Praise The Lord For Ben Bernanke says Warren Buffett

Warren Buffett says that he believes that Ben Bernanke did the right thing he kept us from going into the precipice he took the actions that were necessary to prevent the country from going down , Ben Bernanke should be reconfirmed without a question in the mind of billionaire investor Warren Buffett...

Prince Alwaleed The worst is over

The Prince Of All Media

Saudi Arabia's Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal on his strategic investments in the world's largest media companies.

Charlie Rose - Prince Alwaleed 01/20/10

The worst is Over ?!?!

Prince Alwaleed, Chairman, Kingdom Holding Company

Warren Buffett on The Kraft-Cadbury Deal : I would have voted against he said

Warren Buffett to CNBC: I Would Have Voted Against Kraft-Cadbury Deal

The deal does not need to be approved by shareholders, but "If I had a chance to vote on this, I'd vote no." Warren Buffett told CNBC this morning live from Omaha for the special share holders meeting

Warren Buffett Splits Berkshire Hathaway Stock

What's going on in here ? it looks that more and more people are now going to be able to afford Berkshire Hathaway shares , time will tell if this is a smart move from Warren Buffett , it certainly going to increase the volume and liquidity...this is an 18 Billion dollars move from Old Warren Buffett

Swiss Re seals $1.3 billion deal with Berkshire Hathaway

Reinsurance group to sell block of U.S. life insurance business to Berkshire Hathaway

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Reinsurance giant Swiss Re said Monday it's agreed a 1.3 billion Swiss Franc ($1.26 billion) deal to sell a block of life insurance business to Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, deepening the ties between the two firms.

Swiss Re (CH:RUKN 49.34, -1.26, -2.49%) said it will receive the payment as a ceding commission in return for reinsuring a closed block of U.S. term-life-insurance business
The Swiss group said it remains committed to its U.S. life insurance business, but believes the proceeds, along with around 300 million francs of capital that will be freed up, can be used to achieve a higher return elsewhere.
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Bet with Buffett on Kraft and other consumer staples.

A Staple ETF for Betting With Buffett

Bet with Buffett on Kraft and other consumer staples.

Sat 01/16/10 15:00 PM EST -- Don Dion

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Buffett Chinese BYD Electric Car on The Market This Year ?

Chinese automaker BYD has big plans for the United States and promises to start selling this e6 electric vehicle here this year. (Jan. 12) AP



For the second year, The Chinese company BYD promised at the annual auto show in Detroit that it will bring a plug-in, all-electric sedan to the U.S. market within 12 months.
BYD, which stands for Build Your Dreams, announced Tuesday that it plans to have its e6 sedan on sale in the U.S. in 2010.
Skeptics still have doubts and point out, for example, that BYD still doesn't have a distribution chain in place, which takes time to set up.
But BYD has a credibility asset other Chinese companies hoping to crack the U.S. market don't have: Warren Buffett as one of its lead investors. MidAmerican Energy Holdings, the utility arm of Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, holds nearly 10 percent of BYD
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Buffett supports healthcare reform bill even though it is not perfect

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett said Thursday he'd have voted for the Senate's health care reform bill,in a phone call from Omaha Warren Buffett told the Lincoln (Neb.) Journal Star that he supports the U.S. Senate's healthcare reform bill, even though it is not "perfect."
"It is time for us to try to make an improvement."
"The perfect is always the enemy of the good, and the unknown scares people." he said,

But tackling healthcare reform is "the right thing for the country," he added.

The current system "is not working well," Buffett told the newspaper. "Healthcare costs have galloped up as a percentage of (GDP gross domestic product) and we haven't covered the population the way a rich country should."

Buffett In Trouble with Anti Trust Cops Over Kraft Maneuvers?

Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA) “A” shares this morning are off by $118, a fraction of a percent, at $99,731 , according to an article this morning by the New York Post , Billionaire Warren Buffet could be in some trouble with the Government Anti Trust Cops :
"Billionaire Warren Buffett's decision to weigh in on Kraft's hostile pursuit of Cadbury may land him in hot water with Uncle Sam's antitrust cops.
In voicing his opposition Tuesday to Kraft issuing more shares in order to raise its offer for the British candy maker, sources familiar with the matter said the Oracle of Omaha may have tipped his hand about wanting to protect another candy company in which he has deep ties: Mars." The New York Post wrote this morning


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Buffett Investments vs S&P 500

Buffett Posts Worst Stock Performance Against S&P 500 in Decade

Berkshire Hathaway Inc., the company Buffett has led as chairman for more than four decades, advanced 2.7 percent on the New York Stock Exchange in 2009, less than the 23 percent return in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. It was Berkshire’s worst showing since falling 20 percent in 1999, compared with a 20 percent gain in the index. Berkshire beat the index in 15 of the last 22 years.
Via Businessweek

Buffett Goldman Bet 2009 and Beyond

Buffett's Goldman Bet: 2009 and Beyond

It's not too late to bet with Buffett on Goldman Sachs.

Fri 01/01/10 09:00 AM EST -- Don Dion

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