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  Monday, 4 Mar 2013 | 10:27 AM ET

Buffett's Advice: How to Get 'Fair Shake' on Wall Street

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On "Squawk Box," Warren Buffett has some valuable advice for individual investors on the best way to invest in stocks.

During his live appearance on CNBC's "Squawk Box" today, Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett had some valuable advice for individual investors on how to make sure they are getting a "fair shake" on Wall Street.

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  Monday, 4 Mar 2013 | 2:54 PM ET

Buffett's Advice to Apple's Tim Cook: Ignore Einhorn

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Warren Buffett tells Apple CEO Tim Cook that he should not pay attention to activist investor David Einhorn's public calls for a dividend.

Warren Buffett has some advice for Apple CEO Tim Cook on how to respond to activist investor David Einhorn's very public calls for some of the company's vast cash holdings to be returned to shareholders.

Ignore him.

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  Monday, 4 Mar 2013 | 6:00 AM ET

Buffett Still Sees 'Good Value' in Stocks

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On "Squawk Box," Warren Buffett still thinks stocks are cheaper than other forms of investments and Berkshire is still buying, even as the Dow approaches an all-time high.

Warren Buffett still sees "good value" in stocks, even as the Dow Jones Industrial Average approaches an all-time high.

On CNBC's Squawk Box, Buffett said Berkshire Hathaway is still buying stocks, even though prices have increased.

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  Friday, 1 Mar 2013 | 4:08 PM ET

Buffett Disappointed With Berkshire's 'Subpar' $24 Billion Gain

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Warren Buffett called 2012 "subpar" in his annual letter to shareholders as Berkshire Hathaway's per-share book value rose 14.4 percent, less than the S&P 500's 16-percent increase.

It's the ninth time in 48 years this has happened. Buffett notes that the S&P 500 has outpaced Berkshire over the past four years, and if the market continues to gain this year the benchmark stock index could have its first five-year win ever.

"When the partnership I ran took control of Berkshire in 1965, I could never have dreamed that a year in which we had a gain of $24.1 billion would be subpar. ... But subpar it was."

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  Monday, 4 Mar 2013 | 2:59 PM ET

Buffett Picks His ‘Bear’ for Annual Meeting

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Buffett has found his bear.

In his letter to shareholders published on Friday, Warren E. Buffett said that "to spice things up" he wanted to find a money manger with an unfavorable view of Berkshire Hathaway to participate in the company's annual meeting.

"The only requirement is that you be an investment professional and negative on Berkshire," he wrote.

On Monday, Mr. Buffett said Doug Kass, a hedge fund manager, would be added to the panel of analysts who question Mr. Buffett and Berkshire's vice chairman, Charles T. Munger, on stage during Berkshire's annual gathering in Omaha on May 4.

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  Friday, 1 Mar 2013 | 1:34 AM ET

What Next for Buffett? Investors Line Up for Clues

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There is a cottage industry dedicated to answering the question: "what would Warren do?"

Warren Buffett's investment principles, laid out in his annual letter to shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway, have inspired guides, imitators and even children's books. Thousands travel to Omaha, Nebraska each year to hear him elaborate at the conglomerate's annual meeting.

When the next dispatch arrives late on Friday, readers will hope to find an explanation of the thinking behind his latest $12 billion-$13 billion investment, the purchase of ketchup maker Heinz with Brazilian buyout group 3G Capital.

Yet the letter is likely to answer in only the most general terms the query: "what will Warren do next?"

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  Wednesday, 27 Feb 2013 | 12:56 PM ET

We Want Your Questions for Warren Buffett

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Warren Buffett will be live with Becky Quick for all three hours of CNBC's Squawk Box this coming Monday morning and we want to know what you would ask him.

Send us your questions by email to AskWarren@cnbc.com or by Twitter with the hashtag #askwarren.

We'll use some of them when the Berkshire Hathaway chairman makes his sixth annual "Ask Warren" appearance starting at 6 am ET on Monday, March 4.

Becky will also be asking him about his annual letter to Berkshire shareholders, due to be released on Friday after the U.S. stock markets close, along with the company's Q4 and 2012 financial results.

During last year's "Ask Warren," Buffett generated headlines when he said he'd buy up "a couple hundred thousand" single family homes if it were practical to do so.

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  Monday, 25 Feb 2013 | 5:34 PM ET

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Buys Tulsa Daily Newspaper

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Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has added another daily newspaper to its growing print empire.

Berkshire's BH Media Group said today it will buy the Tulsa World for an undisclosed amount. The newspaper said it has a 95,000 daily circulation and 133,000 for its Sunday edition.

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  Thursday, 14 Feb 2013 | 5:05 PM ET

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hikes GM Stake by 67%

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Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway increased its bet on General Motors, increasing its holdings by 67 percent in the final three months of last year.

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  Thursday, 14 Feb 2013 | 3:39 PM ET

Heinz Deal Has Some Wondering Whether Buffett Is Still a Bargain Hunter

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Is it still accurate to think of Warren Buffett as one of the great value investors of our time?

Buffett looks for skilled management teams, strong balance sheets, great products and an attractive price. On Thursday, the Oracle announced that Berkshire and 3G Capital Management will pay $72.50 a share, or $23 billion, for Heinz.

"This is my kind of deal and my kind of partner," Buffett said on CNBC's "Squawk Box" shortly after the deal was announced. "Heinz is our kind of company with fantastic brands."


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Warren Buffett is arguably America’s most-admired and most-followed investor. Buffett is the largest shareholder and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway and one of the world’s most famous and most generous philanthropists. Legions of investors - from all walks of life - follow Buffett's homespun investment philosophy: invest in what you know, invest in value. Here on CNBC.com's Warren Buffett Watch, we’ll keep you up to date on what the “Oracle of Omaha” is doing by following Buffett's trades, words and deeds.