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By Mike Taylor 11/15/10 8:22pm

Buffett’s Heir Apparent to Start With Training Wheels

Todd Combs, the man adorable billionaire Warren Buffett has selected as the director of Berkshire Hathaway’s $113 billion investment portfolio, isn’t going to dive right in to managing the whole enchilada all at once. Fortune reports that Combs will be starting off with an investment fund in the $2 billion to $3 billion range Read More

By Mike Taylor 10/27/10 12:59pm

Wall Street

Morning Roundup: More Monetization, More Problems

Experts, including some Federal Reserve officials, doubt that another round of money-printing asset purchases will do much to help our flaccid economy. The central bank is revving up the monetary inflation machine anyway, so expect a few hundred billion dollars in monetary stimulus to start coming your way next week. [WSJ]
Lazard, the Read More

By Mike Taylor 10/26/10 12:40pm

Wall Street

Morning Roundup: The Oracle’s Apprentice

Andrew Ross Sorkin would like to know what insider trading is, because the rules aren’t crystal clear. [NYT]
Much like Christina Aguilera, inflation is a genie in a bottle. The question, then, is whether Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke’s quantitative easing regime is “rubbing it the right way.” [Bloomberg]
Warren Buffett has selected Read More

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