Read more Warren Buffett stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1751/warren-buffett.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:17:46 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74306/goldman-pumps-500m-into-small-businesses.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn a move that definitely has nothing to do with spiraling public hostility, Goldman Sachs has announced a $500 million small-business assistance program. Headed by an advisory panel that includes Warren Buffett and Lloyd Blankfein (he who works for God ), the so-called “10,000 Small Businesses” program will invest...http://www.newser.com/story/74306/goldman-pumps-500m-into-small-businesses.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Nov 2009 9:20:49 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73929/buffett-financial-panic-is-behind-us.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWarren Buffett says the worst is over. "The financial panic is behind us," he declared at Columbia University. The Berkshire Hathaway chief acknowledged that the US economy "still is sputtering some," but he sounded a bullish note on investment opportunities around the globe. While he gave "high marks" to Ben...http://www.newser.com/story/73929/buffett-financial-panic-is-behind-us.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Nov 2009 21:14:15 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73492/berkshire-may-join-sp-500.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCould Warren Buffett finally be headed to the S&P 500? For years, Berkshire Hathaway’s stock—both the A shares and the so-called “Baby Berkshire” B shares—have been too expensive for the index, at $101,000 and $3,380 each, respectively. But now that Berkshire has acquired S&P component Burlington...http://www.newser.com/story/73492/berkshire-may-join-sp-500.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 06 Nov 2009 10:34:03 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73233/buffetts-railroad-buy-is-a-smart-bet-on-coal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBerkshire Hathaway’s acquisition of railroad operator Burlington North Santa Fe is really a "huge bet" by Warren Buffett on the coal industry, writes Steve Gelsi . Burlington hauls more coal than anything else, and the material accounted for a quarter of its third-quarter revenue. Buffett already is heavily invested in coal—...http://www.newser.com/story/73233/buffetts-railroad-buy-is-a-smart-bet-on-coal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Nov 2009 17:56:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73208/buffett-bets-on-recovery-buys-burlington-for-26b.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBerkshire Hathaway has agreed to buy up the 77.4% of railroad operator Burlington Northern Santa Fe it didn’t already own for $26 billion, in what would be Warren Buffett’s largest acquisition ever. “It’s an all-in wager on the economic future of the United States,” says Buffett. “I love those...http://www.newser.com/story/73208/buffett-bets-on-recovery-buys-burlington-for-26b.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Nov 2009 8:41:13 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70169/for-buffett-best-suits-are-made-in-china.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOne is America's most famous capitalist, the other leads China's Communist Party. But Warren Buffett and Hu Jintao have something in common—they both get their suits from Trands, an obscure northern Chinese menswear company not open to the public. Buffett, who recently recorded a promotional video for Trands' owners,...http://www.newser.com/story/70169/for-buffett-best-suits-are-made-in-china.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 24 Sep 2009 8:43:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69928/ralph-nader-pens-odd-utopian-novel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRalph Nader, the consumer advocate and sometime presidential candidate, has written his first novel, the New Yorker reports. Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us! , out tomorrow, is a “practical utopia” in which real-life characters undertake a fictional quest to—progressively—save the country. Over the course of its 736 pages,...http://www.newser.com/story/69928/ralph-nader-pens-odd-utopian-novel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 21 Sep 2009 18:52:36 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69737/new-recession-villain-warren-buffetts-cell-phone.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIf Warren Buffett knew how to use his cell phone, the financial world might be in better shape, blogs Karen Tumulty of Time . Just before Lehman Brothers collapsed last year, a Barclays executive attempting to rescue the firm with an assist from Buffett left a message on the Oracle of...http://www.newser.com/story/69737/new-recession-villain-warren-buffetts-cell-phone.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 18 Sep 2009 8:24:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68842/buffett-we-are-not-out-of-problems-yet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEven Warren Buffett had a bad financial crisis: The Omaha sage personally lost $25 billion in 2008, enough to put him behind Bill Gates on the worldwide rich list. But while many investors hunkered down as markets tanked, Buffett recalibrated, pouring billions into companies—Goldman Sachs, GE, BofA, Amex—that...http://www.newser.com/story/68842/buffett-we-are-not-out-of-problems-yet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 08 Sep 2009 6:38:00 CDT