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3. Billionaire Warren Buffett’s Berkshire case highlights need for checks

3. Billionaire Warren Buffett’s Berkshire case highlights need for checks
THE case involving the purchase of shares by David Sokol – a former manager of Berkshire Hathaway Inc – in Lubrizol Corp, whose takeover he helped to negotiate, highlights the need for higher governance in large funds.
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Top Ten: The week’s top 10 videos on MarketWatch
In case you missed them here are the 10 most popular videos that appeared on MarketWatch for the week of April 4-8.
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Buffett ‘Snow Job’ Has Conned the Media: Steinhardt
Warren Buffett is the “greatest PR person of recent times” and has “managed to achieve a snow job that has conned virtually everyone in the press,” Wisdom Tree Investments Chairman Michael Steinhardt told CNBC.
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A Compelling Case for Investing in the Ratings Agencies: Moody’s and Mcgraw Hill

A Compelling Case for Investing in the Ratings Agencies: Moody’s and Mcgraw Hill
By Street Authority. The major credit ratings agencies continue to be caught in the crossfire of finger pointing that has occurred since the housing bubble burst and fanned the flames of a major credit crisis in late 2008. There has been much talk of increasing regulation of these firms, and very recently the Senate passed reforms on the ratings firms as part of financial services reform …

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The Bull Case for Google

The Bull Case for Google
A 10-bagger? No. A strong grower? Sure.

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Rajaratnam: exclude Goldman, other stocks from case

Rajaratnam: exclude Goldman, other stocks from case
Defendant wants wiretap evidence removed from insider trading case. 14 May 2010 5:48 AM

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Blake Bromley: Investing Money for Social Good: the Case of Warren Buffett and Bill Gates

Blake Bromley: Investing Money for Social Good: the Case of Warren Buffett and Bill Gates
If the world’s richest people were to concern themselves with just how charity should best “invest” in public good and get a return, rather than just using donations to eliminate taxes, the entire world would benefit.

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