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Md. 5th Grader To Present Business Idea to Warren Buffett

Lots of Howard County students like to read, but not all of them are working with the Maryland Center for Entrepreneurship to market that passion in front of billionaires.

2013/05/17

Billionaire Warren Buffett, CEO and chairman of investment company Berkshire Hathaway, speaks during a conversation with David Rubenstein, president of the Economic Club of Washingtron, during the club's 25th anniversary dinner on June 5, 2012. (credit: NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)

Buffett: Unemployment Report Won’t Impress

Investor Warren Buffett says the economy and U.S. job market continue to improve, but slowly.

2013/05/03

Buffett: ‘Banks Will Not Get This Country In Trouble’

Billionaire Warren Buffett says American banks are stronger than they’ve been in years, and won’t derail the economy.

2013/01/10

Warren Buffett gives a speech during a book party for "Tap Dancing To Work: Warren Buffett On Practically Everything, 1966-2012" at The Lambs Club on Nov. 26, 2012 in New York City. (credit: Donald Bowers/Getty Images for FORTUNE)

Buffett: ‘Corporate Taxes Have Not Been A Problem For Corporate America’

Billionaire Warren Buffett said Wednesday he’s confident that Congress will eventually pass a plan to address the so-called fiscal cliff, even if it doesn’t happen until early next year.

2012/11/28

President Barack Obama presents investor, industrialist and philanthropist Warren Buffett with the 2010 Medal of Freedom in the East Room of the White House on Feb. 15, 2011 in Washington, D.C. (credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Buffett Prefers Cutoff For Elimination Of Bush Tax Cuts At $500,000

Billionaire Warren Buffett is again calling for higher taxes on the “ultrarich” and he’s urging Congress to compromise on spending cuts and tax increases.

2012/11/26

File photo of Warren Buffett. (credit: YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images)

Buffett Says Odds Of A US Recession ‘Very Low’

The U.S. economy isn’t likely to slip back into a recession, despite recent economic reports signaling the recovery has lost momentum, Warren Buffett said.

2012/06/06

The Facebook homepage appears on a computer screen in Washington on Aug. 30, 2010. (credit: NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)

Buffett: I Would Not Invest In Facebook

Billionaire Warren Buffett says he avoids buying into businesses like Facebook because it’s too hard to estimate what they might be worth.

2012/05/07

Warren Buffett attends the grand re-opening of Jay-Z's 40/40 Club on Jan. 18, 2012 in New York City. (credit: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)

Buffett: American Banks In Better Shape Than Europe’s

Billionaire Warren Buffett says American banks are in much better financial shape than European counterparts because of measures taken during the financial crisis.

2012/05/07

Vice President Joe Biden has taken on presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney recently. (credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

As Race Shifts, Biden Gets Task Of Scuffing Romney

Vice President Joe Biden has branded presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney “consistently wrong,” ”uninformed” on foreign policy, someone aiming to “end Medicare as we know it” and an advocate of the wealthy at the expense of the middle class.

2012/04/12