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Buffett company purchase gives solar industry big boost
Money & CompanyWarren Buffett’s MidAmerican Energy Holdings company has agreed to buy a giant, 550-megawatt photovoltaic farm currently under construction in San Luis Obispo county for $2 billion, giving a huge boost to the solar industry that could spur... -
Jailed oligarch says tax rich Russians: 'the Khodorkovsky rule'
World NowFrom his prison cell in remote northwest Russia, jailed tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky proposed his own version of the "Buffett rule," the brainchild of Berkshire Hathaway CEO and billionaire Warren Buffett to ensure that households with more than $1 million... -
A theatrical lesson from the oracle of Omaha
![Credit goes to Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway — relax, you're reading the theater column, not the business pages — for popularizing, if not coining, the phrase "skin in the game."](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-09/65089431-29120834.jpg "Credit goes to Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway — relax, you're reading the theater column, not the business pages — for popularizing, if not coining, the phrase "skin in the game.\"")
Tribune criticCredit goes to Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway — relax, you're reading the theater column, not the business pages — for popularizing, if not coining, the phrase "skin in the game." In the Buffett usage, the phrase refers to a desirable...Tags: Steppenwolf Theatre, Amy Morton, Women's Health, Artists, Bruce Norris
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Letters to the Editor - Oct. 16
Interfaith Coalition welcomes all to meetings To the editor: This is in response to a letter published in The Herald-Mail on Oct. 1. The writer expressed concern regarding the Interfaith Coalition of Washington County about “blending faiths...Tags: Human Interest, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Solyndra LLC, Energy, Warren Buffett
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Chicago in for a week of presidential fundraisers
Chicago's status as a hub for presidential campaign cash takes center stage this week with fundraising visits ranging from a short homecoming by first lady Michelle Obama to quick stops by Republicans Herman Cain and Mitt Romney.
Although the city...Tags: George W. Bush, Charity, Federal Election Commission, Warren Buffett, Tea Party Movement
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Stop the latest backdoor stimulus
In 2009, President Barack Obama lifted the $400 billion cap off the bailout money that Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae could pass on to the taxpayers. Apparently, $400 billion wasn't enough. Fannie and Freddie are publicly owned. You and I own them and all the...Tags: Warren Buffett, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Economy, Business and Finance, Barack Obama
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Examining a few old-time and nowadays thoughts
Age doesn't always bring wisdom. Sometimes age comes alone. A friend emailed that quote to me and then I found it on Wikiquote. It's of unknown origin. The older I get, the more I wonder about my ability to fairly and understandably share my...Tags: Shareholders, Social Issues, Assault, Warren Buffett, Personal Income
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Microsoft retains AAA credit status
![There are currently four U.S. companies that have a better credit rating than their own country, <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2011/08/05/news/economy/downgrade_rumors/?iid=EL">according to Standard & Poor's</a>: Automatic Data Processing, Exxon Mobil, Johnson & Johnson, and Microsoft.](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-08/171481480-08150024.jpg "There are currently four U.S. companies that have a better credit rating than their own country, <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2011/08/05/news/economy/downgrade_rumors/?iid=EL\">according to Standard & Poor's</a>: Automatic Data Processing, Exxon Mobil, Johnson & Johnson, and Microsoft.")
CNN MoneyThere are currently four U.S. companies that have a better credit rating than their own country, according to Standard & Poor's: Automatic Data Processing, Exxon Mobil, Johnson & Johnson, and Microsoft. "There's a certain amount of irony having AAA...Tags: Minor League Baseball, Debt Market, Credit and Debt, Automotive Equipment, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers
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The habits at highly successful workplaces
Stories of business gone wrong are almost always stories of corporate culture gone wrong. The problem is that it's not easy for outsiders, or even insiders, to diagnose a sick culture.
Over a decade ago, when I started investigating what had gone wrong...Tags: Financial Markets, Stock Market, Finance, Employees, Career and Workplace
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Upbeat Warren Buffett says he's been buying amid market downturn
Money & CompanyBillionaire Warren Buffett is buying. The billionaire said he has not seen anything that suggests an economic catastrophe is emerging; Warren Buffett has been buying amid sharp declines in the stock market, according to an article on Fortune magazine&#... -
Is it time to reform the tax code? [Most commented]
Opinion L.A.Republicans criticizing Warren Buffett's complaints about the tax code don't seem to realize that his ideas are similar to Ronald Reagan's, The Times' editorial board wrote in an editorial Thursday. Buffet wrote in a New York Times op-ed that when...... -
BofA to cut stake in Chinese bank to raise capital
Money & CompanyPushing ahead with its plan to raise capital, Bank of America Corp. has agreed to sell half of its investment in a Chinese bank for $8.3 billion in cash. The sale of 13.1 billion shares to a group of private investors would cut Bank of America's stake...
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