| | If sarcasm were a drug, Rob Corddry would be one of the entertainment world's biggest dealers. | | | Latin America's largest independent investment bank, Brazil's Banco BTG Pactual SA, posted a 9.75 percent drop in third-quarter recurring profit on Monday as trading gains fell. | | | Goldman Sachs Group Inc is tracking ahead of its goal to generate $5 billion in additional annual revenue by 2020 as growth initiatives bear fruit, its new finance chief said on Monday. | | | Swiss medical technology company Medacta is preparing to float on the SIX Swiss Exchange in spring next year, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters. | | | Cogni Inc, a New York-based digital banking start-up that wants to hold deposits for consumers and book their hotels, flights and movie tickets, recently closed a $1.7 million seed funding round as it prepares to launch. | | | Berkshire Hathaway Inc, the conglomerate run by billionaire Warren Buffett, on Saturday said its quarterly operating profit doubled as its insurance business dodged hurricanes and benefited from lower taxes. | | | Bank of America's Merrill Lynch Wealth Management said on Thursday that starting next year, it will give advisers more credit toward earning bonuses for recruiting clients worth $25 million than it will for recruiting clients who have less money. | | | BlackRock Inc Chief Executive Larry Fink said on Thursday the United States is on a path to a full-fledged trade war against China as the world's two largest economies engage in tit-for-tat tariffs. | | | | |