Warren Buffett
US President Barack Obama speaks during an event in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building April 11, 2012 in Washington, DC. Named after the billionare invester Warren Buffet, the 'Buffet Rule' would make the wealthiest Americans pay at least 30 percent of their income.
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Keep in mind, a quarter of all millionaires pay lower tax rates than millions of middle class households. You've heard me say it: Warren Buffett pays a lower tax rate than his secretary.
They say, 'Trust us. We know what we're doing, and Warren Buffett wouldn't invest in us unless we were the real deal.'
We want businesses to be one that we can understand; with favorable long-term prospects; operated by honest and competent people; and available at a very attractive price.More quotes »
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Billionaire buys more newspapers
Billionaire Warren Buffett 's company is making its largest foray into newspapers yet, agreeing to buy 63 papers from Media General Inc. Richmond, Va.-based Media General says the $142 million deal includes the Richmond Times-Dispatch and the Winston-Sal Read more »
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Buffett: Investors shouldn't act on headlines
Billionaire Warren Buffett said Monday that Europe will have a hard time resolving its fiscal problems because of the structure of the European Union and this weekend's election results in Greece and France.But he says the turmoil in Europe won't keep hi Read more »
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Buffet reveals failed deal, downplays cancer
At the Berkshire Hathaway Inc. annual meeting in Omaha, dubbed the "Woodstock for Capitalism," chief executive Warren Buffett revealed that he recently tried to make one of the biggest acquisitions of his storied career. Buffett also sought to allay shar Read more »
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Buffett facing prostate cancer
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. chairman Warren Buffett has been diagnosed with stage 1 prostate cancer that is "not remotely life threatening," the billionaire investor said in a letter to investors.Buffett, 81, will begin a two-month treatment of daily radiati Read more »
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Obama calls on Congress to pass 'Buffett Rule' tax
President Barack Obama is calling on Congress to increase taxes on millionaires, reviving a proposal he first pitched last September that aims to draw sharp election-year lines between the president and the Republican opposition.The plan, scheduled for a Read more »
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Halifax Media Group buys Fla., NC newspapers
Warren Buffett is questioning the wisdom of changes the New Orleans Times-Picayune newspaper plans to make this fall. Times-Picayune to cut paper to 3 days a week The Times-Picayune, one of the nation's oldest newspapers, will no longer offer print editions 6/1/12 from Fresno Bee Read more »
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Power lunch with Warren Buffett up for auction
roughly $2.5 million dollars you and seven friends can have a power lunch with legendary investor and philanthropist, Warren Buffett. The power lunch, in its 13th year, will benefit San Francisco’s GLIDE. The annual power lunch has raised over $11.5 million 6/1/12 from Astaire Magazine Read more »
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Buffett questions New Orleans newspaper changes
issues a week. The newspapers will shift their focus to online news. Buffett says his firm likely to buy newspapers Warren Buffett says his company is likely to buy more newspapers in the next few years, and Berkshire Hathaway will not try to influence the 6/1/12 from San Luis Obispo Tribune Read more »
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Buffett questions New Orleans newspaper changes
Neb. (AP) — Billionaire Warren Buffett is questioning the wisdom of changes the New Orleans Times-Picayune plans to make this fall. Last week, the New Orleans newspaper and three major Alabama daily newspapers owned by the Newhouse family's Advance Publications 6/1/12 from San Antonio Express Read more »
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Flood of Hedge-fund Money Could Keep Insurance Cheap
property-casualty insurance prices manageable even when catastrophe strikes, hedge fund investors are taking a cue from Warren Buffett. They are forming their own reinsurance companies or investing in reinsurers as special-purpose insurers, mostly in Bermuda, 6/1/12 from CFO Blog Read more »
