Warren Buffett

Chron Quiz

1The Bay Bridge closure cost how much in lost tolls? A: $750,000 B: $1.9 million C: $4 million D: $8.3 million 2What is the "white shark cafe"?' A: Monterey Aquarium food spot that scares little kids B: Bar at Barristers Club...

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The Week in Words: TheWeekInWords

"It's an all-in wager on the economic future of the United States. I love these bets."- Warren Buffett, on his $34 billion deal to buy the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. railroad"What we're seeing is a validation of the...

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Warren Buffett And The G20

The G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank governors are meeting today in St. Andrews, talking about the data they will need to look at in order to monitor each other’s economic performance and sustain growth (seriously)....

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Fannie's Tax Credit Sale to Goldman: No Deal (at Seeking Alpha)

by: Bruce Krasting November 08, 2009 | about: This is an odd ending to this saga. Fannie Mae clearly wanted to do a deal; the regulator for Fannie (FHFA) was strongly supporting it. Goldman Sachs was looking to make a buck...

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ProActive HavRx Stock Indexes: Highlights And Opportunities

Below is a summary and some charts for popular and top performers among the 22 ProActive HavRx global stock indexes. Despite the FDA filing by Dendreon (NASDAQ: DNDN) during the past week, the underlying ImmunoTherapy /...

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U.S. Handling of Financial Crisis - A Less Optimistic View (at Seeking Alpha)

U.S. Handling of Financial Crisis - There is a big difference between those two sentences (banks versus banking industry and liquidity versus solvency) that goes to the core of the captured and politically damaging world view...

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Once bitten, banks start hoarding

After near collapses, lenders under pressure to keep assets liquid By BRADLEY KEOUN • Bloomberg News • November 8, 2009 Citigroup Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. are hoarding cash as if another crisis were on the way. "It's a...

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What Buffett's Burlington Northern Buy Really Means (at Seeking Alpha)

by: Richard Glenn November 08, 2009 | about: With Warren Buffett plunking down 44 billion to buy Burlington Northern , many folks are examining the tea leaves and looking for the hidden meaning of the Oracle's latest move....

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Freight trains show path for people, too

By Brian O'Neill, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Legendary investor Warren Buffett made a $26.3 billion bet on America's future last week. But there's reason to hope that American passenger rail is heading in the same direction as Mr....

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First Chinese saloon car 'BYD' launched in Oman

First Chinese saloon car ‘BYD’ launched in Oman By Hasan Kamoonpuri MUSCAT — Mohsin Haider Darwish LLC launched yesterday the first Chinese saloon car in Oman under the auspices of Chinese Ambassador Pan Weifang. The new range...

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