Alex Crippen is an executive producer at CNBC and CNBC.com. He started with the network in 1990. Crippen began his media career in affiliate TV and news radio. He holds a degree in economics from Wesleyan University.
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Our CNBC team at the big Allen & Co. media conference in Sun Valley has just reported back that they spoke with Warren Buffett .. on-camera .. a short time ago. Producer Lacy O'Toole and reporter Julia Boorstin have sent back first word on his comments as they head to a video feed point.
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The video promised in my previous post of a self-proclaimed "freeloading" Warren Buffett speaking with our own Julia Boorstin at the Sun Valley media conference has arrived. Take a look.
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James B. Stewart is the Pulitzer-Prize winning author and former Page-One editor at the Wall Street Journal responsible for two of the best business books I've ever read: Den of Thieves (1991) and DisneyWar (1995). He's also a Warren Buffett fan, and his recent Smart Money column focuses on a Buffett theme we've touched on in the last few days: "Investors Should Heed Warren Buffett's Free Advice." In it, he looks at the performance of two stocks he recently picked using the "Buffett philosophy."
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Why can't everyone invest like Warren Buffett? Two recent pieces on the web address that question and offer practical "how to" lessons for small investors.
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Warren Buffett is giving more, even though he is giving less. A news release a short time ago from Berkshire Hathaway reveals that today Buffett gave just over 572,000 shares of Class B shares to five foundations, with most going to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. It's part of his pledge made just over a year ago to eventually give away 85% of his Berkshire stock.
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It would be tough to confuse Warren Buffett with singer Jimmy Buffett, although they have the same last name and both of them like to play a stringed musical instrument. But the two Buffetts do share one important trait: they're both very good at making money. Ahead of his first-ever concert in Paris, The International Herald Tribune profiles Jimmy Buffett and his business acumen. It also extensively quotes Warren talking about Jimmy in a telephone interview with the newspaper's reporter. "I admire his business even more than mine. He got the singing genes as well as the commercial genes. I'm envious."
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Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is adding to its 'bling' collection as it finalizes the acquisition of two gold jewelry makers: Aurafin and Bel-Oro International. In an unusual move for Buffett, one of those companies was bought from a private-equity firm.
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The man who is paying over $650,000 (with a little help from one of his friends, hedge-fund manager Guy Spier) for lunch with Warren Buffett appeared this morning on CNBC's Squawk Box. Mohnish Pabrai, who runs Pabrai Investment Funds of California, told our Becky Quick that he's learned so much about investing and about life from Mr. Buffett that "I have a large tuition bill due" and his bid is just "making a dent in it." (All the money goes to Buffett's favorite chairty, the Glide Foundation of San Francisco.)
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Warren Buffett isn't perfect, but one of his strengths is his ability to learn from his mistakes and bounce back. That's the thesis of a piece appearing on BusinessWeek.com this week. Ben Steverman details how everyday investors can also learn by following Buffett's example: acknowledge mistakes and keep them small.
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We now know who will be having lunch with Warren Buffett after submitting the winning $650,100 bid late Friday. Mohnish Pabrai, a 43-year year old investor from Irvine, California, teamed up with a friend to win the eBay charity auction benefiting San Francisco's Glide Foundation.
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Warren Buffett appears to tweet his support for a Hillary Clinton White House run in 2016.
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The winner of this year's lunch with Buffett charity auction is still a secret.
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At a Forbes event, Bono sings about Warren Buffett to the tune of "Home on the Range."
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Bidding for lunch with Warren Buffett has already topped the $610,000 someone paid for coffee with Apple's Tim Cook.
