Keith Block

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A) made what was then the largest acquisition in its history when it agreed to acquire General Re for $22 billion in a tax-free exchange of stock on...... (read more)

Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ:ORCL) almost certainly will to dominate the earnings reports from technology in the week ahead. The $160 billion enterprise software giant’s streak of beating earnings has...... (read more)

In the "Global Burden of Disease" report from the World Health Organization, which was compiled over a 20-year period from 1990 through 2010 using data from 500 researchers from 50 countries, it was determined...... (read more)

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Revlimid as a treatment for patients with mantle cell lymphoma whose disease has relapsed or progressed after two prior therapies, one of which included...... (read more)

Tucked away inside Obamacare are 18 pages that could create a new $20 billion-per-year market. The section of Obamacare known as the "Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act'' authorized the creation...... (read more)

You want to invest in biotech. You hear about all the monstrous pops and mini-fortunes that are built overnight. The allure of catching a multibagger is an intoxicating idea -- netting one in your portfolio...... (read more)

There's good news and bad news for Americans. The good news is that the age-adjusted death rate in the U.S. is lower than it's ever been. What's the bad news? The same diseases still kill too many Americans...... (read more)

MannKind Corporation (NASDAQ:MNKD) took one giant leap over the past few days. Shares have soared more than 30% since last week, after the company reported results for the first quarter. Was the news...... (read more)

There's always a flip side to any coin. I recently wrote about seven states that pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts Holding Company (NASDAQ:ESRX) identified as the most wasteful when it comes...... (read more)