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   Warren Buffett

   Buffett favors the inheritance tax, saying that repealing it would be like "choosing the 2020 Olympic team by picking the eldest sons of the gold-medal winners in the 2000 Olympics". ... From a NY Times article: "I don't believe in dynastic wealth," [Warren Buffett] said, calling those who grow up in wealthy circumstances "members of the lucky sperm club."
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   Sam Nunn

   In high school, Nunn was a standout athlete, captaining the school's basketball team to a state championship. ... In an interview with CNBC on August 22, 2008, billionaire investor Warren Buffett said that he favored Nunn as Obama's choice for Vice President.
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   Alan Greenspan

   In August 2007, Deutsche Bank announced that it would be retaining Greenspan as a Senior Advisor to its investment banking team and clients. ... George Soros and Warren Buffett criticized derivatives while Greenspan defended them.
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   Barack Obama presidential primary campaign, 2008

   Obama's economic advisors include chief Austan Goolsbee, who has worked with him since his U.S. Senate campaign, Paul Volcker, Warren Buffett, health economist David Cutler and Jeffrey Leibman. ... Harper asked the top civil servant, Clerk of the Privy Council Kevin Lynch, to call in an internal security team, with the help of Foreign Affairs.
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   Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008

   Bank runs are taking place under the radar, he said. ... Investor Warren Buffett says he could put in $10B plus $90B nonrecourse debt; that is, without having to repay beyond $10B if mortgages did not repay.
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   List of atheists (miscellaneous)

   Warren Buffett (1930–): American-born investor and philanthropist. ... "It is better to give than to receive," he said, something that must have sounded like a wind-up to his long-suffering disciples."
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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. ... "Market Place; Vivendi Is Said To Be Near Sale Of Houghton."
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   Bill Gates

   When he reflected back on that moment, he commented on it and said, "There was just something neat about the machine." ... | Preceded by Warren Buffett | World's Richest Person 1996–2007 | Succeeded by Warren Buffett |
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   Arnold Schwarzenegger

   Why would I go away from that and jump into something else?" ... He has talked about some of those who have helped him over the years in business: "I couldn't have learned about business without a parade of teachers guiding me... from Milton Friedman to Donald Trump... and now, Les Wexner and Warren Buffett.
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    Enron scandal

    Regarding the SEC investigation, chairman and CEO Lay said, "We will cooperate fully with the S.E.C. and look forward to the opportunity to put any concern about these transactions to rest." ... Investor Warren Buffett was approached, but declined.

Explore the following pages on Powerset:

• Warren Buffett,
• Sam Nunn,
• Alan Greenspan,
• Barack Obama presidential primary campaign, 2008,
• Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008,
• List of atheists (miscellaneous),
• History of private equity and venture capital,
• Bill Gates,
• Arnold Schwarzenegger,
• Enron scandal