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1 hr ago | The Globe and Mail

The opportunity in crisis-mauled stocks

Fairfax Financial chairman and CEO Prem Watsa. While the shares of many companies mauled during the financial crisis are showing some zip, they remain dream stocks for deep value investors because they are still bargain-priced. Investment greats who've selectively been taking positions in some of these unloved companies include Canada's Mr.

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Related Topix: Insurance, Fairfax Financial Holdings, Business Wire, Construction, Startups, Berkshire Hathaway, Empire Group, Warren Buffett, Investment Services

5 hrs ago | Business Journal

Warren Buffett helps launch DQ's new s'mores-flavored Blizzard Treat

Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, joined Dairy Queen in kicking off the summer season by serving the first-ever Dairy Queen S'mores Blizzard Treat to DQ fan Paula Talamo.

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9 hrs ago | Natl. Relocation & Real Estate

Prudential Georgia Realty Named One of the Top Performing Brokerage Firms In the Nation

RISMEDIA, May 14, 2013-Prudential Georgia Realty was recently recognized by RISMedia as one the top real estate firms in America.

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Related Topix: Minneapolis, MN, Business Wire, Construction, Startups, Berkshire Hathaway, Insurance, Empire Group, Investment Services

14 hrs ago | Post-gazette.com

China approves $28 billion Heinz sale to Berkshire Hathaway, 3G Capital

Chinese regulators have approved the sale of the H.J. Heinz Co., leaving just two more countries to weigh in on the $28 billion cash-and-debt deal.

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18 hrs ago | The Epoch Times

Attempting to Follow Warren Buffett's Strategy

Investment gurus, pundits, and especially the media watch Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, like a hawk in the hopes of learning his strategies and perhaps achieving a similar stature.

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Thu May 23, 2013

Seeking Alpha

Is Our Corporate Tax System Irrational?

My guess is that just about everyone reading this headline would answer in the affirmative.

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Related Topix: Business Wire, Construction, Startups, Berkshire Hathaway, Insurance, Empire Group, Investment Services, Beverages, CocaCola, Chevron Corporation, Energy, Oil & Gas

The Motley Fool

Joseph Stiglitz on the Silver Lining of Financial Crises

Charlie Munger, whose Berkshire Hathaway owns huge stakes in several leading banks, said this about the financial system a few years ago: We would be better off if we downsized the whole financial sector by about 80%. I don't think the rest of us have anything to gain having massive trading between computers which try to outwit one another with ... (more)

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Related Topix: Business Wire, Construction, Startups, Berkshire Hathaway, Insurance, Empire Group, Investment Services

The Motley Fool

How Builders FirstSource Attracted This Value Investor

The annual Value Investor Conference is one of the premier events surrounding Berkshire Hathaway 's annual meeting in Omaha.

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Related Topix: Business Wire, Construction, Startups, Berkshire Hathaway, Insurance, Empire Group, Investment Services

New York Post

Stake race

Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway likely has the power to block a plan to restructure ResCap that Ally plans to submit today to a bankruptcy-court judge.

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Related Topix: Business Wire, Construction, Startups, Berkshire Hathaway, Insurance, Empire Group, Investment Services, Economics News, Bankruptcy, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Wed May 22, 2013

Customer Interaction Solutions

LuxLocka : Revolutionary New Earring Back and Post System for Gold Earrings

Jewelry manufacturer LeachGarner , a Berkshire Hathaway company, in collaboration with Dama Inc.

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Related Topix: Business Wire, Construction, Startups, Berkshire Hathaway, Insurance, Empire Group, Investment Services, Marketing, Attleboro, MA

Silcon Valley Moms

Berkshire Sues NeighborCity.com in IP Dispute

Berkshire Hathaway has filed a lawsuit against NeighborCity.com, a real estate listing portal , despite the fact that the Warren Buffet's company is a licensee of the latter.

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FiveThirtyEight

Deal Professor: With His Magic Touch, Buffett May Be Irreplaceable for Berkshire

Acquisitions usually come with a nice premium for the seller. But when Warren E. Buffett is the buyer, there is typically something of a discount.

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Related Topix: Business Wire, Construction, Startups, Berkshire Hathaway, Insurance, Empire Group, Investment Services, Food, Heinz H J, theGOOD

Tue May 21, 2013

Technology Marketing

Warren Buffett Helps Pitch Berkshire Hathaway's Dairy Queen as Barkley Airs First Ad for Chain

Warren Buffett is helping to pitch Dairy Queen just as Kansas City, Mo.-based agency Barkley is airing its first TV ad for the chain, five months after it landed the creative account.

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Related Topix: Business Wire, Construction, Startups, Berkshire Hathaway, Insurance, Empire Group, Warren Buffett, Investment Services, Kansas City, MO

Seeking Alpha

Low Volatility Investing In 2013

Readers of my articles know that I am enamored with the idea of low volatility investing.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Business Wire, Construction, Startups, Berkshire Hathaway, Insurance, Empire Group, Investment Services

Seeking Alpha

Berkshire Hathaway: This Is How Investing Should Be Done

It is quite staggering to imagine a holding company that generates 19.7% cumulative annual rate of return over 45 years.

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Mon May 20, 2013

MarketNewsVideo

XLF, FINU: Big ETF Inflows

Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, the largest inflow was seen in the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund , which added 6.6 million shares, or a 1.0% increase week over week.

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Related Topix: Business Wire, Construction, Startups, Berkshire Hathaway, Insurance, Empire Group, Investment Services, Banking, JP Morgan Chase , Video

Roll Call

Berkshire Hathaway's Weschler Helps Cantor Raise $717K in April

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., raised $717,931 through his PAC and joint fundraising committee during April.

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Related Topix: Construction, Berkshire Hathaway, Investment Services, Business Wire, Startups, Insurance, Empire Group, US Politics, Eric Cantor, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Warren Buffett

Sun May 19, 2013

La Vista Sun

Buffett's hot on Buffalo, and happy to promote it on YouTube

A screen shot of Warren Buffett making a YouTube pitch for Empire State Development, which promotes economic growth in New York.

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Benzinga

Campbell Soup Earnings Preview: Double-Digit Revenue Growth Expected

Campbell Soup , which some have speculated could be a takeover candidate for Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway , is scheduled to report its third-quarter fiscal 2013 results Monday, May 20, before the markets open.

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Fri May 17, 2013

Gretna Breeze

S&P lowers Berkshire credit rating

Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., tours the exhibition floor prior to the start of the Berkshire shareholders meeting in Omaha on May 4. Rating agency Standard & Poor's lowered one of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s credit ratings by a notch Thursday, a day after another agency, A.M. Best, kept the Omaha investment company's ... (more)

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