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Buffett sees some housing market stabilization

Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett said Saturday that he sees some signs of stabilization in housing markets.
"In the last few months you’ve seen a real pickup in activity although at much lower prices," Buffett said, citing data from Berkshire’s real estate brokerage business, which is one of the largest in the U.S.
In California, medium and [...]

BARRON’S ALAN ABELSON: Don’t Bank on It

The banks have been the spark plug of this powerful stock-market rally, but past may not be prologue. Goldman’s missing month.
THE AMAZING RANDI. WE’D NEVER HEARD OF THE CHAP UNTIL last week, when we were indulging in an old habit that began way back when we were a copy boy (the journalistic equivalent of a [...]

Bloom or bust?

After months of gloom, some say the signs of economic revival are in full bloom. The Globe’s Barrie McKenna looks at the numbers and matches them with reality
Call them what you will: Glimmers of hope, tentative signs or green shoots. Hints of recovery are beginning to punctuate the pervasive gloom, and fears of economic cataclysm [...]