The Onion, a weekly "newspaper" for which every day is April Fool's, had me in stitches with its recent page one story: "Recession-Plagued Nation Demands ...

McAfee Inc. has released the results of its S.P.A.M. (Spammed Persistently All Month) Experiment, in which 50 people from around the world surfed the Web unprotected for 30 days. The company concluded

The company's four insurance segments (GEICO, General Re, Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance Group and Berkshire Hathaway Primary Group, plus investment income) saw net profit decline 8 percent, or $238 m

The company said the loss equaled $4.91 per share, after establishing a pre-tax first-lien premium deficiency reserve of $421.8 million. This compares to net income of $21.1 million, or 26 cents per s