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5 hrs ago | The Journal of Commerce Online

Freight's Holiday Blues

Annual Christmas sales are always huge events for freight-hauling industries. The season's bright lights serve as a beacon drawing shipments in the presale buildup phase, and cast a glare for months afterward by shaping how much replacement stock retailers order to reload their shelves and warehouses.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Christmas, Warren Buffett, Insurance, Construction, Investment Services, 9

14 hrs ago | CNN

Buffett sizes up Chinese tailor

It turns out Chinese President Hu Jintao wears Dayang Trands, too, and the company sells to clothiers such as Banana Republic, DKNY, Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, Macy's and Marks & Spencer.

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Related Topix: World News, China, Asia, Hu Jintao, Construction, Insurance, Investment Services

Thu Nov 26, 2009

BusinessWeek

Supporting Underserved Entrepreneurs

Tim Ferguson and Ron Walker founded merchant bank Next Street Financial to focus on underserved, inner-city businesses.

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Related Topix: Investment Banking, Financial Services, Goldman Sachs Group, Investment Services, Construction, Insurance, Warren Buffett, Small Business, Personal Finance

GuruFocus.com

Sequoia Fund Top Holdings: BRK-A, IDXX, TJX, FAST, MLM, MHK

All News and Columns >>>> One of the Investment Gurus tracked by GuruFocus is Ruane Cunniff .

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Related Topix: Warren Buffett, Mutual Funds, Personal Finance, Insurance, Construction, Investment Services, Financial Markets

The Taipei Times

Facebook adopts dual-class stock, but denies IPO plan

Facebook has created a dual-class stock structure designed to give founder Mark Zuckerberg and other existing shareholders control over the company.

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Related Topix: Startups, Facebook, Social Software, Google, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Software, Insurance

Wed Nov 25, 2009

The Motley Fool

Are Government Bonds the New Subprime?

David Gardner's top pick took an epic run of 1,334%! See what he's recommending that you buy NEXT.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Construction, Insurance, Investment Services, Warren Buffett

Forbes.com

America's Fastest-Recovering Cities

Diversified industry and relatively stable housing give residents in these metros a measure of economic security.

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Related Topix: Warren Buffett, Construction, Insurance, Investment Services, Texas, Foreclosures, Housing

Reuters

Berkshire venture tops PNC for Capmark servicing

Capmark Financial Group Inc CPFNG.UL said on Tuesday it would sell its mortgage servicing business to a Berkshire Hathaway-Leucadia joint venture which raised its bid on Monday to about $468 million.

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Related Topix: Pnc Financial Services GroupThe, Banking, Financial Services, Insurance, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Leucadia National Corporation, Investment Services, Construction

Tue Nov 24, 2009

National Post

Buffett's railroad bubble

The railroad industry has outperformed the S&P 500 by 10% since Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

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Related Topix: Insurance, Construction, Investment Services, Railroads, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Warren Buffett, Financial Markets

GuruFocus.com

Bruce Berkowitz Top Purchases

In an interview earlier this month with PBS Paul Kangas, Bruce Berkowitz discussed his strategy of focusing on cash, ignoring the crowd, focusing on the best ideas.

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Related Topix: Insurance, Construction, Investment Services, Humana, Financial Markets, Warren Buffett

GuruFocus.com

Is Berkshire Hathway's Stock Portfolio At Risk Of Becoming An Index Fund?

All News and Columns >>>> With so much attention being paid to Buffett's recent acquisition of BNI , little has been written about his other recent transactions.

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Related Topix: Insurance, Exxon Mobil, Energy, Oil & Gas, Financial Markets, Construction, Investment Services

Mon Nov 23, 2009

Morningstar

Seven 5-Star Stocks from Berkshire's Latest Portfolio

Berkshire Hathaway may have made big headlines earlier this month with its $44 billion acquisition of Burlington Northern , the company was no slouch during the third quarter, when it was actively buying and selling securities in its equity portfolio.

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Related Topix: Insurance, Financial Markets, Construction, Investment Services, Railroads, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Biotech, Johnson and Johnson, Medicine, Healthcare Industry

Omaha World-Herald

Warren Watch: Tracking Berkshire stock trends over the long term

The last time Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s stock price took a sharp tumble, in March 2000, it took five years and five months to get back to its previous high.

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Related Topix: Insurance, Construction, Investment Services, Warren Buffett

Investopedia

Bet On The Economy With Fed Ex

When Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway announced its $34 billion acquisition of Burlington Northern Sante Fe , Buffett remarked that it was a big bet on the long-term recovery of the U.S. economic system.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Trucking, United Parcel Service, Air Courier, Insurance, Warren Buffett, Construction, Investment Services, Railroads, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, FedEx

Sun Nov 22, 2009

Small Times

Course correction: NetJets still has plans to grow in Columbus, new...

Nov. 22--David Sokol has had to make painful decisions in his first three months as chief executive of NetJets, the Columbus-based company owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Airlines, Warren Buffett, Construction, Insurance, Investment Services

Business

Aetna, Allstate, Ensco are ripe for takeovers

Warren Buffett's takeover of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. illustrates an emerging trend: Takeovers are back.

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Related Topix: Allstate, Insurance, Ensco International, Energy, Oil & Gas, Aetna, Railroads, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Warren Buffett

GuruFocus.com

Buffett: All Cars Will Be Electric in 20 Years

Warren Buffett met with students from Rice Universitya TMs graduate school of business yesterday.

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Related Topix: Warren Buffett, Peak Oil, Rice University, Construction, Insurance, Investment Services

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Imitating Buffett

Q Do any mutual funds mirror Berkshire Hathaway's investment style? - D.G., online A Be careful.

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Related Topix: Mutual Funds, Personal Finance, Construction, Insurance, Investment Services, Warren Buffett

Bloomberg

Geithner Says Small Business Loans Key to `Self-Sustaining' U.S. Recovery

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner urged U.S. banks to boost lending to small businesses and consumers who still face a oevery challenginga credit conditions and rising unemployment.

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Related Topix: Small Business, Personal Finance, Investment Banking, Financial Services, Goldman Sachs Group, Investment Services, Warren Buffett, Construction, Insurance

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Examiner.com

Buffett sees relationship between electric vehicles and coal with BNSF

BNSF has the capacity to supply coal to meet 10% of U.S. electricity needs. Wikipedia Commons, Jaako Warren Buffett recently threw down $26 million for roughly a 77% stake in the Burlington Northern Sante Fe Corporation.

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Related Topix: Electric Vehicle, Warren Buffett, Construction, Insurance, Investment Services

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