Tyson Foods Reports Quarterly EPS of 57 Cents

Tyson Foods (TSN) reported earnings of 57 cents per share for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2010, compared with a loss of $1.23 per share a year earlier.

The company reported goodwill impairment charges of 7 cents per share in the quarter, up from $1….

Warren Buffett Says Rich People Should Pay Higher Taxes

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett said that wealthy Americans should pay more in taxes and that the Bush-era tax cuts for high-earners should expire, Bloomberg News reported.

“People at the high end — people like myself — should be paying a lot m…

Bank of America Plans Text-Message Banking Service

Bank of America Corp (BAC) is planning a new service that lets customers manage their accounts by text message.

The service, which will be launched in the second half of 2011, will involve two-way texting, Reuters said. Customers will be able to move…

Exxon Mobil Sells $1 Billion of Gulf of Mexico Assets

Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) sold nine U.S. Gulf of Mexico oil and natural gas stakes to Energy XXI in a deal worth $1.01 billion.

The assets produce about 20,000 net barrels of oil a day, The Wall Street Journal said. They contain net proved and probable…