Alice Schroeder

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CNN Top Stories, 20.10.08 20:31 UTC

Biographer: Buffett's greed vs. his principles

(CNN) -- Since the start of the financial crisis, the world's wealthiest man, investor Warren Buffett, has been front and center.

International Herald Tribune, 06.10.08 02:33 UTC

Like J.P. Morgan, Warren Buffett braves a crisis

In the midst of a financial crisis, a towering figure of American business steps forward with his reputation and financial resources for public good and personal gain. Their times and personalities ...

Forbes, 04.10.08 10:05 UTC

What You Don't Know About Warren Buffett

As a young teenager, Warren Buffett received poor grades in school, ran away from home and repeatedly pilfered sporting goods from his local Sears. His father, suspicious of the growing pile of golf ...

New York Daily News, 26.09.08 08:31 UTC

Warren Buffett opens up about his love life in 'The Snowball'

Warren Buffett, whose shrewd investing has swelled his Berkshire Hathaway assets to nearly $278 billion, reveals in a new biography that "the biggest mistake I ever made" was letting his late wife, ...

New York Daily News, 25.09.08 17:12 UTC

Bull market for books on Wall Street economic disaster

As the government worked on a plan to prevent a financial disaster, readers are seeking out books about economic crises — past, present and future. "When the world seems to be ending, people still ...

CNN Top Stories, 20.09.08 08:35 UTC

Buffett bio recounts flaws, triumphs

OMAHA, Nebraska (AP) -- Warren Buffett's youthful confidence about his business acumen hid a self-doubt about nearly everything else, yet the son of a Nebraska congressman grew into one of the world's greatest investors.

guardian.co.uk, 29.08.08 12:32 UTC

Bloomsbury profits fall post-Potter

. JK Rowling launching the final Harry Potter book in January. Since the series ended publisher Bloomsbury have seen a revenue losses Photograph: STR/EPA Publishing group Bloomsbury has seen revenues ...

Times Online Business, 29.08.08 10:30 UTC

Bloomsbury reports a wizard life after Harry

Bloomsbury, the publishing group, reported a 40 per cent jump in pre-tax profits in the first half of the year after strong performance of its adult and specialist divisions, and strong sales of ...