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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: Media Industry, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Elections, Twitter, Inc., Hillary Clinton
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Charity lunch with Warren Buffett sells for just over $1 million
A private lunch with Warren Buffett that benefits a charity was sold Friday on Ebay for $1,000,010. The anonymous bidder will be able to take seven of his or her friends with them to a steakhouse lunch in New York City for a private meal with Buffett,...
Tags: Social Issues, Tim Cook
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Warren Buffett lunch auction bids top $775,000 with 8 hours left
With fewer than nine hours left, an auction to have a fancy steakhouse lunch with Omaha billionaire Warren Buffett has received a top bid of $775,100 Friday. The 14th charity auction closes at 7:30 p.m. Pacific time and raises money for Glide, a San...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Apple Inc., Auction Service, Foods and Beverages, Doughnuts
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Warren Buffett not a cheap lunch date; auction bids hit $168,000
How much will lunch with the Oracle of Omaha set you back? As of Monday morning, breaking bread with Nebraska billionaire investor Warren Buffett is worth a cool $168,100. For the 14th year in a year, an auction to partake in a fancy steakhouse...
Tags: Auction Service, eBay Inc.
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Water war between Klamath River farmers, tribes poised to erupt
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — For decades this rural basin has battled over the Klamath River's most precious resource: water that sustains fish, irrigates farms and powers the hydroelectric dams that block one of the largest salmon runs on the West Coast....
Tags: U.S. Congress, Aquaculture, Tea Party Movement, Conservation, Environmental Issues
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Bill Gates is once again the richest man in the world
He may be retired, but that's not kept Bill Gates from regaining the top spot as the richest man in the world. Gates, 57, who co-founded and led Microsoft to the top of the tech world before retiring from day-to-day operations in 2008, has a fortune...
Tags: Bill Gates, Mexico, Carlos Slim
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Apple makes Fortune 500's top 10 for first time; Facebook makes list
Despite having a rough year on Wall Street, Apple cracked the top 10 in the Fortune 500 list for the first time, jumping from No. 17 to No. 6. The Fortune 500, compiled by the business magazine Fortune, ranks the largest corporations in the U.S. based...
Tags: Mark Zuckerberg, Media Industry, Social Media, Hewlett-Packard Co., Saturday Night Live (tv program)
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Warren Buffett says economy slowly improving, calls Bernanke 'gutsy'
WASHINGTON -- Billionaire investor Warren Buffett said he sees the economy slowly improving and hailed Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke as "gutsy" for the actions the central bank has taken to boost growth. Buffett told CNBC on Monday that he...
Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Finance, Central Bank, Financial Markets, Economy, Business and Finance
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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: Media Industry, The Washington Post, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Social Media, Washington Post Co.
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Twitter envy: What do Buffett and Bieber have that I don't?
Try as I may, I just can't figure out Twitter. This peevish sentiment was stoked by news that investment guru Warren Buffett joined the itty-bitty-blogging site on Thursday and started piling up the followers at a rate of about 1,000 per minute. He...
Tags: Media Industry, Social Media, Justin Bieber
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Saturday's TV Highlights: 'Orphan Black' on BBC
Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of May 5 - 11, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SERIES Orphan Black A trip to the suburbs...
Tags: Blake Lively, Justice and Rights, Football, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Kathleen Robertson
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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: Fox Business Network (tv network), Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Annual and Special Corporate Meetings, Occidental Petroleum Corp.
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