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Waste firm values have plenty room to rise: report

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Current valuations of waste managers such as Waste Connections Inc , Waste Management Inc and Republic Services Inc give the company's shares a lot of room to rise, according to a Barron's story.

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Not Listening to Buffett Cost Me Thousands (at Motley Fool)

Earlier this year, Forbes ranked Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-B) Chairman Warren Buffett as the second-richest man in the world, with an estimated net worth of $37 billion. As Buffett's sidekick Charlie Munger once said, "All...

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Move over Bill Gates, China's richest are gaining

By Russell Flannery, ForbesNovember 12, 2009 Photograph by: Bloomberg, Bloomberg SHANGHAI -- A quick comparison of our new Forbes China Rich List with that of the Forbes 400 list of richest Americans, published in September,...

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It's not easy to copy Berkshire Hathaway's style

Ask the fool: Do any mutual funds mirror Berkshire Hathaway’s investment style? – D.G., online A: Be careful. Some people erroneously think of Warren Buffett’s company as a kind of mutual fund, since he owns stock in a bunch of...

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JOHN DORFMAN: Look for tempting takeover targets

Warren Buffett's takeover of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. illustrates an emerging trend: Takeovers are back. That's good news for investors. When companies are eager to make acquisitions, it's an encouraging sign to the...

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PhillyDeals: Web site rallies shareholders for proxy fights

A group of West Chester capitalists has set up a Web site that invites dissident investors to recruit angry shareholders for corporate proxy fights. Friday was the deadline to bid for Capmark Financial Group Inc., the Horsham...

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Chardan warning hits BYD

BYD Co, the Chinese electric-car maker backed by Warren Buffett, fell the most in two weeks in Hong Kong after Chardan Capital Market LLC advised investors to sell the stock following a fivefold jump in the share price. The...

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BNSF's CEO forgoing extra compensation in Berkshire Hathaway merger

Posted Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 Matt Rose, chief executive of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., has formally waived his rights to collect any additional financial benefits as a result of the pending merger with Warren Buffett’s...

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25 Reasons We Will Not Have a Depression (at Seeking Alpha)

Print this article with comments Thank you Mr. Corson, This posting is a salutary antidote to the excessive pessimism often on display here. But the USA is painting itself into a corner, and there is no way possible our...

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China will have own bubble to confront, Pimco's Bill Gross says

Bill Gross, who runs the world's biggest bond fund at Pacific Investment Management Co., said Chinese growth is likely to be hurt by an absence of consumer demand from trading partners such as the U.S. “The Chinese, I suspect,...

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