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The 30 percent "Buffett rule," named for billionaire investor Warren Buffett, who inspired it, got a big thumbs-up from 67 percent of voters in the survey across Illinois. It holds strong appeal among political independents, a key voting bloc both...
Who wants to lend to Uncle Sam for three decades at that rate? Apparently lots of folks. The trouble with USTs, of course, is not the risk of getting your money back. It’s the risk of being paid in depreciated dollars. In a recent preview of his annual...
A view of rolled steel coils at the POSCO plant in Pohang is seen in this handout photo released by the company in Seoul on February 3, 2012. POSCO, backed by billionaire investor Warren Buffett, reported a smaller-than-expected 33 percent gain in... View Photo »
I get invited to a lot of things ... but this is the one I clear the calendar for.
DaVita in second paragraph.) Feb. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Berkshire Hathaway Inc. reported stakes in DirecTV and Liberty Media Corp. after billionaire Warren Buffett hired stock picker Ted Weschler to help manage investments. Berkshire held 1.7 million shares...
In most things, the more we learn the better we do. This is not true for investment research! The basic answer has three parts: Your emotions get in the way. You are human, and we are hard-wired to react to risk. Much of the advantage of the top-flight...
The president wants to replace the AMT with the so-called Buffett rule, which would require people making more than $1 million a year to pay at least 30% in taxes. It's named for billionaire Warren Buffett, who has complained that loopholes give him a...
An employee works at POSCO's steel mill in Pohang, about 370 km (230 miles) southeast of Seoul in this handout photo released by the company on February 3, 2012. POSCO, backed by billionaire investor Warren Buffett, reported a smaller-than-expected 33... View Photo »
Be like Warren Buffett and treat your money as a giant security blanket
February 14, 2012, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) reported its 13F for the fourth quarter of 2011. Four times a year, Berkshire must state what public equities it is holding. This provides investors with a snapshot of the investments made...
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway reports today it owned 20.3 million shares of DIRECTV as of December 31, the end of the fourth quarter. That's up 379 percent from the 4.2 million it reported owning as of the end of Q3. Berkshire also reports a...
Warren Edward Buffett (born August 30, 1930) is an American investor, businessman, and philanthropist. He is one of the most successful investors in the world, the primary shareholder and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. Full Article
Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett wanders at the company trade show before his company's annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska in this April 30, 2011 file photo. Increasing taxes on the wealthy would bring fairness to U.S. taxpayers across the board, billionaire investor Buffett...
View Photo »Warren Buffett's assistant Debbie Bosanek (R) talks with Los Angeles attorney Juan Jose Redin (L), in U.S. first lady Michelle Obama's box, prior to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 24, 2012.
View Photo »Debbie Bosanek (R), the secretary of Warren Buffet, greets US First Lady Michelle Obama as she arrives for the State of the Union address January 24, 2012 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
View Photo »Secretary to investor Warren Buffet, Debbie Bosanek, applauds as US President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress January 24, 2012 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
View Photo »Warren Buffett's assistant Debbie Bosanek (L) sits in the First Lady's box with Jackie Bray, Process Operator at the Siemens Charlotte Energy Hub while they waited for U.S. President Barack Obama's State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, January...
View Photo »Warren Buffett's assistant Debbie Bosanek (R) talks with New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman (L), chosen by U.S. President Barack Obama to head a new mortgage crisis unit. The two spoke while waiting for Obama's State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 24: (L-R) Warren Buffett’s secretary, Debbie Bosanek, Founder and Chair of Emerson Collective Laurene Powell Jobs and Plant Manager, General Motors Orion Assembly, Alicia Boler-Davis sit prior to the start of U.S. President Barack Obama's State of the Union...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 24: Warren Buffett’s secretary, Debbie Bosanek (L) and speaks to Founder and Chair of Emerson Collective Laurene Powell Jobs prior to the start of U.S. President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech on January 24, 2012 in Washington, DC. Obama said the focal...
View Photo »NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 18: Jay-Z and Warren Buffett attend the grand re-opening of Jay-Z's 40/40 Club on January 18, 2012 in New York City.
View Photo »(L-R) New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, Lawyer Juan Jose Redin, Secretary to Warren Buffet, Debbie Bosanek; Laurene Powell Jobs, widow of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs; and General Motors Plant Manager Alicia Boler-Davis sit in the guests gallery on January 24, 2012 awaiting US...
View Photo »US billionaire investor Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, speaks during a press conference at the headquarters of cemented carbide tool supplier Tungaloy Corporation after inaugurating its new factory in Iwaki city, Fukushima prefecture, northern Japan, Monday,...
View Photo »Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett (R) speaks with a director at his company Charlotte Guyman at the opening ceremony of Tungaloy Corp's new plant in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture November 21, 2011. Buffett said on Monday that his view on Japanese industry has not changed...
View Photo »Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett speaks at a news conference after the opening ceremony of Tungaloy Corp's new plant in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture November 21, 2011. Buffett said on Monday that his view on Japanese industry has not changed following the March earthquake and...
View Photo »US billionaire investor Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway speaks during a press conference at the headquarters of cemented carbide tool supplier Tungaloy Corporation in Iwaki city, Fukushima prefecture, northern Japan, Monday, Nov. 21, 2011. Buffett's visit to...
View Photo »Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett shouts the slogan "Never give up, Iwaki" in Japanese, in response to a request from a local television reporter that he do so, at the end of his news conference after the opening ceremony of Tungaloy Corp's new plant in Iwaki, Fukushima...
View Photo »Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett shouts the slogan "Never give up, Iwaki" in Japanese, in response to a request that he do so, from a local television reporter, at the end of Buffett's news conference after the opening ceremony of Tungaloy Corp's new plant in Iwaki, Fukushima...
View Photo »US billionaire investor Warren Buffett, center, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, escorted by Yoshito Uehara,second left, president and CEO of Tungaloy Corporation, arrives at the headquarters of cemented carbide tool supplier Tungaloy Corporation for a plant opening ceremony in...
View Photo »US billionaire investor Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, attends the opening ceremony of a plant at the headquarters of cemented carbide tool supplier Tungaloy Corporation in Iwaki city, Fukushima prefecture, northern Japan, Monday, Nov. 21, 2011. Buffett's visit...
View Photo »US billionaire investor Warren Buffett, center, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, is led by Eitan Wertheimer, left, chairman of IMC International Metalworking Companies B.V. , and Yoshito Uehara, right, president and CEO of Tungaloy Corporation on his arrival for the opening...
View Photo »US billionaire investor Warren Buffett, bottom center, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, as he poses for a photo along with clients of Tungaloy Corporation during the opening ceremony of a plant at the headquarters of the cemented carbide tool supplier in Iwaki city, Fukushima...
View Photo »US billionaire Warren Buffett (C) smiles with president of Japanese firm Tungaloy, Yoshito Uehara (R), at a Tungaloy factory in the city of Iwaki, Fukushima prefecture on November 21, 2011. Buffett is now here to attend the opening ceremony of the factory for Japanese machinery maker...
View Photo »US billionaire Warren Buffett (C) holds a banner which says 'Never give up Fukushima' at the opening ceremon of a factory of machinery maker Tungaloy in the city of Iwaki, Fukushima prefecture on November 21, 2011. Buffett is here to attend the opening ceremony of the factory for...
View Photo »Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett (R) and IMC Group President Eitan Wertheimer are escorted during the opening ceremony of Tungaloy Corp's new plant in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, November 21, 2011. Billionaire investor Buffett arrived on his first visit to Japan on Monday,...
View Photo »Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett (C) poses with IMC Group President Eitan Wertheimer (2nd R) and Tungaloy Corp's Chief Executive Officer Yoshito Uehara (2nd L) at a photo session during the opening ceremony of Tungaloy Corp's new plant in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, November...
View Photo »U.S. billionaire investor Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, right, holds a signboard which reads "Never give up Fukushima !" Buffett's visit to Tungaloy Corporation in Japan, originally scheduled in March this year, was canceled due to the earthquake and tsunami.
View Photo »Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett wanders at the company trade show before his company's annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska in this April 30, 2011 file photo. Increasing taxes on the wealthy would bring fairness to U.S. taxpayers across the board, billionaire investor Buffett...
View Photo »I get invited to a lot of things ... but this is the one I clear the calendar for.
Be like Warren Buffett and treat your money as a giant security blanket
It's not a crazy price. It certainly is not a bargain price ... I was willing to pay more than I would have for some papers I don't feel have as good of a future.
I want to follow the example of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett
It's an important institution here
felt it was crucial to the viability — and the vitality — of a community to have a solid, locally-owned paper ... And he had great regard for Warren Buffett.
the editorial independence that Nebraskans and Iowans have come to expect from The World-Herald will continue.
Includes Sen. John Thune's 'Buffet Rule Act of 2011' which makes it easy for millionaires like Warren Buffet who want to pay more taxes to reduce the federal deficit with a voluntary contribution via their tax returns.
have a decent future ... It won’t be like the past. But there are still a lot of things newspapers can do better than any other media.
Includes Sen. John Thune's 'Buffet Rule Act of 2011' which makes it easy for millionaires like Warren Buffet who want to pay more taxes to reduce the federal deficit with a voluntary contribution via their tax returns.
I wouldn't do this if I thought this was doomed to some sort of extinction
Warren Buffett's offer to purchase our company presented a unique opportunity to address our long-term capital needs and continue local ownership of the Omaha World-Herald
for most newspapers in the United States, we would not buy them at any price
Warren Buffett’s offer to purchase our Company presented a unique opportunity to address our long-term capital needs and continue local ownership of the Omaha World-Herald, which is consistent with the legacy left to us by Mr. Kiewit
For most newspapers in the US, we would not buy them at any price
I was sitting in this place called Java Café, which was on the lobby floor, and Warren Buffett whisked through with a group of bodyguards and was hustled up to the top floor. That started the rumor mill that he might be interested in buying pieces of the company.
The World-Herald delivers solid profits and is one of the best-run newspapers in America
Famous Philanthropists such as Bill Gates, Bono, Warren Buffet, highlight the importance of aid and volunteering and for students it’s a real life experience and one of personal growth, one they will never forget. It is also now going into the festive holiday season that volunteers are really needed to ...
The World-Herald delivers solid profits and is one of the best-run newspapers in America, and we are pleased to have Terry Kroeger and his team join Berkshire Hathaway
For every Steve Jobs and every Warren Buffett, there's an equal and opposite nitwit who spent 2011 devouring attention and contributing nothing to productive society. We salute the great artisans of utter uselessness with the one celebratory year-end list you don't want to be on.
They were only essential to advertisers as long as they were essential to the reader, and that is changing
They are far more likely to be like the 'Millionaire Next Door' than a Bill Gates or Warren Buffet
If anything, taxes for the lower and middle class and maybe even the upper middle class should even probably be cut further. But I think that people at the high end - people like myself - should be paying a lot more in taxes. We have it better than we've ever had it.
As I wrote last week in an article on Warren Buffett's recent acquisitions , you should never mindlessly ape the trading moves of another investor. But studying the moves of successful investors can be an effective way to step back and get a little perspective on your own trades.
17 countries in the world gave up the right to issue bonds in their own currency. That is 100 degrees away from being able to issue them in your own currency like the United States ... The situation there is fundamentally different.
