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Friendship Test by Warren Buffett

Paula Schleis is the author of a valuable article titled Day with Warren Buffett enriching to University of Akron  students in The Akron Beacon Journal.  The article is based on a meeting between Warren Buffett and a few University of Akron students lead by Todd A. Finkle, Associate Professor of Management, Fitzgerald Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies, University of Akron.  In this article, the most striking comments from Warren Buffett are

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Pier 1 Imports Stock

In March, I wrote about Carlos Slim Helu on Stock Investments and Pier 1 Imports; at that time the stock price of Pier 1 Imports was about 15 cents.  This stock price has risen to about $1.80, driven in part by insider buying worth over $2 million dollars by Greek Investments Inc.   I didn’t buy the stock at that low price because I thought the company would file for

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Warren Buffet and Wells Fargo Company

Warren Buffett

Warren Buffett was on CNBC with Becky Quick and he said, “Our country will do fine even if we screw up”.  I wish we screwed up less by not embracing concepts that work only for the short term.

He also felt that President Obama is right for our current economy and I agree with him.

I figured from what he said that Wells Fargo Company would be a bank to

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Carlos Slim Helu on Stock Investments

Carlos Slim Helu-Photo: Agencia Brasil

Here is an excerpt from an interview of Carlos Slim Helu, Mexican billionaire, that appeared on CNBC approximately in February 2008 as the stock market was going down.

Michelle Caruso Cabrera: In 1982, when Mexico was falling apart, people were fleeing the country. You were buying assets that nobody else wanted, and at very good prices, that turned out to be very good investments over the

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