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    0 starsdrew_s | Shared With: Everyone - Oct 01 2008 | finance, economics, news, biography, books
    Omaha Opus | The Big Money

    Interesting. I always love a good Kay Graham story. I also like his takes on scorecards and U2.

    Quoted: “Buffett began to be seen out with [Washington Post Publisher Katharine] Graham more and more. She made it her job to try to give him more polish. … [He] became a regular guest at Graham’s famous dinners, which he called her ‘Kay Parties.’ He enjoyed his status as the hayseed who was flummoxed by a lobster.”

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    0 starsdrew_s | Shared With: Everyone - Mar 09 2008 | news, finance, crime, law
    Countrywide Said to Be Subject of Federal Criminal Inquiry - New York Times

    Go get 'em.

    Quoted: The Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are looking at whether officials at Countrywide, the nation’s largest mortgage lender, misrepresented its financial condition and the soundness of its loans in security filings, the officials said.

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