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Warren Buffett
Information about this person was last updated on Thursday, February 9, 2012.
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Buffett admits error in Sokol affair (Reuters)
April 25, 2011 - May 2, 2011
SEC charges ex-Goldman director Rajat Gupta in insider case (Reuters)
March 2, 2011 - March 6, 2011
World stocks plunge on growing recession fears (AP)
August 25, 2011 - October 1, 2011
Obama unveils jobs plan to 'jolt' economy
September 9, 2011 - September 20, 2011
Obama calls for reform to US tax system
January 24, 2012 - January 26, 2012
Obama toughens line in talks with Hu
March 6, 2011 - April 21, 2011
Berlusconi rules out election bid
November 14, 2011 - November 16, 2011
Bachmann withdraws from US campaign
January 18, 2012 - January 24, 2012
JPMorgan, others boost payouts after Fed tests
March 18, 2011 - March 23, 2011
DealBook: As Berkshire Improves, Buffett Sings Praises of U.S.
February 26, 2011 - February 28, 2011
Paris hails rebel advance as victory for Fifth Republic
August 24, 2011 - August 25, 2011
SEC considers Dave Sokol's Lubrizol inquiry
March 31, 2011 - April 1, 2011
Democrats, Republicans agree on a budget deal
April 13, 2011 - April 14, 2011
Japan on high nuclear alert
March 21, 2011 - March 22, 2011
Obama dismisses birthplace conspiracy theories
April 14, 2011 - May 2, 2011
Wall Street drops after another Japan earthquake (Reuters)
April 1, 2011 - April 19, 2011
Further Intervention from SNB should have Less Impact on Gold than Last Year
January 26, 2012 - January 26, 2012
Rajaratnam defense targets witness credibility (Reuters)
April 12, 2011 - April 12, 2011
Volatility reigns in global markets
August 11, 2011 - August 11, 2011
News Corp to pay £3m over Dowler 15:47 Murdoch says News of the World behaviour 'abhorrent' in apology to schoolgirl's family
October 22, 2011 - October 22, 2011
Iran hits back over nuclear report
January 25, 2012 - January 25, 2012
AP: Insider charges for ex-Goldman board member (AP)
October 26, 2011 - October 26, 2011
15:27 'Tepid' consumer spending for US
December 23, 2011 - December 23, 2011
Obama, on tour, declares he has a jobs plan
August 16, 2011 - August 16, 2011
Obama announces India trade deals
February 20, 2011 - February 20, 2011
Cain says Perry behind 'sex harassment' leak
October 21, 2011 - October 21, 2011
Ex-Galleon manager describes hedge fund pressures
March 30, 2011 - March 30, 2011
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords to Step Down from Congress
January 25, 2012 - January 25, 2012
Lawyer, trader charged in insider-trading scheme involving Sun, 3Com tips
April 6, 2011 - April 6, 2011
Obama to speak on debt ceiling negotiations after Boehner, Reid release separate plans
July 7, 2011 - July 7, 2011
China denies providing weapons to Libya
August 16, 2011 - August 16, 2011
Facebook graffiti artist stands to earn $200m from IPO
February 2, 2012 - February 2, 2012
Libya evacuation ‘winding down’
March 1, 2011 - March 1, 2011
China train crash kills 35
July 12, 2011 - July 12, 2011
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[-said]: We have a real challenge in this country in getting the next generation into agriculture,
reuters 06-FEB-12
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[-wrote]: I'm not qualified to have an opinion being neither an engineer, a geologist or having any other skill that would give me special qualifications for making a decision,
usaToday 03-FEB-12
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[-said]: loves what he does, he’s not looking to take my job,
bloomberg 28-JAN-12
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[-said]: The question is what is fair when you have to raise multi-trillions to fund the United States of America,
economictimes 26-JAN-12
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[-said]: If this is a war, my side has the nuclear bomb,
economictimes 26-JAN-12
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[-said]: I don't blame Governor Romney for paying the tax rate he paid,
CBSnews 26-JAN-12
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[ said]: will not change my behavior. I have paid all different kinds of rates and I've always been interested in making money. I believe this should be a defining issue. Debbie works just as hard as I do and she pays twice the rate I do,
news 26-JAN-12
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[-told]: I believe this should be a defining issue,
CBSnews 26-JAN-12
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[-said]: Everybody in our office is paying a higher tax rate than Warren.
economictimes 26-JAN-12
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[ said]: [Raising taxes] will not change my behavior. I have paid all different kinds of rates and I've always been interested in making money. I believe this should be a defining issue. Debbie works just as hard as I do and she pays twice the rate I do,
economictimes 26-JAN-12
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[ said]: He makes his money the same way I make my money,
upi 24-JAN-12
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[-said]: [Romney] should have done better on it, and it hurt him a lot, I think,
upi 24-JAN-12
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[-said]: It's the wrong policy to have,
upi 24-JAN-12
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[ said]: He will not pay more than the law requires,
csmonitor 24-JAN-12
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[-told]: He's not going to pay more than the law requires, and I don't fault him for that in the least,
usaToday 24-JAN-12
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[-said]: I thought that’s exactly what I expected,
latimes 23-JAN-12
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[-told]: It is the wrong policy,
latimes 23-JAN-12
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[-told]: It’s the wrong policy to have,
latimes 23-JAN-12
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[-said]: He makes it shoving around money. I make it shoving around money,
latimes 23-JAN-12
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[-told]: Your country has accomplished amazing things, and the best is yet to come,
CBC 22-JAN-12
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[said:]: Not in the debt space but certainly in the equity space.
independent 19-JAN-12
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[-said]: And I’ll even go three for one for McConnell,
ABCnews 12-JAN-12
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[-said]: That is a tax policy only a Republican could come up with,
CBSnews 12-JAN-12
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[stated:]: Success in investing doesn't correlate with IQ. Once you have ordinary intelligence, what you need is the temperament to control the urges that get other people in trouble investing.
CBSnews 05-JAN-12
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[-said]: Our defense has been better than our offense,
economictimes 04-JAN-12
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[ said]: I wouldn't do this if I thought this was doomed to some sort of extinction,
bbc 27-DEC-11
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[has argued that:]: there’s been class warfare going on for the last 20 years and my class has won.
theglobeandmail 23-DEC-11
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[-said]: You worry that somebody will be in charge of Berkshire that uses it as their own sandbox in some way; that changes the way that decisions are made in reference to the shareholders,
indiatimes 12-DEC-11
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[ says]: The odds of that happening are very, very, very low, but having Howie there adds just one extra layer of protection,
CBSnews 09-DEC-11
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[ says]: Absolutely not and I shouldn't,
CBSnews 09-DEC-11
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[-explains]: You worry that somebody will be in charge of Berkshire that uses it as their own sandbox in some way,
ABCnews 09-DEC-11
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[ says]: He doesn't know what insurance policy we're writing today, you know, or how many carloads... the B.N.S.F. carried last week or something. But he knows the values of it,
CBSnews 09-DEC-11
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[-tells]: You worry that somebody will be in charge of Berkshire that uses it as their own sandbox in some way. That changes the way that decisions are made in reference to the shareholders,
CBSnews 09-DEC-11
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[-said this]: The metal has no utility. They take it out of the ground in South Africa, ship it to the Federal Reserve, where they put it back in the ground,
mg 09-DEC-11
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[-said]: They were only essential to advertisers as long as they were essential to the reader, and that is changing,
AP 01-DEC-11
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[-said]: I think what happened with Simpson-Bowles was an absolute tragedy,
IHT 23-NOV-11
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[-said]: don’t affect good businesses,
japantoday 22-NOV-11
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[said:]: My view on Japanese people and Japanese industries is unchanged. We just had a demonstration over months that the tsunami did not stop Japanese business and the people.
independent 22-NOV-11
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[-told]: As you know it's a matter of record that earlier this year we bought some Tesco,
independent 22-NOV-11
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[-said]: There are lots of opportunities in Japan,
scmp 21-NOV-11
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[-said]: Never give up, Fukushima,
news 21-NOV-11
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[-said]: don't affect good businesses,
ChinaPost 21-NOV-11
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[-said]: Never give up, Fukushima
theglobeandmail 21-NOV-11
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[-said]: Olympus doesn't change my view at all on Japanese investments,
news 21-NOV-11
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[-said]: If you understand chapters 8 and 20 of The Intelligent Investor (Benjamin Graham, 1949) and chapter 12 of the General Theory (John Maynard Keynes, 1936), you don't need to read anything else and you can turn off your TV,
finanznachrichten 16-NOV-11
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[-said]: We really want to get everyone the same starting line,
news 15-NOV-11
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[-said]: I admire what he is doing, and I will vote for him again,
news 15-NOV-11
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[-told]: I don't know of any large company that really has been as specific on what they intend to do and how they intend to do it as IBM,
indiatimes 14-NOV-11
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[-said]: You have a huge segment of the U.S. economy that's doing quite well, and you have a segment that's in a depression,
AP 14-NOV-11
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[-told]: I don't know of any large company that really has been as specific on what they intend to do and how they intend to do it as IBM ,
csmonitor 14-NOV-11
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[ said]: They have a situation where they found a fundamental flaw in that they can't print money,
AP 14-NOV-11
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[-said]: It doesn't solve itself as fast as people like, but it does solve itself,
AP 14-NOV-11
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[-said]: There's a fair amount of presumption in many places that if you're with IBM, you stay with them,
ABCnews 14-NOV-11
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[-said]: Now they're very much a services company, and they're very intertwined with their customers,
news 14-NOV-11
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[-told]: They've done an incredible job,
msnbc 14-NOV-11
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[said later was:]: like buying on sale.
javno 08-NOV-11
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Obama [ said]: Tax reform should follow the Buffett rule,
smh 25-JAN-12
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Reid [-told]: I think it’s a little strange that someone that’s making that much money is paying less taxes than Warren Buffett’s secretary,
ABCnews 25-JAN-12
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Obama [said:]: Right now, Warren Buffett pays a lower tax rate than his secretary. Tax reform should follow the Buffett rule: if you make more than US$1 million a year, you should not pay less than 30 per cent in taxes.
nzherald 25-JAN-12
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Cantor [ said]: I don't think anyone wants to pay higher taxes,[*]and I think the reality is the reason why Warren Buffett's secretary and so many millions of other Americans are frustrated is they see policies that have been promoted for the last three years by this White House that frankly don't work.
CBSnews 25-JAN-12
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Cantor [ said]: I care about Warren Buffett's secretary,
CBSnews 25-JAN-12
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Plouffe [-told]: One of the things the President is going to talk about in the State of the Union tonight is something Warren Buffett famously talked about is he should not pay less in taxes than his secretary does. The president, as you know, has talked about something called the Buffett Rule. We’re going to outline that specifically tonight, what that would mean,
ABCnews 24-JAN-12
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Carney [-said]: I think you know, from what the president has said and others in the administration, that he believes very strongly that -- or he agrees, rather, with Warren Buffett that those who are making millions of dollars -- millionaires and billionaires, say -- should not pay a lower effective tax rate than middle-class Americans,
upi 18-JAN-12
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Romney [-told]: Warren Buffet, Bill Gates would probably pay no taxes at all,
WashingtonPost 17-JAN-12
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Romney [-said]: You’d have individuals — the Warren Buffett argument — Warren Buffett, Bill Gates would probably pay no taxes at all. Today they probably pay 15 percent,
ABCnews 17-JAN-12
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Manuel [-said]: Free markets don't exist anywhere except in some strange textbooks. The situation in the United States that makes the current economic arrangement unworkable is the fact the wealthy don't have to pay tax effectively. When Warren Buffett says his secretary pays more tax than he does -- you have a failed system,
mg 21-NOV-11
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Bachmann [-said]: We do believe, unlike Warren Buffett, that taxes are high enough already,
news 08-NOV-11
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Obama [-said]: Warren Buffett's secretary shouldn't pay a higher tax rate than Warren Buffett. There is no justification for it,
CBSnews 20-SEP-11
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Obama [-said]: ’s secretary shouldn’t pay a higher tax rate than Warren Buffett . There is no justification for it,
washtimes 20-SEP-11
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Obama [said:]: Warren Buffett’s secretary shouldn’t pay a higher tax rate than Warren Buffett. There is no justification for it. It is wrong that in the United States of America a teacher, or a nurse or a construction worker who earns $50,000 (per year) should pay higher tax rates than somebody pulling in $50 million.
euronews 19-SEP-11
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Bachmann [-told]: If Warren Buffett believes that he is not paying enough taxes, then he should write a check today to the United States Treasury,
latimes 19-SEP-11
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Forbes [-said]: Well, if Warren Buffett wants to pay the same tax as the people who work for him, then he should pay himself the same net salary that people who work for him [get],
CBSnews 19-SEP-11
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Forbes [-said]: Most of [Buffett's] income apparently comes from dividends and from capital gains. And if you raise the tax on capital gains and dividends, you're going to get less capital creation. We tried this in the 1970s. It led to a disastrous decade - one of the contributors to that,
CBSnews 19-SEP-11
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Perry [-recently asked]: Does Warren Buffet need to get Social Security?
ibtimes 02-SEP-11
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Polly Toynbee [ asked]: Where is Britain’s Warren Buffett or Liliane Bettencourt?
IHT 30-AUG-11
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Hogan [ said]: We had some upbeat emotion at the open with Warren Buffett's investment in Bank of America but that fizzled very quickly when we looked across the pond and saw what was going on with German markets,
news 25-AUG-11
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Mike Brown [ wrote]: Apart for [sic] misstating his tax burden, Buffett fails to call for significant reforms in Social Security and Medicare that could reduce federal spending, and he downplays the role taxation plays in investment decisions,
latimes 17-AUG-11
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Richard Baker [said:]: Warren Buffett's comments need to be taken seriously, particularly in the context of the 50p rate debate.
TheScotsman 16-AUG-11
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Mike Brown [ wrote]: ..Apart for [sic] misstating his tax burden, Buffett fails to call for significant reforms in Social Security and Medicare that could reduce federal spending, and he downplays the role of taxation plays in investment decisions,
latimes 16-AUG-11
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Cable [added:]: I was very impressed with that Warren Buffett metaphor that asset-backed mortgage lending was the atomic bomb, and that there are hydrogen bombs out there. I just don't think that collectively governments have got to grips with this at all.
independent 26-MAY-11
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Blankfein [-testified]: The government didn't charge us nearly as much as Warren Buffett,
latimes 24-MAR-11
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