip Elmer-DeWitt

How many ways can you say 'sapphire is expensive'?


If you're the Wall Street Journal and the subject is Apple, the answer is 11.

By Andy Serwer

Farewell, and thanks


This is my last issue as the managing editor of Fortune. What will I take away? What did I learn? Here are a few things that have occurred to me.

By Geoffrey Smith

Facebook slammed for poor Messenger app, research shows


Facebook is feeling the heat for migrating users' instant messages to another app.
Supervalu warns card data may have been stolen
Is Tesla the ultimate momentum stock?
EBay payment unit reportedly weighing acceptance of bitcoin
Starbucks schedules and bitcoin on eBay — five things to know today
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