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Warren Buffett pontificates on JPMorgan, Wells Fargo, newspapers
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett had opinions to spare Friday, when he dished on JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon, Wells Fargo’s home lending prowess, the future of the euro and newspapers, Facebook and more. “I’ve had enough mistakes of...
Tags: Jamie Dimon, Warren Buffett, Newspaper and Magazine, Social Media, Media Industry
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Stock buybacks fall for second consecutive quarter
American companies are getting a bit hesitant about buying back their own stock. Share repurchases by large companies fell in the first three months of this year, the second consecutive quarter of declining buybacks, according to Standard & Poor’...
Tags: Exxon Mobil Corporation, Buyback, Stock Market, American International Group, Economy, Business and Finance
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Our View: Buffett's investment gives community papers a shot in arm
By IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS STAFFNewspapers have a rich history of service for the Americans who read them and buy them on a daily basis. They inform, entertain and provide a link within the community we live and a line to the outside world. They perform on a level and at a depth that...Tags: Warren Buffett, Newspaper and Magazine, Facebook
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$420,600 and counting for 'power lunch' with Warren Buffett
Want a “power lunch” with billionaire financier Warren Buffett? Get ready to shell out at least $420,600 for the privilege. So far, that’s the top bid in an annual charity auction to dine with seven friends and Buffett at Smith &...
Tags: Warren Buffett, Prostate Cancer, Auction Service, Charlottesville (Charlottesville, Virginia), Mutual Funds
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Man bids record $3,456,789 for lunch with Warren Buffett
CNN Moneyn anonymous bidder is paying a record $3,456,789 to have lunch with legendary investor Warren Buffett, according to the charity that benefits from the auction. Glide, the San Francisco Bay anti-poverty organization, said there were 10 active bidders...Tags: Warren Buffett, Auction Service, Social Issues, eBay Inc.
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Lunch with Warren Buffett Sells For Nearly $3.5 Million
CNNNEW YORK -- An anonymous bidder is paying a record $3,456,789 to have lunch with legendary investor Warren Buffett, according to the charity that benefits from the auction. Glide, the San Francisco Bay anti-poverty organization, said there were 10 active...Tags: Warren Buffett, Auction Service, eBay Inc., CNN (tv network)
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Is luxury back? Michael Kors' profit triples, stock soars
Michael Kors is making it work: Profit at the newly public luxury retailer more than tripled in the fourth quarter. The American fashion designer puts out extravagant $2,295 python satchels (other bags come in ostrich and crocodile) and $1,295 calf-...
Tags: Warren Buffett, Financing and Stock Offerings, Jennifer Lopez, Kanye West, Project Runway (tv program)
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Avon gets kiss-off from Coty, stock plunges
Beauty company Coty Inc. is no longer interested in wooing Avon Products Inc., withdrawing its takeover bid and sending Avon’s stock plummeting more than 10%. In a "Dear Avon" letter Monday night, Coty Chairman Bart Becht bashed the struggling...
Tags: Warren Buffett, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, Google+
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Buffett and Berkshire bet on print, buy 63 Media General papers
Former paperboy and current Omaha, Neb., billionaire Warren Buffett is throwing the weight of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. behind the newspaper industry, buying the majority of Media General Inc.’s papers months after picking up his hometown publication....
Tags: Warren Buffett, Newspaper and Magazine, Prostate Cancer, Tampa, Media Industry
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The Oracle of Obama?
President Barack Obama is struggling with a national jobless rate of more than 9 percent, but he's finding plenty of work for investment guru Warren Buffett.
The so-called Oracle of Omaha is the president's primary policy prop as Obama pushes the...Tags: Warren Buffett, Microsoft Corporation, Politics, Taxation, Barack Obama
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Baltimore: America's biggest branch town
![The name "Constellation Energy" will still be around. The energy trading firm will still be doing much the same thing it ever has in a large, new building on Baltimore's waterfront. It will have somewhat fewer employees, but it will, at least for the next several years, maintain its status as one of the region's largest corporate philanthropists. And it's not as if Constellation was universally beloved around town anyway; despite its many contributions to the local economy and charitable scene, the company was often derided, as was its CEO, Mayo A. Shattuck III. So why should we mourn the sale of Baltimore's last Fortune 500 company to Chicago-based Exelon?](http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-03/68806641-14104053.jpg "The name "Constellation Energy\" will still be around. The energy trading firm will still be doing much the same thing it ever has in a large, new building on Baltimore's waterfront. It will have somewhat fewer employees, but it will, at least for the next several years, maintain its status as one of the region's largest corporate philanthropists. And it's not as if Constellation was universally beloved around town anyway; despite its many contributions to the local economy and charitable scene, the company was often derided, as was its CEO, Mayo A. Shattuck III. So why should we mourn the sale of Baltimore's last Fortune 500 company to Chicago-based Exelon?")
The name "Constellation Energy" will still be around. The energy trading firm will still be doing much the same thing it ever has in a large, new building on Baltimore's waterfront. It will have somewhat fewer employees, but it will, at least for the next...Tags: Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Hermosa, Under Armour Inc., Annapolis, Energy
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Stamford Christmas Fire Inspires Kids' Business Plan — And Lands A Meeting With Warren Buffett
The Hartford Courant— The Christmas morning fire that killed three children and their grandparents in a waterfront Victorian home in Stamford inspired four children in Bethel to think hard. The result: The four, ages 7 to 11, hatched a home-safety business plan...Tags: Warren Buffett, Stamford, Religious Festivals, Property-Casualty Insurance, Holidays
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