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Goldman Sachs, Warren Buffett To Help Small Businesses

AP | Posted 11.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Berkshire Hathaway, Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs, Wall Street, Bailout, Economy, Banks, Financial Crisis, New York City, Warren Buffet, Business News

NEW YORK -- Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said Tuesday it is teaming with billionaire investor Warren Buffett to invest $500 million to provide thousands o...

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Mr. and Ms. Gates Go To Washington, Host Roundtable On Global Health Funding

Diane Tucker | Posted 10.28.2009 | Impact

Read More: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Women’s Rights, Global Aid, Melinda Gates, Living Proof Project, Bill Gates, Diane Tucker, Global Health Care, Childhood Vaccinations, Vaccinations, Small Business, Warren Buffet, Italy, Foreign Policy, Philanthropy, HIV/AIDS, International Philanthrophy, HIV/AIDS Africa, Health, Africa, HIV Prevention, Somalia, Health Care, Inside DC, Sidney Harman Shakespeare Theatre, Global Health, Gates Live Webcast, Media Criticism, Billionaires, Newspapers, Diane Tucker Gates, Bill Gates Washington, Bill Gates, Shakespeare, Impact News
Diane Tucker

The Gateses are visiting our nation's capital to reframe the conversation about global health aid. They said we should spend more time talking about what works and how to measure it.

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How The US Blew The Trillion-Dollar Trade Of The Century

Bloomberg | Mark Fisher | Posted 10.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Geithner, John Thain, Hank Paulson, The Logical Trader, Bush, Bill Gross, Paulson, Bailouts, Economic Crisis, Bank of America, Aig, Obama, Bofa, Taxpayers, Barack Obama, Recession, Mark Fisher, Warren Buffet, Merrill Lynch, Wall Street, Bailout, Finance, Lehman Brothers, Fed, Tim Geithner, Bernanke, Treasury, Banks, Ben Bernanke, Business News

When the government was forced to bail out the financial system, our friends in Washington also had the opportunity to make the trade of the century f...

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Would Shakespeare Have Relied On Social Security?

Loral Langemeier | Posted 10.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Investing, Ben Graham, Wall Street, Hamlet, Cash Machines, Huffington Post, Investing Tips, David Dodd, Warren Buffet, Living News
Loral Langemeier

Individuals who are self-reliant, resourceful, and conscientious can create, build and maintain wealth and abundance in their lives.

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Countries Billionaires Could Buy: Forbes

forbes.com | Brian S. Wesbury and Robert Stein | Posted 10.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, North Korea, Costa Rica, Carribean, Billionaires, Mozambique, Alice Walton, Business News

Castles in France. Islands in the Caribbean. Private jets. With a collective $1.27 trillion at their disposal, the members of The Forbes 400 could buy...

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Warren Buffett Cell Phone Skills: Did They Doom Lehman?

WSJ | Posted 11.16.2009 | Technology

Read More: Berkshire Hathaway, Buffett Cellphone, Buffet Cellphone, Lehman Brothers, Buffett Phone, Warren Buffett, Warren Buffett Berkshire, Warren Buffet, Buffett Lehman, Warren Buffett Voice Mail, Technology News

Could a voicemail that languished for months inside Warren Buffett's cellphone have saved Lehman Brothers? This is the tale recounted from Time's Kare...

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Manufacturing and the Limits of Comparative Advantage

Ralph Gomory | Posted 08.08.2009 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, Global Economy, Economics, David Ricardo, Economic Crisis, Comparative Advantage, Free Trade, Globalization, Ralph Gomory, Business, Ralph-Gomory, Warren Buffet, Global Economic Crisis, US Economy, u.s. Economy Problems, Economic Policy, Jeffrey Immelt, Corporate America, Trade, Financial TImes, Business News, Ceo, Free Market, Fair Trade, Business News
Ralph Gomory

Vague talk about future innovations, a post-industrial society, or an explosion of services exports is not the stuff on which to bet the prosperity of a nation.

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Warren Buffett: U.S. Economy Still In "Shambles" (VIDEO)

Huffingtion Post/AP | Posted 07.25.2009 | Business

Read More: US Economy, Warren Buffett, Economy, Warren Buffet, Us Economy 06/24/09, Warren Buffet on Economy, Business News

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) _ Billionaire Warren Buffett says the economy has not yet had any bounce and will take some time to recover. Berkshire Hathaway's ch...

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Paul Krugman Is Wrong on Inflation

Sheldon Filger | Posted 07.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Paul Krugman Economy, National Debt, Inflation, Warren Buffet, Deficits, Dick Cheney, Nouriel Roubini, New York Times, Financial Crisis, Hyperinflation, Paul Krugman, Global Economic Crisis, Business News
Sheldon Filger

I never thought I would witness the day when Paul Krugman and Dick Cheney agree on economic policy.

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Stress Test for U.S. Banks Is a Complete Fraud

Sheldon Filger | Posted 06.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Aig, Stress Tests, Warren Buffet, Derivatives, Bank Stress Tests, Federal Reserve, Financial Crisis, Credit Default Swaps, Timothy Geithner, Ben Bernanke, Citigroup, Global Economic Crisis, J.P. Morgan Chase, Treasury Secretary, Business News
Sheldon Filger

It is the fear of the derivatives toxin that has frozen credit markets, leading to the Global Economic Crisis. Geithner's stress test can't fix the calamitous state of the U.S. banking sector.

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Habitat for Humanity Gets Two Huge Donations

Tom Gerdy | Posted 05.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Blitz Building, Bill Gates, Habitat for Humanity, Giving, Children Giving, Warren Buffet, Living News
Tom Gerdy

The size of a donation is not always measured by the number of zeros to the right of the first number. Sometimes the size is measured by where it comes from and what it does for our hearts.

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Sam Stein

Buffett Opposes EFCA: "I'm Against Card Check" (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Employee Free Chioce Act, Employee Free Choice Act, Warren Buffett Recession, Warren Buffett, Warren Buffett EFCA, Employee Free Choice Act Fight, Warren Buffett Employee Free Choice Act, Warren Buffet, Politics News

Labor leaders and the Obama administration won no favors from Warren Buffett on Monday morning when the famed investor offered unequivocal criticism f...

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Warren Buffett's CNBC Interviews (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 04.09.2009 | Business

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Warren Buffett spoke to CNBC Monday morning where he expounded on his views of the economy, municipal bonds and the Obama administration's efforts to ...

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Buffett On CNBC: Economy Has "Fallen Off A Cliff"

AP | JOSH FUNK | Posted 04.09.2009 | Business

Read More: US Economy, Warren Buffett, U.S. Economy, Economy, Warren Buffet, Buffett Watch Cnbc, Business News

OMAHA, Neb. — Billionaire Warren Buffett remains confident that America's best days are ahead, but he says the nation likely will face higher un...

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Who Wasn't On Stage With Obama and Should Have Been?

Steve Clemons | Posted 12.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Robert Kuttner, Penny Pritzker, Adam Posen, Alan Murray, James Galbraith, George Soros, Doug & Heidi Rediker, Leo Hindery, Eric Schmidt, Richard Parsons, Tom Gallagher, Paul Volcker, Lawrence Summers, Economic Team, Warren Buffet, Kevin Phillips, William Daley, William Donaldson, Jennifer Granholm, Joseph Stiglitz, Robert Samuelson, Paul Krugman, Roel Campos, William Bonvillian, Jeffrey Sachs, C. Fred Bergsten, Robert Reich, Antonio Villaraigosa, Joseph Biden, Charlene Barshefsky, Bill Gates, Barack Obama, Robert Rubin, Austan Goolsbee, David Bonior, Economic Policy, Rahm Emanuel, Bernard Schwartz, Jason Furhman, Sheila Bair, Anne Mulcahy, Roger Ferguson, Clyde Prestowitz, Sherle Schwenninger, Obama's Cabinet, Politics News
Steve Clemons

I'm not satisfied with the roster of economic personalities and thinkers we see Barack Obama mixing with.

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No Cow Patties On The House...

Kerry Trueman | Posted 10.31.2008 | Green

Read More: Matt Simmons, Wall Street, Bailout, Warren Buffet, David Chang, Farming, Cost of Food, Food, Green News
Kerry Trueman

If David Chang and Matt Simmons prove to be right, at least it may compel us to eat more fruits and veggies--and less meat.

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CNBC Giving Airtime to Bailout Winners

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 10.25.2008 | Media

Read More: Fannie Mae, Cnbc, Pimco, Freddie Mac, Bil Gross, Bailout Plan, Warren Buffet, Bailout, Media News
Raymond J. Learsy

Question: will PIMCO CEO Bill Gross be asked exactly how the bailout will impact his fund's bond holdings, and to what degree of profit? Or will he simply be given free reign to lecture us about the stormy seas ahead?

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Senator Obama: Seize this Moment

Matt Littman | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Robert Rubin, John McCain, Robert Reich, Barack Obama, Warren Buffet, Politics News
Matt Littman

We don't know what's coming next. Our houses are losing value. Our 401ks are losing value.

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Who Is Obama Speaking To About the Economy?

Jeff Madrick | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Regulating Wall Street, Minimum Wage, Eric Schmidt, Obama Economic Policies, Paul Volcker, Barack Obama, Bob Rubin, Lawrence Summers, Warren Buffet, Politics News
Jeff Madrick

Obama may hear something fresh on energy and infrastructure, including broadband, from Rubin and Summers. But Obama should be asking these men some serious question about how we got here.

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Gene Simmons On Warren Buffett, Sex, Money And More

Portfolio | Lloyd Grove | Posted 07.04.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Kiss, Gene Simmons, Warren Buffet, Entertainment News

After partying like a rock star for the past 35 years, Gene Simmons is surprisingly reticent about some things. Sure, he'll boast that he's had sex wi...

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Warren Buffett Mum On InBev, Anheuser-Busch Opinion

Clusterstock | Corey Lorinsky | Posted 07.03.2008 | Business

Read More: Berkshire Hathaway, Inbev, Anheuser-Busch, Anheuser-Busch Buyout, InBev Anheuser-Busch, Warren Buffet, Business News

The news media has reported ad nauseam that Anheuser-Busch's (BUD) most recognizable shareholder is in favor of the $65/share InBev buyout. (Us, too)....

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Warren Buffett To Back InBev Bid For Anheuser-Busch, Rake It In

Jacksonville Business Journal | Posted 06.26.2008 | Business

Read More: Warren Buffet InBev, Anheuser-Busch Buyout, Anheuser-Busch Purchase, Anheuser-Busch Takeover, Anheuser-Busch, Warren Buffet Anheuser, InBev Anheuser-Busch, Warren Buffet Budweiser, InBev Budweiser, Warren Buffet, Business News

Warren Buffett, the world's richest man and chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., plans to tell Anheuser-Busch Cos. chief August Busch IV that he suppo...

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Warren Buffett Bets $320K That Management Fees Are Crap

NYT | Posted 06.17.2008 | Business

Read More: Berkshire Hathaway, Hedge Funds, Hedge Fund Managers, Unnecessary Management Fees, Warren Buffett, S&P 500, Warren Buffet, Business News

Warren Buffett, a longtime critic of the fees charged by some money managers, has put his own cash on the line -- or, at least, a small chunk of it --...

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Economists' Expert Opinion: An Oxymoron?

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 06.04.2008 | Business

Read More: Economists, Alan Greenspan, Warren Buffet, Business News
<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

Education isn't everything. In the end, what we're reading about are opinions. And when the smart guys don't agree, what's the valuation of all this flatulation?

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Early Returns: Add A Potential Staff Crossover To Today's Votes

Daniel Nichanian | Posted 07.23.2008 | Home

Read More: Vice President Edwards, David Axelrod, Or KY Voting, Senator Clinton, Senator Obama, Warren Buffet, Robert Byrd, Superdelegates, Patti Solis Doyle, Obama, Solis Doyle Obama, Hillary Clinton, Home News
Daniel Nichanian

The woman who coined the term "Hillaryland" is now reportedly ready to join Obama's general election efforts. And Gallup has put Hillary support at less than 40 percent for the first time.

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