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1 hr ago | GuruFocus.com

Buffett: All Cars Will Be Electric in 20 Years

Warren Buffett met with students from Rice Universitya TMs graduate school of business yesterday.

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Related Topix: Warren Buffett, Peak Oil, Rice University, Construction, Insurance, Investment Services

6 hrs ago | Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Imitating Buffett

Q Do any mutual funds mirror Berkshire Hathaway's investment style? - D.G., online A Be careful.

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Related Topix: Mutual Funds, Personal Finance, Construction, Insurance, Investment Services, Warren Buffett

10 hrs ago | Bloomberg

Geithner Says Small Business Loans Key to `Self-Sustaining' U.S. Recovery

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner urged U.S. banks to boost lending to small businesses and consumers who still face a oevery challenginga credit conditions and rising unemployment.

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Related Topix: Small Business, Personal Finance, Investment Banking, Financial Services, Goldman Sachs Group, Investment Services, Warren Buffett, Construction, Insurance

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Examiner.com

Buffett sees relationship between electric vehicles and coal with BNSF

BNSF has the capacity to supply coal to meet 10% of U.S. electricity needs. Wikipedia Commons, Jaako Warren Buffett recently threw down $26 million for roughly a 77% stake in the Burlington Northern Sante Fe Corporation.

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Related Topix: Electric Vehicle, Warren Buffett, Construction, Insurance, Investment Services

Forbes.com

The Preferred Play On FPL

If you think that FPL is a good stock to own down the road, get paid while you wait to own it.

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Related Topix: Energy, FPL Group, Warren Buffett, Construction, Insurance, Investment Services, Investment Banking, Financial Services, Goldman Sachs Group

Forbes.com

Berkshire's B-Share Split

Warren Buffett's flip-flop could bring new investors to Berkshire and more volume to its shares.

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Related Topix: Insurance, Warren Buffett, Construction, Investment Services, Financial Markets

Fri Nov 20, 2009

MSNBC

Report: Hershey may launch bid for Cadbury

Hershey Co. may make a $17 billion bid for UK candy company Cadbury PLC, topping the recent $16.5 billion hostile offer by Kraft Foods Inc., the Wall Street Journal reports Friday.

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Related Topix: Hershey, PA, Food, Hershey Foods, Kraft Foods, Warren Buffett, Construction, Insurance, Investment Services

ABC News - Brian Ross

CSX Shares Slip in Premarket on Downgrade

Shares of CSX Corp. edged down in premarket trading Friday as an analyst downgraded the railroad, saying its share price has moved too high.

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Related Topix: CSX, Railroads, Jacksonville Metro, Insurance

Omaha World-Herald

Omaha leads U.S. in recovery

When it comes to riding out the Great Recession, we're No. 1. Forbes on Thursday put Omaha-Council Bluffs at the top of its list of the nation's fastest-recovering major metropolitan areas.

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Related Topix: Omaha, NE Metro, Council Bluffs, IA, Housing, Warren Buffett, Construction, Insurance, Investment Services

Thu Nov 19, 2009

The Motley Fool

Are These 3-Digit Stocks Worth Every Penny?

True penny stocks are a minefield, but small-cap copper beauties can be one way to easily double your money .

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Construction, Insurance, Investment Services, Industrial Machines, Grainger W W, Msc Industries Direct

CSP

"Oracle of Omaha" Tigers Up

Billionaire Warren Buffett's company has purchased a nearly $60 million stake in Exxon Mobil Corp., trimmed holdings in oil rival ConocoPhillips and nearly doubled its stake in Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

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Related Topix: Omaha, NE Metro, Warren Buffett, Exxon Mobil, Energy, Oil & Gas, ConocoPhillips, Retail, Wal Mart Stores, Insurance

The Journal of Commerce Online

BNSF Buy May Alter Key Regulatory Formula

The planned purchase of BNSF Railway by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway could cause a change in how the Surface Transportation Board calculates a key cost formula that helps it shape some rail freight rates.

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Related Topix: Insurance, Construction, Warren Buffett, Investment Services

Business

Goldman's $500 million is late, short

So now we know the value Goldman Sachs Group Inc. places on salving its conscience for screwing up what Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein called ''God's work.'' It seems that $500 million is all it takes to compensate the world for Goldman's role in creating the credit crunch.

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Related Topix: Investment Banking, Financial Services, Goldman Sachs Group, Investment Services, Life, Charity , Construction, Insurance, Warren Buffett

The Independent

Bullish billionaire Warren Buffett goes shopping for Nestl and Wal-Mart

As Warren Buffett looks forward to an improving world economy, he is betting on chocolate, energy and discount retailing, at least according to the latest filings to the Securities and Exchange Commission in New York detailing positions taken by his investment holding giant, Berkshire Hathaway, in public companies.

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Related Topix: Retail, Warren Buffett, Wal Mart Stores, Insurance, Construction, Investment Services, Beverages, CocaCola

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Seeking Alpha

Copying Buffett's Positions? They Might Not Be His

Recently, Berkshire filed its mandatory disclosures detailing its positions in various securities.

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Related Topix: Insurance

New York Times

Labor Fight Ends in Win for Students

The anti-sweatshop movement at dozens of American universities, from Georgetown to U.C.L.A. , has had plenty of idealism and energy, but not many victories.

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Related Topix: New York University, Boston College, Michigan, Activism, Warren Buffett, Insurance

Seeking Alpha

A Close Look at Berkshire's Q3 Portfolio Changes

Berkshire Hathaway has released a new 13-F filing Monday which reveals the composition of the company's equity portfolio as of September 30, 2009.

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Related Topix: Insurance, Construction, Investment Services, Exxon Mobil, Energy, Oil & Gas, Manufacturing, Industrial Machines, Eaton, Wellpoint Health Networks, Warren Buffett

Omaha World-Herald

Goldman, Buffett to help small businesses

Goldman Sachs Group, stung by criticism over executive bonuses and actions that helped trigger last year's economic near-collapse, said Tuesday that it would join other groups and Omaha financier Warren Buffett in a national five-year, $500 million program to help small businesses in low-income areas.

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Related Topix: Small Business, Investment Banking, Financial Services, Goldman Sachs Group, Personal Finance, Investment Services, Warren Buffett, Construction, Insurance

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Bloomberg Business News

Goldman, Buffett Start $500 Million Program to Aid Small U.S. Businesses

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. , under fire in Washington for setting aside billions of dollars for bonuses a year after getting a taxpayer bailout, said ita s teaming up with Warren Buffett to provide assistance to 10,000 small businesses in the U.S. The $500 million charitable effort coincides with one of the Obama administrationa s top economic ...

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Related Topix: Investment Banking, Financial Services, Goldman Sachs Group, Investment Services, Small Business, Personal Finance, Warren Buffett, Insurance, Construction

Seeking Alpha

What's Berkshire Hathaway's Expected Life?

Berkshire Hathaway has a lot of equity: its book value is about $125 billion. And since equity is forever, it makes sense for Berkshire to have a very long time horizon when it comes to buying assets.

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Related Topix: Insurance, Construction, Investment Services, Warren Buffett, Railroads, Burlington Northern Santa Fe

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