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Gates, Bloomberg pool riches to fight smoking
The billionaire philanthropists, who have a combined worth of more than $70 billion, said Wednesday that the money will help efforts in developing countries where tobacco use is highest.
Travelers Move to Rail as Oil Prices Soar
Korea is among countries where travelers are switching to railways as oil prices continue at record highs, proving a prediction by billionaire investor Warren Buffett.
Gates, Bloomberg pool riches to fight smoking
The billionaire philanthropists, who have a combined worth of more than $70 billion, said Wednesday that the money will help efforts in developing countries where tobacco use is highest.
Step aide, Warren Buffett. Shuffle off, George Soros. The new genius in investment management is hedge fund maven John Paulson, who is known for the billions he made shorting subprime mortgage paper during ...
Bill Dunn to Run for New Castle County President
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Magellan's two Buffett buffs navigate fund high seas
ASK Hamish Douglass if he's enjoying life as a fund manager and he'll tell you he tap-dances to work.
PacifiCorp Surprises Klamath Dam Removal Advocates by Pulling Permit Application
The Warren Buffett subsidiary that owns a series of hydroelectric dams in northern California and southern Oregon on Friday sent a letter to the State of California withdrawing its water quality permit ...
Simple but powerful advice: Understand first, then invest
This month's state order against a Texas-based investment company serves as a reminder that consumers must be careful when they invest.
The Forgotten Man, Ted Kennedy, and Warren Buffett
One aspect of The Forgotten Man is a discussion of the power phrase "the forgotten man" in American politics.
Spencer native earns Buffett teaching award
William "Bill" Scarborough, left, with billionaire Warren Buffett during a recent awards ceremony held in Omaha in which Scarborough received an Alice Buffett Outstanding Teacher Award for 2008.
Gates, Buffet Speak, and the Moguls Listen
On the closing day of the Sun Valley Media Conference, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett held court with individual speeches about - what else - money.
Warren Buffets Investment Principles in a Nutshell
Most of us know who Warren Buffett is but all of us don't know what his investment philosophy is.
The Buffett Plan for Reducing the Trade Deficit
The Buffett Plan for Reducing the Trade Deficit Source: Levy Economics Institute at Bard College This paper considers a plan proposed by Warren Buffett, in which importers would be required to obtain ...
VIDEO: Market turmoil continues -Bernanke
Jul. 10 - The year-long disruption of financial markets sparked by the collapse of the subprime mortgage industry still lingers, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told lawmakers on Thursday.
Investor, philanthropist dies at age 95
Mutual fund pioneer and renowned philanthropist John Templeton died Tuesday at 95, of pneumonia.
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Buffett's Annual Lunch Sets Record
Here's a unique mark of inflation, Warren Buffett's annual auctioned lunch brought in more than three times the amount that it did last year.
Investor pays $2.1M for lunch with Buffett
A Hong Kong investor paid $2.1 million in an online charity auction for the privilege of dining with Warren Buffett.
Lunch With Warren Buffett: Some Serious Food Inflation Here
Yikes. This year's charity lunch with Warren Buffett went for $2.11 million . It just so happened, I was already compiling some past data on this, though before 2003, the web is failing me.
Here's a fun piece on Warren Buffett, the author had won an auction to have lunch with him for the tidy sum of $650,100. I didn't realize he was the sole owner of Geico.