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• Five Richest Men in 2009

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 559
  No.5) Ingvar Kamprad Image via Wikipedia Net worth: $22.0 billion Born: Sweden, March 30, 1926 Residence: Switzerland Owner of: IKEA Image via Wikipedia Ingvar Kamprad is amongst the 5 richest people in he world and at present he holds the record for being the richest person in the ...
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• Five winners of a weak dollar

  
  BloggingStocks — Authority: 661
  Filed under: Apple Inc (AAPL) , Starbucks (SBUX) , PepsiCo (PEP) , Caterpillar (CAT) , Stocks to Buy , Best Stocks for 2009 Last week, under the guise of betting on America, Warren Buffett and his Berkshire Hathaway ( BRK.A ) made an offer to buy all outstanding shares of Burlington Northern ( BNI ) for a ...
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• Surging mergers and acquisitions trigger a boom in investigations

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 794
  Filed under: Economy , Investing , Hewlett-Packard , Pfizer , Berkshire Hathaway Its hard to ignore the fact that mergers-and-acquisitions activity has jumped dramatically recently. Although were not even halfway through November, 214 deals have already been announced for a total deal value of $67.1 billion ...
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• Global Financial Panic Is Over, Buffett Says

  
  DealBook — Authority: 776
  Warren E. Buffett, perhaps the worlds most admired investor, said on Thursday the financial panic that gripped the globe last year is a thing of the past, even as the U.S. economys struggles persist.
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• Gates, Buffett to biz students: Were still bullish on capitalism...Okay, billionaires

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 794
  Filed under: Microsoft , Berkshire Hathaway Much of the fun of observing the friendship between Warren Buffett and Bill Gates is derived from the fact that they are such unlikely comrades. In Gates, you have the 54-year-old quintessential tech geek billionaire. And in Buffett, the revered 79-year-old homespun, ...
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• Chasing Value: Ten stocks for 2010 -- Part 2

  
  BloggingStocks — Authority: 661
  Filed under: General Electric (GE) , Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) , Market matters , Boeing Co (BA) , Comcast ClA (CMCSA) , Goldman Sachs Group (GS) , Merck and Co (MRK) , Wells Fargo (WFC) , Chasing Value , S and P 500 , Stocks to Buy , Intuitive Surgical Inc (ISRG) , Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNI) , ...
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• Goldmans Complete Presentation And Transcript From The Merrill Lynch Financial Services Conference

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 768
  Below are the complete blueprints for global (and soon galactic) financial, political and social domination, courtesy of the firm that is well on its way to becoming the undisputed heavyweight monopolist of all Wall Street action. Take out an effectively nationalized Citigroup and Bank of America, and it already is. ...
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• Warren Buffett’s $26 billion gamble on the next big thing

  
  JordonCooper.com — Authority: 476
  This is huge Most investors looking for the "next big thing" seek out whiz-bang investments like alternative energy, lifesaving biotech drugs, handheld Internet devices and, for doomsayers, hard assets like gold. Railroads, which had their heyday in another era, are rarely mentioned as a must-have investment ...
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• Warren Buffett gets his train set

  
  Bizmology — Authority: 125
  Most of the time, covering the railroad industry for Hoover’s  just isn’t that exciting. Thankfully, things picked up last week when investor super stud Warren Buffett made huge waves in the industry by announcing his Berkshire Hathaway investment firm was snatching up a leading US railway company. The ...
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• Buffett’s big railroad purchase may be yet another success

  
  Count Us Out — Authority: 151
  by Arthur I. CyrWarren Buffett has just closed the largest deal of his spectacular career with an agreement to purchase the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad for US$26.3 billion. Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway already owned 23 percent of the railroad, and paid a 31% premium over the stock price to secure the ...
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• Warren Buffett To Sell Union Pacific & Norfolk Southern Stakes (UNP & NSC)

  
  market folly — Authority: 617
  Following Warren Buffett & Berkshire Hathaways announcement of their Burlington Northern (BNI) purchase, we now see that he is set to make another round of moves in the railroad industry. As of last portfolio disclosures, Buffett owned shares in Burlington Northern, Union Pacific, and Norfolk Southern. Upon his ...
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• Buying One, Buffett Aims to Sell Off 2 Railroads

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 911
  At the same time Berkshire Hathaway is planning its takeover of Burlington Northern, it is looking for an exit from two other railroad companies.
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• Buffett to Sell Stakes in 2 Other Railroad Companies

  
  DealBook — Authority: 776
  As Warren E. Buffett takes on Burlington Northern Santa Fe in his biggest-ever deal, he is looking to sell off his stakes in two other big railroad companies, Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern.
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• Upcoming Business Wire Events – November 9 Edition

  
  BusinessWired - Business Wire Blog — Authority: 123
  Join Business Wire experts in your area for media breakfasts, panel discussions and other insightful events. We bring local media members and industry thought leaders to your market to discuss today’s most relevant topics, from writing for SEO to marketing with social media. Best of all, Business Wire events are ...
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• Manufactured homes may need more than tax breaks to spur sales

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 794
  Filed under: Columns , Economy , Berkshire Hathaway President Barack Obamas recently extended homebuyers tax credit may help revive the flagging fortunes of the manufactured home industry -- and not a moment too soon. According to the Manufactured Housing Institute, about 55,000 prefabricated homes will be sold ...
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• Berkshire B’s See Pick-Up In Short Interest

  
  WSJ.com: MarketBeat — Authority: 669
  One of the nuances of Berkshire Hathaways deal to buy Burlington Northern was a 50-for-1 split of Berkshires class B stock to get the deal done.
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• Berkshire Hathaway Highest ever Book Value!

  
  Uncommon Financial Wisdom — Authority: 116
  Berkshire Hathaway reported late Friday its 3rd quarter results.  As expected its book value went above $80K to $81,247 per A share.  It is now trading at 1.26 times book value.  Its book value is now at an all time high.  Pretty impressive performance in the middle of a recession! However, there is still much ...
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• Market Updates: McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD), Kraft Foods (NYSE: KFT), Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRKA), Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA)

  
  Jutia Group — Authority: 563
  McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD) stated that domestic sales open at least 13 months dropped 0.1 percent last month, as the company’s Dollar Menu items and McCafe coffee…
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• Berkshire Says Credit Crisis Has Abated

  
  DealBook — Authority: 776
  Berkshire Hathaway said "the credit crisis has abated," bolstering the firms earnings potential after Chief Executive Warren Buffett agreed to pay $26 billion and take on debt to fund his biggest takeover.
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• Earnings highlights: CBS, Comcast, News Corp., Time Warner, UBS, Viacom ...

  
  BloggingStocks — Authority: 661
  Filed under: Earnings reports , Time Warner (TWX) , Viacom (VIA) , CBS Corp B (CBS) , Clorox Co (CLX) , Comcast ClA (CMCSA) , Dean Foods (DF) , News CorpB (NWS) , Garmin Ltd (GRMN) , World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Here are some highlights from last weeks earnings coverage from BloggingStocks: ...
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