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2 hrs ago | BusinessWeek

Supporting Underserved Entrepreneurs

Tim Ferguson and Ron Walker founded merchant bank Next Street Financial to focus on underserved, inner-city businesses.

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

Thu Nov 26, 2009

The Huffington Post

Media Downplays News About 'Troubled' Banks, According To Columbia Journalism Review

The major business press underplays news from the FDIC that its troubled-banks list soared to more than 550 in the third quarter.

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Related Topix: US News, Peter DeFazio, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Paul Kanjorski, Investment Banking, Financial Services, Goldman Sachs Group, Investment Services, Home, Mortgage

GuruFocus.com

Sequoia Fund Top Holdings: BRK-A, IDXX, TJX, FAST, MLM, MHK

All News and Columns >>>> One of the Investment Gurus tracked by GuruFocus is Ruane Cunniff .

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Related Topix: Mutual Funds, Personal Finance, Berkshire Hathaway, Insurance, Construction, Investment Services, Financial Markets

Bloomberg

Goldman Sachs's Hong Kong-Based Michael Evans Sells $12 Million of Stock

Michael Evans , the Hong Kong-based vice chairman who was Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

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Related Topix: Investment Banking, Financial Services, Goldman Sachs Group, Investment Services

Wed Nov 25, 2009

The Motley Fool

Here's Your Shot to Score Big

Some of the best investment advice I've ever heard came from "The Great One." But I don't mean Peter Lynch, Benjamin Graham, or even Warren Buffett.

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The Motley Fool

Are Government Bonds the New Subprime?

David Gardner's top pick took an epic run of 1,334%! See what he's recommending that you buy NEXT.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Construction, Berkshire Hathaway, Insurance, Investment Services

Forbes.com

America's Fastest-Recovering Cities

Diversified industry and relatively stable housing give residents in these metros a measure of economic security.

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Related Topix: Construction, Berkshire Hathaway, Insurance, Investment Services, Texas, Foreclosures, Housing

Tue Nov 24, 2009

The Kirk Report

Q&A With John Reese

It is no secret that I think stock screening can be an asset to both investors and traders who seek to outperform the market.

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Related Topix: Strategy, Electronic, CPU, Science / Technology, Financial Markets, Computers

GuruFocus.com

Bruce Berkowitz Top Purchases

In an interview earlier this month with PBS Paul Kangas, Bruce Berkowitz discussed his strategy of focusing on cash, ignoring the crowd, focusing on the best ideas.

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Related Topix: Berkshire Hathaway, Insurance, Construction, Investment Services, Humana, Financial Markets

NewsChannel 8

Va. College Students Give Out $10K

Students at the University of Mary Washington aren't just learning about philanthropy - they're practicing it.

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Related Topix: University of Mary Washington, Life, Charity

The Journal of Commerce Online

Buffett - Not Entitled to Spectacular' BNSF Returns

After Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway concludes his deal to buy up BNSF Railway, the investor says he will expect a "reasonable return" on any added capital investment he puts into the railroad "but we're not entitled to spectacular returns." Buffett made the remarks in a television interview for The Charlie Rose Show that was broadcast Nov.

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Related Topix: Berkshire Hathaway, Insurance, Construction, Investment Services, Charlie Rose, Securities and Exchange Commission, Corporate / Securities Law, Law

Mon Nov 23, 2009

Investopedia

Bet On The Economy With Fed Ex

When Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway announced its $34 billion acquisition of Burlington Northern Sante Fe , Buffett remarked that it was a big bet on the long-term recovery of the U.S. economic system.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Trucking, United Parcel Service, Air Courier, Berkshire Hathaway, Insurance, Construction, Investment Services, Railroads, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, FedEx

Omaha World-Herald

Warren Watch: Tracking Berkshire stock trends over the long term

The last time Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s stock price took a sharp tumble, in March 2000, it took five years and five months to get back to its previous high.

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Related Topix: Berkshire Hathaway, Insurance, Construction, Investment Services

Bloomberg

Whitney Says Goldman Sachs Lost `Tremendous' Talent to Hedge-Fund Startups

Meredith Whitney , the analyst who cut her rating on Goldman Sachs Group Inc. last month, said the bank has lost some of its top-performing employees as executives left to start their own investment companies.

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Related Topix: Investment Banking, Financial Services, Goldman Sachs Group, Investment Services, Financial Markets, Banking, Bank of America, Citigroup

StartupJournal

Goldman's '10,000 Small Businesses' Plan a Hit

Close NOVEMBER 19, 2009 By MIKE SPECTOR When Jay Richardson heard that Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

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Related Topix: Small Business, Investment Banking, Financial Services, Goldman Sachs Group, Personal Finance, Investment Services, Johnson City Metro

Sun Nov 22, 2009

Small Times

Course correction: NetJets still has plans to grow in Columbus, new...

Nov. 22--David Sokol has had to make painful decisions in his first three months as chief executive of NetJets, the Columbus-based company owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Airlines, Construction, Berkshire Hathaway, Insurance, Investment Services

Business

Aetna, Allstate, Ensco are ripe for takeovers

Warren Buffett's takeover of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. illustrates an emerging trend: Takeovers are back.

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Related Topix: Allstate, Insurance, Ensco International, Energy, Oil & Gas, Aetna, Railroads, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Berkshire Hathaway

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: Peak Oil, Rice University, Construction, Berkshire Hathaway, Insurance, Investment Services

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, Berkshire Hathaway, Insurance, Investment Services

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, Construction, Berkshire Hathaway, Insurance

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