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The Street (Free subscription) | yesterday
The results are in from TheStreet's poll on Warren Buffett's latest stock picks: It is better to fuel up on oil than to stock up on food for investors hoping to ride out this market.
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BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Filed under: Goldman Sachs Group (GS) , Small business With the credit crunch and the implosion of CIT, the environment for small business financing has been downright hostile. Basically, many owners have given up on things and instead have focused on creative ways to boost cash flows. So in light of all this, the announcement of the $500 million small-business plan from Goldman Sachs ( GS ) and Warren...
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Financial Times (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
It is time to ignore Warren Buffett, if gold's time was ever going to come, we are living through such a time now, writes Jonathan Davis
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SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Joe Eqcome submits: Having the privilege to have met Sir John Templeton, the founder of The Templeton Funds , I was stuck not only by his crushing intellect but also by his sense of optimism regarding investing. Warren Buffett, a fellow optimist, who upon acquiring Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. ( BNI ) for $26.3 billion said, “It was a bet on America”. Optimistic Investing: Being...
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Forbes (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Warren Buffett's flip-flop could bring new investors to Berkshire and more volume to its shares.
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Stocks to Watch Today (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Warren Buffett taped an amusing video with CNBC’s Becky Quick a week ago as he strolled across campus with Bill Gates and urged legislators to keep their hands off the U.S. Federal Reserve, arguing it’s done a good job as an independent body over the years, and attempts to reign [...]
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The Street (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Warren Buffett helps Goldman Sachs out of a messy situation by participating in a $500 million philanthropic plan to help small businesses.
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SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Daniel M. Harrison submits: With Goldman Sachs ( GS ) and Warren Buffett ( BRK.A ) sponsoring a $500 million loan package for small businesses in the wake of this year’s largest bankruptcy, that of small- and medium-sized business lender CIT Group ( CIT ), lending to the nation’s little organizations has never been a hotter topic than it is now. With this in mind, I spoke with Dan Drechsel...
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SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Arjun Rudra submits: With the S&P 500 failing to close above its 50% retracement from its 666 low and oil failing to break above 80.40/50 even after receiving the news of the 0.9 million drawdown in EIA crude inventories, the markets may be setting up for a significant decline. Did Warren Buffett get it wrong when he said his acquisition of Burlington Northern Santa Fe ( BNI ) was a "bet...
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USA Today (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Goldman Sachs Group (GS) is teaming with billionaire investor Warren Buffett to invest $500 million to provide thousands of small ...
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Stocks to Watch Today (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Remember that Goldman Sachs (GS) article in Rolling Stone — the Vampire Squid, by Matt Taibbi? You probably do, and others have not forgotten, as the comments indicate in various arena this morning in response to Goldman’s announcement yesterday evening that using Warren Buffett’s help, it will provide $500 million [...]
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BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Filed under: Goldman Sachs Group (GS) , Small business If anything, the financial implosion has been a boon for Goldman Sachs ( GS ), which has posted record-breaking profits and bonuses. The turmoil has also been nice to billionaire investor, Warren Buffett, who is snapping up juicy deals. Unfortunately, millions of Americans remain unemployed. What's more, small businesses continue to suffer, as...