Hey gang, Today was pure, unadulterated, capitalistic insanity!  But of course I mean that in a GOOD way...  Our day began at 9am Omaha time as the Fox Biz crew and I headed straight to Berkshire-owned Borsheim's Jewelry store.  We had a huge set-up in the store so we could broadcast our entire afternoon show live from the first "official" BRK Shareholder event.  Okay, can I just say?  ... read more

Well, well, well. At a time when most CEOs are dreading their own annual shareholder meetings (remember our Liz McDonald reporting that security guards were checking Citi shareholders' bags for fruit in case they'd try to throw it at the meeting?!!), Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK) is throwing his massive, annual party under the big-top in Omaha, Nebraska. The wonderful Fox Business ... read more

  Lee Scott talks the talk AND walks the walk. I talked to him today, live in Santa Barbara at the Wall Street Journal's first-ever ECOnomics conference. He's a low-key guy who doesn't make bold, dramatic statements. He tells it like it is -- and when it comes to going green, he's calmly, but firmly, telling anyone who asks that, "We're doing it. If it's good for our customers, we'll do ... read more

  Good morning from Santa Barbara where the sun is rising over blue skies and a cobalt Pacific ocean. We're going to be live all day from the Wall Street Journal's first-ever ECOnomics conference which brings together CEO's, entrepreneurs and venture capitalists to discuss how to make money by going 'green': reducing carbon emissions, recycling and figuring out ways to create sustainable ... read more

  Hey gang, JetBlue (JBLU) has gotten us to the West Coast safe and sound -- and we're already at Bacara, the spectacular, oceanside resort in Santa Barbara that will be the site of the Wall Street Journal's very first ECO-nomics Conference. The conference will bring together company leaders ranging from Dow Chemical to Wal-Mart to G.E. to Cypress Semiconductor and beyond to talk about ... read more

  Listen, I'm from California. I was the kid putting the brick in the toilet tank at age 7 with my dad who used to tell us, "Don't take fresh water for granted. Don't take electricity flowing from the flip of a switch for granted." So for me, conserving and protecting the environment has always been ingrained. However, for Wall Street, being environmentally sound has, in the past, often been ... read more