Buffett closing on Gates in rich list
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Forbes magazine has again ranked Bill Gates as the richest person in the US, worth to $48 billion, but investor Warren Buffett has edged closer.
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Bear Stearns  is in serious  talks with several outside investors, including Warren Buffett,  about selling as much as 20 percent of the firm, according to a  report in The New York Times online edition on Wednesday.
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Microsoft founder Bill Gates retained the top spot on Forbes magazine&#39;s list of the 400 richest people in America. This year&#39;s list contains a record number of billionaires, 313 to be precise.
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It's not news that Bill Gates is the richest person in America, according to Forbes magazine's annual list of the nation's 400 richest people, released yesterday. He has been for 13 years. Barring a second Stone Age in which computers are good only for hurling at other cavemen, Gates will always be...
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Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates was elected Tuesday to serve on the board of directors of prominent investment company Berkshire Hathaway.
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NEW YORK  - The Nasdaq may be well off its highs of the dot-com era, but tech tycoons still top the list of the wealthiest Americans.
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DALIAN, China  - Berkshire Hathaway Inc's Warren Buffett said on Wednesday he is scouring the world for big businesses, but is doubtful about finding a good buy in China because the market is too hot.
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Running what is in effect an ad for talent, Berkshire Hathaway chairman Warren Buffett, 76, says in the company's just-released annual report that he plans to hire a younger person - or perhaps more than one - to understudy him in managing Berkshire's investments.
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TEFEN, Israel  - Warren Buffett's investment   company Berkshire Hathaway Inc. BRKa.N BRKb.N is interested   in acquiring further utility companies in coming years, the   U.S. billionaire said on Monday during a visit to Israel.
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The wealthy have been synonymous with Wall Street. But it took a prosperous group of potential shoppers to get luxury retailers to move to the financial district.
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Investor Warren Buffett may hold the title as America's top donor, but his well-heeled competitors helped make 2006 a record year for charitable giving, the Chronicle of Philanthropy reported on Friday.
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Warren Buffett, the world's   second-richest person, married his longtime companion Astrid   Menks on Wednesday, his 76th birthday.
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Warren Buffett isn't the only investment manager with the guts to hold forever.
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DALIAN, China  - Berkshire Hathaway Inc's   Warren Buffett said on Wednesday he is looking to buy large businesses anywhere in the world, but that he is doubtful about finding a good buy in China, as the market is currently too hot.
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Bear Stearns  is in serious talks with several outside investors, including Warren Buffett, about selling as much as 20 percent of the firm, according to a report in The New York Times online edition on Wednesday.
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Warren Buffett's investment in Swiss  Reinsurance Co  may turn out to be good for the  billionaire, but those without such deep pockets may be wary to  follow, Barron's financial weekly said.
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Warren Buffett arrived on Gillette Co.'s doorstep when the razor company desperately needed a friend in 1989. He became all that and more, earning billions in the process over the next 15 years.