Professor Voices » Berkshire Hathaway http://blogs.bu.edu/professorvoices Opinions and views by Boston University experts Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:10:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 Warren Buffett to invest $5 billion in Bank of America http://blogs.bu.edu/professorvoices/2011/08/25/warren-buffett-to-invest-5-billion-in-bank-of-america/ http://blogs.bu.edu/professorvoices/2011/08/25/warren-buffett-to-invest-5-billion-in-bank-of-america/#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:47:43 +0000 Jo Breiner http://blogs.bu.edu/professorvoices/?p=2616 Shares of Bank of America immediately jumped 13 percent after the announcement that Berkshire Hathaway, owned by Warren Buffett, will invest $5 billion in BofA. Cornelius Hurley, director of BU’s Center for Finance, Policy & Law and Mark Williams, master lecturer in finance at BU’s School of Management, are available to offer commentary, analysis and insight.

Contact Hurley at 617-353-5427; ckhurley@bu.edu; Twitter @ckhurley

Contact Williams at 617-358-2789; williams@bu.edu


]]> http://blogs.bu.edu/professorvoices/2011/08/25/warren-buffett-to-invest-5-billion-in-bank-of-america/feed/ 0 New details emerge on Sokol and Lubrizol http://blogs.bu.edu/professorvoices/2011/04/13/new-details-emerge-on-sokol-and-lubrizol/ http://blogs.bu.edu/professorvoices/2011/04/13/new-details-emerge-on-sokol-and-lubrizol/#comments Wed, 13 Apr 2011 15:41:48 +0000 Jo Breiner http://blogs.bu.edu/professorvoices/?p=1220 Did Berkshire Hathaway know about David Sokol’s purchase of 96,000 shares of Lubrizol before Berkshire became interested in the company as a takeover bid? Law professor Cornelius Hurley is director of Boston University’s Center for Finance, Law & Policy (formerly the Morin Center for Banking and Financial Law) and former counsel to the Fed Board of Governors. He offers his comment on the continuing controversy surrounding Sokol’s resignation from Berkshire and the details emerging from a new regulatory filing.

“What are the chances David Sokol’s ‘front-running’ scheme at Berkshire Hathaway reflects a pattern of past abusive behavior? I’d say they are very high and warrant a full SEC investigation.”

Contact Cornelius Hurley, 617-353-5427, ckhurly@bu.edu


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