Warren Buffett heads list of top 2006 donors
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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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The winning bid to break bread with billionaire Warren Buffett came in at $650,100, which is $30,000 more than the top bid at last year's charity auction.
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The CEO of the world's largest philanthropy would have stepped aside two years ago if co-chairs Bill and Melinda Gates hadn't asked her help to manage its growth after billionaire Warren Buffett asked them to give away his money as well, Patty Stonesifer said Thursday.
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He sought out the best and brightest to be his mentors, including former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin; modeled his investment plans after those of sage Warren Buffett, chairman of Berkshire
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Warren Buffettâs Berkshire Hathaway snapped up a 60 percent stake in Marmon Holdings, the Pritzker familyâs sprawling industrial conglomerate.
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Bill Gates, founder of software giant Microsoft, is still the richest man in America, according to Forbes magazine. 2004 is the eleventh year in a row that Mr Gates has topped Forbes&#39;s list of the 400 wealthiest people in the US.
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Warren E. Buffett sold about 1.1 billion Hong Kong dollars worth ($141 million) of shares in the PetroChina Company.
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Berkshire Hathaway, the conglomerate run by billionaire investor Warren Buffett, on Tuesday said it elected Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft, to be a director.
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The annual Forbes ranking of the top tech deal makers.
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A look back at the stock market performance of our 2006 Mid-Cap List.
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Billionaire investor Warren Buffett used his business clout and folksy wisdom to raise $1 million for Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, telling big donors that Democrats are better than Republicans at taking care of the less fortunate.
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Technology executives dominated the top 10 of Forbes magazine's list of 400 richest Americans this year with Microsoft Co-Founder and Chairman Bill Gates retaining his place at the top of the annual list for the 14th time. According to Forbes, Gates is worth $59 billion.
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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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Prosperous alumni helped make 2006 a record fundraising year for colleges and universities, which hauled in an all-time high of $28 billion &#151; a 9.4 percent jump from the year before.
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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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Warren BuffettÂs 2001 Lincoln Town Car was sold for $73,200 at a charity auction held on eBayÂs Web site.
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Swiss Reinsurance, the biggest reinsurer, said billionaire investor Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway took a 3 percent stake and will assume a share of its non-life business, giving Swiss Re's shares their biggest spike in four years. Berkshire will get 20 percent of Swiss Re's property and casualty business over the next five years, Swiss Re said [...].