Witness for the Prosecution: Warren Buffett
Story date: 2007-10-31 01:38:00
Added on: 2007-10-31 15:00:21
CNN Money - Buffett said he was uncomfortable, among other things, about an investment by Freddie Mac that was unrelated to its business as the nation's second-largest financier of home mortgages. "I follow the old dictum: There's never just one cockroach in the ...
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