• The New York Times, MSNBC and Financial Times, Friday, September 19, 2008 10:45 AM

Speaking of the Times , a headline -- "Oracle Shrugs Off Turmoil in the Financial Markets" -- caught my attention this morning. I figured Warren Buffet had spoken. Nope. It was just a story about the business software maker, in the words of its president, having a "real nothing special quarter." Nothing special to Oracle, however, is a 28% rise in net income for the first quarter over a year ago.

Buffet, meanwhile, wore a shirt bearing the number 1/16 -- the lowest denomination used for a share price -- and threw out the first pitch at last night's Tampa Bay vs. Boston game at Fenway Park. His battery mate? Former General Electric CEO Jack Welch. Both wore Red Sox jerseys, further evidence that the Yankees are finishing way out of the money this year.

Earlier in the day, Buffet spent $4.7 billion to buy Constellation Energy Group, according to Financial Times . If you can find the marketing angle, you're a better reporter than I, but the market angle is obvious. Last week, the company was worth about twice that amount.

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