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Warren Buffett tweets welcome to Hillary Clinton, calls her '#45'
Warren Buffett, otherwise known as the Oracle of Omaha, tweeted for the third time ever this week to welcome Hillary Rodham Clinton, otherwise known as the former secretary of State and first lady of the U.S., to Twitter. "Hello @Hillaryclinton!,"...
Tags: Twitter, Inc., Warren Buffett, Politics, Media Industry, Hillary Clinton
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Celebrities welcome Warren Buffett to Twitter
The Oracle of Omaha has taken to Twitter. The notoriously tech-shy billionaire launched his @WarrenBuffett handle Thursday, where he quickly garnered more than 180,000 followers. He is the second-richest person with a verified Twitter account, after...
Tags: Social Media, Warren Buffett, Washington Post Co., Media Industry, Bill Gates
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What to expect at Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting
The annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting kicks off this weekend in Omaha, Neb. Thousands of the conglomerate’s shareholders will make the sojourn to the Cornhusker State, where they are expected to discuss the company’s succession...
Tags: Warren Buffett, Occidental Petroleum Corp., Annual and Special Corporate Meetings, Fox Business Network (tv network)
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Warren Buffett: Women are key to America's prosperity
Warren Buffett, the billionaire investor, urged corporate America in an essay published online Thursday to help develop women's workplace potential, arguingĀ women are the key to America's economic prosperity. The essay, written for the May 20 issue...
Tags: Corporate Officers, Warren Buffett, Washington Post Co., Rentals, Money and Monetary Policy
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When Buffett gets Heinz, he'll also add Burger King CEO Hees
Fast food giant Burger King Worldwide Inc. said it will lose its chief executive Bernardo Hees to H.J. Heinz Co. once billionaire financier Warren Buffett wraps up his acquisition of the ketchup company with 3G Capital. Corporate poaching this...
Tags: Leveraged Buyouts, Corporate Officers, Lifestyle and Leisure, Economy, Business and Finance, Stock Market
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Financial crisis deal makes Buffett a major Goldman shareholder
Warren Buffett, the ultimate buy-and-hold investor, is grabbing a big chunk of stock in Goldman Sachs Group Inc. — without having to buy it. The deal would make Buffett’s Omaha-based investment firm, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., one of Goldman&...
Tags: Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Financial Markets, Warren Buffett, Federal Reserve, Economy, Business and Finance
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Heinz shareholders OK takeover by Berkshire Hathaway, 3G Capital
Heinz shareholders on Tuesday overwhelmingly backed an acquisition by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital, a private equity firm. Following the February announcement that Heinz would be sold for a record $28 billion, the company's...
Tags: Corporate Officers, Shareholders, Burger King, Warren Buffett, Dwayne Johnson
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John J. Byrne dies at 80; insurance exec turned Geico around
John J. Byrne, whose turnaround of auto insurer Geico Corp. led billionaire Warren Buffett to buy the company and call him "the Babe Ruth of insurance," died March 7 at his home in Etna, N.H., according to Robert E. Snyder, a family spokesman. He was 80...
Tags: Insurance, GEICO, Economy, Business and Finance, Allianz AG Holding, Services and Shopping
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Warren Buffett says federal budget cuts aren't too bad for economy
WASHINGTON -- Billionaire investor Warren Buffett is not a big fan of the automatic federal budget cuts that kicked in Friday, but he said they help reduce the deficit and shouldn't hurt the economy too much. The government is still running a deficit...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Budget Control Act of 2011, Warren Buffett, Congressional Budget Office, Politics
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Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is buying Heinz ketchup company
Warren Buffett has been very publicly casting about for a big deal – and he's found one in the Heinz ketchup company. Through his investment firm, Berkshire Hathaway, the famed investor is teaming up with a Brazilian private-equity firm to acquire...
Tags: Leveraged Buyouts, Ketchup, Warren Buffett, Buyback
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SunPower, solar stocks surge after Warren Buffett buys Calif. plants
Solar stocks were burning up Thursday, led by a 41% share price boom for SunPower, which this week said it sold a pair of massive Southern California solar power plants to a Warren Buffett company. San Jose-based SunPower said in a filing with the...
Tags: Petroleum Industry, Warren Buffett, SunPower Corp., Renewable Energy, MidAmerican Energy Company
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