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Video: Warren Buffett on ‘Too Big to Fail’

Edward Harrison — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:15:08 +0000

Here’s more from Warren Buffett on CNBC this morning. This time he talks to Becky Quick about ‘Too Big To Fail’. CNBC host Joe Kernen takes sides with the Occupy Wall Street protesters and asks Buffett whether we can regulate them to “keep them honest” or whether we need to “break them up”. Buffett responds in the video below

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Video: Warren Buffet says euro zone has “fundamental flaw”

Edward Harrison — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:00:00 +0000

Warren Buffett was on CNBC this morning for three hours talking about a whole range of issues from the European sovereign debt crisis to too big to fail to housing in the US to penalties for corporate crime. The video of Europe is below, with more to follow

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Jon Stewart on Warren Buffett and the Class Warfare meme

Edward Harrison — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 13:30:38 +0000

Jon Stewart has noticed that Fox News is selling viewers on the view that ‘socialists’ like Warren Buffet and Barack Obama are engaged in class warfare. He presents an amusing view; take a look

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Charlie Rose: An Hour with Warren Buffett

Edward Harrison — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:00:00 +0000

On Monday, Warren Buffett wrote a widely-discussed New York Times opinion piece, “Stop Coddling the Super-Rich” about taxes in America. I think his subsequent appearance on the Charlie Rose show was really good at explaining his views and creating a meaningful dialogue on the issues of taxes and inequality. Video below

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David Sokol’s abrupt resignation

Edward Harrison — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 01:00:55 +0000

David Sokol, widely considered the heir apparent to Warren Buffett, has abruptly resigned from Berkshire Hathaway’s subsidiaries after it was revealed that he profited from the purchase of a publicly-traded company made by Berkshire. The SEC is likely to investigate. This looks pretty ugly if you ask me. Sokol will talk to CNBC tomorrow at

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Gold and Guns

Edward Harrison — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 05:19:14 +0000

Here’s another classic video, this time on Gold! Who comes up with this stuff? Classic. Hat tip Scott. Related Posts Marc Faber: I advise every American to hold his gold outside of the United States 28 Nov 2008 Chart of the Day: NY Spot Gold and Commodities Respond To Fed Money Printing 4 Nov

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Warren Buffett: “We’re still in a recession.” Technical recoveries don’t count.

Edward Harrison — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:00:24 +0000

Warren Buffett wants his street cred back! He’s coming down on the side of most people on main street who believe the recession is still ongoing despite what the NBER stat gurus say. Reuters quotes: "We’re still in a recession," Buffett told CNBC television in an interview broadcast on Thursday. "We’re not gonna be out

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Charlie Gasparino Takes Negative View on Warren Buffett’s Ratings Agency Testimony

Edward Harrison — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:31:56 +0000

Charlie Gasparino rips Warren Buffett for his stance on the ratings agencies and their role in creating the financial crisis. Here’s the money quote: He believes that [rating credit is] a sleazy business and it makes a lot of money so he’s gonna own it. Well, that takes Warren Buffett down three notches in my

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Edward Harrison — Thu, 27 May 2010 12:26:13 +0000

Last year I told you that Berkshire had 62 derivative contracts that I manage. (We also have a few left in the General Re runoff book.) Today, we have 94 of these, and they fall into two categories. First, we have written 54 contracts that require us to make payments if certain bonds that are

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Edward Harrison — Wed, 05 May 2010 13:58:11 +0000

While Warren Buffett is out tarnishing his reputation with quotes about how "phenomenal" the ratings agencies’ business model is, Bill Gross is accusing them of aiding and abetting the financial crisis. Here’s a quote from Bill Gross’ latest monthly missive. In it, he is quite dismissive of the ratings agencies and implies they were enablers

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