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07/14/11 The sister of billionaire philanthropist Warren Buffett is offering $200,000 to a Vermont organization to create a second home for formerly homeless teenagers and young adults.
07/14/11 I don't use Facebook. Neither does Warren Buffett, but phonies have used his name on Facebook. Earlier this month, an imposter created "my" profile on Facebook.
07/08/11 New York Times Friday, July 8, 2011 Move over, gecko, cavemen, the Rod Serling clone who asks rhetorical questions and the rest of the Geico advertising characters. Geico is adding another campaign to its lengthy list of ad approaches. Geico, the insurance company that is part of the Berkshire Hathaway empire of Warren Buffett, has long been known for running four or five campaigns at once. The ...
07/07/11 Legendary investor Warren Buffett said on CNBC earlier today that Congress is messing with fire when it doesn't need to on the issue of raising the U.S. debt limit.
07/07/11 By Juan Velasco. Here are some notes taken from the life of Walter Schloss, once an office roommate of Warren Buffett. He is still alive and kicking at 95, and is one of the investors who inspires me the most. He had several points in common with Philip Fisher and Philip Carret, some of his contemporary investing legends; they lived very long; invested since very young until late in life; and ...
07/07/11 Warren Buffett tells CNBC that Congress is playing a "silly" game of "Russian Roulette" by threatening not to raise the nation's debt limit as it debates deficit reduction.
07/07/11 Billionaire investor Warren Buffett says Congress is playing with fire by considering not raising the U.S. debt ceiling.
06/30/11 If someone would pay $2.6 million to lunch with Warren Buffett, the international captain of industry and philanthropy, what amount might be forked over for a midday meal with celebrities from climes closer to home? Bruce Mazzoni of Cranberry intends to find out.
06/29/11 Berkshire Hathaway's Charlie Munger, partner to Warren Buffett, is giving investors a chance to ask him questions after he scaled back his duties
06/24/11 Berkshire Hathaway has agreed to buy the 20 percent of Wesco it doesn't own, ending access to Warren Buffett's corporate gains for investors who don't buy Berkshire stock
06/23/11 By Bill Smith. This time we're taking a look at Warren Buffett's 1988 annual shareholder letter for his accumulated investing nuggets of wisdom. Although he's never written a book, he pens these letters each year covering many subjects of interest to his shareholders, and uses it as a vehicle to discuss the subject of investing. Read more » »
06/23/11 Langley's Matt Williams treated to two-hour meal and visit with famed billionaire Warren Buffett
06/22/11 To mark its centenary, Tony Lama Boots -- a unit of Fort Worth-based Justin, which in turn is owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway -- held a contest to find the oldest pair carrying the Lama label.
06/19/11 Warren Buffett-backed Chinese carmaker BYD Co Ltd will raise a less-than-expected 1.42 billion yuan ($219 million)in its initial public offering.
06/15/11 Ronan - who borrowed the term from Warren Buffett - applies this concept of "moat economics" to every investment he makes. He told us all about it here at the Investment Forum in Toronto. When you're buying real estate for investment, he says, look for moats - barriers to entry that keep the competition low and boost your potential for profit.
06/12/11 New York, June 12 (PTI) It takes millions of dollars to have lunch with legendary investor Warren Buffett and a bidder has snatched up the opportunity by agreeing to shell out USD 2.34 million in an online charity auction.
06/11/11 Warren Buffett Image Credit: Yahoo A Warren Buffett steak lunch at Smith and Wollensky in Manhattan, New York was auctioned off for $2.63 million, according to reports by several international news sites on Friday night, June 10, 2011. The final amount was the result of the annual online charity auction for a private lunch with [...]
06/11/11 A private lunch with Warren Buffett was sold for $2.3 mon when online bidding ended, falling short of last year's winning bid of $2.6 mn.
06/11/11 NEW YORK - A steak lunch at Smith & Wollensky in Manhattan starts at $36.50. The same lunch, eaten in the company of legendary investor Warren Buffett, costs approximately $2.63 million.
06/06/11 WASHINGTON - ALERT: if you want to have lunch with the Oracle of Omaha, it's going to cost you more than US$2 million (S$2.5 million). The annual charity auction of a lunch with investment guru Warren Buffett got underway on Monday, and just hours into the five-day bidding battle, the price was already at US$2,000,111.
05/30/11 But earlier this month, Winchester's Bill Cummings and his wife, Joyce, were rubbing elbows with the likes of Warren Buffett and Bill and Melinda Gates at an annual meeting for 69 American billionaires who have pledged to give at least half their personal wealth to charity. | 
