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   Warren Buffett

   Buffett purchased a five-bedroom stucco house in Omaha, in which he still lives, for $31,500. ... Buffett began buying stock in Coca-Cola Company, eventually purchasing up to 7 percent of the company for $1.02 billion.
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   Borsheim's Fine Jewelry

   In 1989, renowned investor Warren Buffett purchased a majority of Borsheims stock, making it part of his famous holding company, Berkshire Hathaway.
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   Silver as an investment

   In 1997, Warren Buffett purchased 130 million ounces (4,000 metric tons) of silver at $4.41 per ounce (total value $572 million). ... On May 6, 2006, Buffett announced to shareholders that his company no longer held any silver.
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   Fruit of the Loom

   He agreed in January 2002 to purchase the company for approximately $835 million in cash. ... ↑ Buffett, Warren (2002-02-28).
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   Berkshire Hathaway

   Warren Buffett is the company's chairman and CEO. ... NRG (Nederlandse Reassurantie Groep) — Berkshire acquired NRG, a Dutch life reinsurance company, from ING Group in December 2007.
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   Value investing

   Intangible assets such as patents, software, brands, or goodwill are difficult to quantify, and may not survive the break-up of a company. ... Warren Buffett
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   John Gutfreund

   He became managing partner of Salomon in 1978, later its CEO, and left the company in 1991. ... This however did not sit well with Warren Buffett who had just acquired Salomon Brothers for Berkshire Hathaway.
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   The Superinvestors of Graham-and-Doddsville

   Buffett, Warren (2004). ... Columbia Law School.
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   History of private equity and venture capital

   Warren Buffett, who is typically described as a stock market investor rather than a private equity investor, employed many of the same techniques in the creation on his Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate as Posner's DWG Corporation and in later years by more traditional private equity investors. ... The result of that takeover was Icahn systematically selling TWA's assets to repay the debt he used to purchase the company, which was described as asset stripping.
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    Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008

    Markets which had expected the bill to pass and had moved on to debating whether it would be sufficient were already skittish after news that Wachovia Bank was being bought out by Citigroup to avoid collapse. ... "Warren Buffett Reveals Bailout's Dirty Little Secret".

Explore the following pages on Powerset:

• Warren Buffett,
• Borsheim's Fine Jewelry,
• Silver as an investment,
• Fruit of the Loom,
• Berkshire Hathaway,
• Value investing,
• John Gutfreund,
• The Superinvestors of Graham-and-Doddsville,
• History of private equity and venture capital,
• Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008