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Buffett's $50 million credit card blunder
Colin Barr 2010-03-04 07:24By Colin BarrPeddling credit cards isn't so easy that a caveman can do it.That seems to be the conclusion Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA, Fortune 500) chief...
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The credit card company everybody hates
財富中文網 2009-05-20 05:56Facing soaring losses, small business credit card lender Advanta is shutting down accounts and tells investors it will try to wait out the downturn.By...
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Meet Buffett's $2.1 million lunch partner
財富中文網 2009-06-30 01:56Hong Kong hedge fund manager Zhao Danyang says the Omaha sage is "so famous, but he's just like your friend"By Beth KowittPlunking down $2.11 million ...
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Detroit Three's survival report card
財富中文網 2009-05-27 07:22GM, Ford, and Chrysler, the former Big 3 now dwindled to the Detroit 3, have gone in such different directions they don't seem to be on the same plane...
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Buffett in the hot seat on Moody's and housing bust
Colin Barr 2010-06-05 01:53Warren Buffett said he wouldn't strip Moody's chief Raymond McDaniel of his job, arguing that neither he nor many others saw the housing bust coming.F...
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A new contender for Buffett's job
Mina Kimes 2011-01-24 09:51Greg Abel, next in line?Warren Buffett's still-unrevealed succession plan is a subject of obsessive speculation in the financial world, where it recei...
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The iPhone as VISA card
Philip Elmer-DeWitt 2011-01-28 03:01Not content to take your money, now Apple reportedly wants to be your moneyPhotos: Apple Inc., RFIDJournal.comThe Apple (AAPL) buzz Tuesday morning wa...
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Warren Buffett's Mr. Fix-It
Brian Dumaine 2010-08-05 01:52The day after Lehman collapsed in September 2008, David Sokol noticed that the stock of Constellation Energy, a Baltimore utility, was plummeting. He ...
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Buffett's longest bet looking better
Carol J. Loomis 2010-04-30 01:29Unaudited results are in for the second year of "Buffett's Big Bet" -- Warren Buffett's 2008 wager against Protégé Partners that a low-fee index fund ...
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It's a phone! It's a browser! It's a wallet?
財富中文網 2009-11-09 05:41By Jessica ShamboraWill your cellphone soon become a proxy for your credit card? Zong and others are betting on it.If there’s one thing online merchan...
