Warren Buffett

News and interviews on Warren Buffett including trends, features, blogs and community conversations from an Australian business perspective.

Friday, 06 July 2012

THE LIGHTER SIDE: Warren Buffett and Jon Bon Jovi perform a ukulele duet

Billionaire Warren Buffett and superstar Jon Bon Jovi sang together to celebrate the Forbes 400 Summit on Philanthropy.
 

Monday, 25 June 2012

Rich Pickings: The 10 Asian billionaires we should be watching

The long forecast shift of wealth from West to East is well in motion, and Australian businesses need to learn a few new names in order to keep up with the change.
 

Friday, 08 June 2012

Why Gina Rinehart and Hungry Jack Cowin are teaming up for a Fairfax tilt: Kirby

Gina Rinehart's supporter Jack Cowin has offered the first glimpse into the approach the tycoon's circle may have at Fairfax.
 

Friday, 18 May 2012

Buffett plays the Gina card

Warren Buffett has shocked the market by investing in community media. Like Gina Rinehart, he says it’s part of a public service.
 

Monday, 07 May 2012

Five nuggets of wisdom from Warren Buffett’s annual shareholders’ meeting

It’s the one event in the business world that prompts as much speculation and commentary as an award show – the annual shareholder’s meeting for Warren Buffett’s investment giant Berkshire Hathaway.
 

Thursday, 19 April 2012

Lessons for Warren Buffett – how great leaders tackled the challenge of cancer

Three lessons from history on how leaders handle a personal crisis such as serious illness.
 

Monday, 13 February 2012

Why Warren Buffett’s putting his trust in business

The Oracle says gold is a bubble and bonds need a warning label. But he’s still backing one asset class.
 

Tuesday, 15 November 2011

Warren Buffett’s low-tech tech play

Does Warren Buffett $US10.7 billion bet on IBM suggest he’s changed his strategy? Maybe not.
 

Tuesday, 13 September 2011

Warren Buffett’s succession plan

The Oracle of Omaha has made his succession plan clearer. But speculation is rising as to when it may be put into place.
 

Friday, 26 August 2011

Warren Buffett takes $US5 billion punt on Bank of America

Warren Buffett admirers have always thought that the Oracle of Omaha was some sort of genius and now they have proof.
 

Tuesday, 16 August 2011

Warren Buffett wants tax hikes for the rich – but Australian expert says “not here”

Warren Buffett has called on Congress to target the favourable tax treatment of the molly-coddled wealthy as it looks for trillions in savings to help curb the country's enormous debt load.
 

Tuesday, 14 June 2011

Plenty for Warren Buffett to digest

A lunch with Warren Buffett has gone for a record price. There’s plenty to talk with the Oracle about – and it’s not all good.
 

Monday, 02 May 2011

10 lessons from Warren Buffett’s latest shareholder meeting

Here are 10 things we learnt from Warren Buffett's address at the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting.
 

Monday, 04 April 2011

How rich is really rich?

From simply well off to mega billionaires, the world's wealthy fall into some neat categories.
 

Thursday, 31 March 2011

Warren Buffett’s heir apparent quits, admits buying shares in Berkshire takeover target

Warren Buffett's lily-white reputation may have taken a hit after key lieutenant David Sokol resigned and admitted that he had bought shares in lubricants group Lubrizol Corp before successfully pushing Buffett to buy the business.
 

Tuesday, 22 March 2011

Why Warren Buffett is still big on Japan: Maley

Warren Buffett expects some big buying opportunities as Japan recovers from the tsunami and nuclear crisis. With the country's enormous debt burden not a factor – at least for now.
 

Monday, 21 March 2011

Building a portfolio philosophy

Billionaire investors like Buffett, Slim and Soros appear to have adopted a specific investment philosophy and are building their portfolios around it.
 

Tuesday, 15 March 2011

Warren Buffett unveils $9.7 billion takeover for US lubricants maker Lubrizol

Overnight, Buffett unveiled his latest big deal – the purchase of Ohio-based lubricants maker Lubrizol Corp.
 

Monday, 28 February 2011

10 pearls of wisdom from Warren Buffett’s latest letter to shareholders

It's that time of year again, when shareholders of Warren Buffett's investment conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway receive their annual missive from the investor dubbed the Oracle of Omaha.
 

Friday, 10 December 2010

Mark Zuckerberg joins Warren Buffett and Bill Gates in pledging to give away big chuck of wealth

Facebook co-founders Mark Zuckerberg and Dustin Moskovitz have become the latest billionaires to sign up to Warren Buffett and Bill Gates’ Giving Pledge initiative.
 
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