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Buffett Donated $41.6 Million to Charity in Late 2011

PND - Philanthropy News Digest  Mon, 01/30/2012 - 00:20

In the second half of 2011, billionaire investor Warren Buffett gave away $41.6 million worth of stock in his company, Berkshire Hathaway, to eight unnamed charities....


 

Buffett's secretary to attend State of the Union

Economic news - CNNMoney.com  Tue, 01/24/2012 - 10:36

President Obama will renew his call for higher taxes on the rich on Tuesday, and he has invited Warren Buffett's secretary to Washington to make his point.


 

Warren Buffett's MidAmerican buys First Solar plant

Economic news - CNNMoney.com  Wed, 12/07/2011 - 10:53

Warren Buffett's utility company is making a big buy in the turmoil-filled solar energy market.


 

Warren Buffett bets big on stocks

Marketplace  Mon, 11/07/2011 - 14:03

Buffett invested nearly $24 billion last quarter. But the Oracle of Omaha is keeping some trading details under wraps, with regulators' permission.


 

Buffett to Congress: Don't 'coddle' me

Economic news - CNNMoney.com  Mon, 08/15/2011 - 05:02

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett, saying he doesn't want to be "coddled" by Congress, says that wealthier Americans should pay higher taxes, and that higher taxes do not dampen job growth.


 

Carlos Slim Declines to Commit to Giving Pledge

PND - Philanthropy News Digest  Fri, 01/21/2011 - 00:20

Carlos Slim, the world's richest individual, has declined to sign on to the Giving Pledge that Warren Buffett and Bill and Melinda Gates launched last year, preferring instead to fight poverty in Mexico by using his wealth to create jobs....


 

Another Seventeen Families Sign On to Giving Pledge

PND - Philanthropy News Digest  Fri, 12/10/2010 - 00:20

Announced in June, the campaign launched by Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett to encourage the nation's wealthiest individuals and families to return the majority of their wealth to charity now includes fifty-seven families or individuals....


 

Forty Families, Individuals Sign Onto Giving Pledge

PND - Philanthropy News Digest  Wed, 08/04/2010 - 23:20

Signatories of the pledge, which Bill Gates and Warren Buffett launched six weeks ago to encourage the nation's billionaires to give at least half of their fortunes to charity, include Larry Ellison, George Lucas, Jeff Skoll, and Michael Bloomberg....


 

Colleges' rejects who made it big

MSN Money Finance Tips  Wed, 04/28/2010 - 17:13

Teenagers turned down by their first-choice colleges are in good company: Warren Buffett, Tom Brokaw and other prominent Americans also received rejection letters.


 

12 steps to being a 'Zen millionaire'

MSN Money Latest Articles  Fri, 01/08/2010 - 17:52

The principles of 'inner peace' shared by the unlikely trio of Warren Buffett, Buddha and Vanguard's John Bogle can provide a relaxed guide to investing happiness.