Buffett Offers to Back Municipal Bonds
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NEW YORK -- Billionaire investor Warren Buffett said Tuesday he has offered to help out troubled bond insurers by offering a second level of insurance on up to $800 billion in municipal bonds.
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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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NEW YORK, June 26 -- Warren E. Buffett was his usual folksy self Tuesday night at a fundraiser for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) as he slammed a system that  allows the very rich to pay taxes at a lower rate than the middle class.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating Bear Stearns Cos&#39; (BSC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) municipal bond offering practices, according to a filing from the US investment bank.
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Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, seeking to bolster his charitable giving, has reached a new agreement with the City Conflicts of Interest Board that will allow him to move his money into more aggressive investments.
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Baseball's been very, very good to Buffett.
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Wealthy investors like them for their tax advantages, but municipal bonds can be quite risky right now.
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Warren Buffett's new bond insurer is looking to expand to Rhode Island after hearing that the state's treasurer wanted it to apply for a license to operate in the state, according to a Buffett spokeswoman.
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Warren Buffett isn't the only investment manager with the guts to hold forever.
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Billionaire investor Warren Buffett is  set to launch a bond insurer targeting local governments,  seeking to profit from troubled credit markets, the Wall Street  Journal reported on Friday.
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Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc  has won expedited licensing for a new bond insurance unit, New York State Insurance Superintendent Eric Dinallo said on Friday.
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Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc   is starting a bond insurer that would help state and local governments lower their borrowing costs, and is likely to lure business from established rivals struggling with deteriorating credit markets.
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Learn to put Warren Buffett's famous investing rules to work for you.
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Warren Buffett said on Tuesday that he had offered to reinsure $800 billion of muni debt guaranteed by bond insurers, but shares in MBIA Inc  and Ambac Financial Group Inc  slid as investors recognized that the billionaire investor's plan was far from a panacea.
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Stocks rose after Warren Buffett offered to help out troubled bond insurers, easing some of Wall Streetâs concerns about further deterioration in the credit markets.
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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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Warren E. Buffett agreed Tuesday to buy a $4.5 billion stake in Marmon Holdings, an industrial holding firm, with the goal of someday owning all of it.