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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Warren Buffett and his long-time friend Carol Loomis, an editor at Fortune, appeared live on CNBC's "Squawk Box" to promote a book that collects the magazine's past articles about the Omaha billionaire.During the interview, Buffett said he expects Congress to reach a "fiscal cliff" deal but thinks it could happen after the December 31 deadline.This is a transcript of the entire appearance on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at 8a ET.
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Warren Buffett expects Washington lawmakers will come up with a compromise on the "fiscal cliff," but he's not sure that will happen by the end of the year.
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Warren Buffett says Jamie Dimon would be the "best person you could have" as Treasury secretary if the U.S. ran into problems with its financial markets.
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Warren Buffett says he supports President Obama's efforts to eliminate the Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthy, but in an op-ed piece in The New York Times, he disagrees on where to draw the line.
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Warren Buffett loves his job. If you ask him, he'll tell you he "tap dances to work" every morning. Here, he shares his secret so everyone else can love their job.
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Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has eliminated almost all of its stakes in Johnson & Johnson and General Electric.
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The country's second-richest man doesn't buy a lot of things with his money. But there is one thing his billions bring him that he values very highly.
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It isn't a big-game elephant, but Warren Buffett has captured a smaller "party" prize. Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway announced today it has acquired privately-held Oriental Trading, based in Buffett's home town of Omaha, Nebraska.
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CNBC Transcript: Warren Buffett on 'Slowing' Global Economy and 'Salivating' For DealsBy: Alex Crippen
Warren Buffett appeared live on CNBC's Squawk Box for a two-hour interview with Becky Quick. During their conversation, Buffett said there's "no question" the global economy is slowing and he's "salivating" for Berkshire Hathaway to make a "big acquisition." Here's a transcript of their complete conversation, along with video clips.
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The NYSE sought a proposal from Buffett’s Berkshire as an alternative to ICE.
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It took five years, but Warren Buffett takes lead in a 10-year wager against Wall Street "experts."
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Warren Buffett said he remains confident the U.S. debt problem will be fixed...eventually, despite all the political fighting that's been sparked by the "fiscal cliff."
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