Warren Buffet buys $5-billion stake in TSMC
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. took a stake of about $5 billion in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., a sign the legendary investor thinks the world’s leading chipmaker has bottomed out after a selloff of more than $250 billion. Shares...
Warren Buffet almost invested $3 billion in Uber
Warren Buffett proposed investing $3 billion in Uber Technologies Inc. earlier this year, but the talks fell apart following disagreements over the terms and size of the deal, people familiar with the matter said.
The now-dead Uber...
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Interesting aside fact, Warren Buffets dad was a libertarian who hated Roosevelt with a passion. He was sort of like the 1940s version of Ron Paul.
China trip not about calling for donations say Gates and Buffet
Billionaire US philanthropists Bill Gates and Warren Buffett insisted Tuesday they would not pressure China's super-rich to give to charity at a banquet this month, after invitees were slow to respond.