Buffett's million-dollar bet, Amazon eyes RadioShack, Staples and Office Depot talk merger

THE FORTUNE DAILY Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Warren Buffett adds to his lead in $1 million hedge-fund bet Results are in for the seventh year of what's sometimes called The Million-Dollar Bet—Warren Buffett's 10-year wager that the S&P 500 would outperform a sampling of hedge funds—and, for now at least, it's looking like a rout.

Parent company of Lip Smackers is closing its doors According to Cleveland.com, Bonne Bell's CEO confirmed the news in a letter that says in part the Bonne Bell Co., "will be permanently laying off employees and closing substantially all manufacturing and distribution operations."

After 94 years, RadioShack may be about to pull the plug The online retailer is reportedly thinking about using them as showcases for its hardware.

Staples, Office Depot in advanced talks to merge Last month, activist investor Starboard Value LP called on the two companies to join forces.

S&P will pay nearly $1.4 billion to settle financial crisis litigation Lawsuit alleged the ratings firm had defrauded investors by issuing inflated ratings.

By Philip Elmer-DeWitt Worst Apple attack ad ever On the plus side, it didn't cost HTC America much to post this gem on YouTube.

By Tom Huddleston, Jr. Internet fast-lanes would be banned under planned FCC proposal FCC chair Tom Wheeler's expected proposal calls for regulating Internet service providers like utilities.

By Geoffrey Smith First hints of compromise send Greek markets flying Government shifts tack and asks the ECB to take the strain instead of Eurozone lenders.

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Russian accounting changes soften the earnings blow at BP

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