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Warren Buffett

  • News

    October 11, 2012

    The Ten Most Corrupt Tax Loopholes

    If Mitt Romney won't tell you which need to be closed, we will.

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2012

    Waco Tribune-Herald Bought By Warren Buffett

    Another Texas paper has been bought by billionaire Warren Buffett, meaning more good news in the world of Texas journalism. Buffett has purchased the Waco Tribune-Herald for an undisclosed price from the rightwing father-son team that had owned it (and put the slogan "In God We Trust" permanently o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 12, 2012

    Warren Buffett Buys The Bryan-College Station Eagle

    Good news for a good Texas newspaper -- Warren Buffett, the current savior of print media, is buying the Bryan-College Station Eagle for an undisclosed price, the Omaha World-Herald reports. Buffett has gone on a newspaper-buying spree, using his vast fortune to give hope to journalists and, not in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2012

    Tax Day: The 5 Best Things About It

    Tomorrow is deadline day for filing your federal income taxes. Normally, that's a terrible thing. No one except Warren Buffett is eager to pay taxes. And it's worse for us members of the hoi polloi, for while we're handing over a big chunk of our wages, we do it knowing some one-percenter member of ... More >>

  • Film

    November 17, 2011

    Failure Breeds Success

    Alexander Payne's pessimism is good for business.

  • News

    March 10, 2011

    Betting Their Lives

    It's easy for a three-time felon to get $20 million for his investment company, as long as no one asks any questions.

  • News

    January 20, 2011

    Prized Possessions

    Homeless in Houston share their most important objects.

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2010

    Giving Pledge: How Three Houston Billionaires Should Help

    Houston billionaires haven't joined Bill Gates' and Warren Buffett's Giving Pledge. Yet. ​One of the big stories this week is Bill Gates' and Warren Buffett's Giving Pledge, where the super-billionaires have promised to donate half their money to charity. Even better, they've convinced 38 other ri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2010

    Windpower Woodstock: George W. Bush, Limitless Swag & A Burgeoning Success Story

    Windmills in Texas -- as romantic-looking as in Holland​We used to love when oxymoronic news broke because a former editor would always exclaim, "Dogs are sleeping with cats! Film at 11!" Canines definitely hooked up with felines at Windpower 2010 this week in Dallas, where former President George ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2010

    Fails Of The Week: Glastonbury "Ice Ice Baby," Sony "No Beyonce On YouTube," Fat Mike The Peeing Clown And... Bono

    If you're reading this, you're either on the Internet, or else you've mastered multi-dimensional thought-projection processes that would make Michio Kaku cry like a little girl. We'll assume the former, and just in case you don't already know, the Internet has decided that the word "failure" is too ... More >>

  • News

    August 20, 2009

    Gay Panic in Cowtown

    The police raid on the Rainbow Lounge rocked the calm world of Fort Worth gays.

  • Culture

    September 13, 2007

    "RED HOT: Asian Art from the Chaney Family Collection"

    The MFAH shows Robert Chaney and family's contemporary Asian art collection

  • News

    July 19, 2007

    Texas coin companies target elderly investors

    Heads you lose, tails you lose

  • News

    February 2, 2006

    Wize Guys

    Here's your chance to get rich quick -- or lose your shirt, in which case, GlobalTec disavows all responsibility for, well, anything

  • Resolutions

    January 19, 2006

    New Year's Resolutions for Houston

    We have a lot to forgive – and forget – about 2005; here's hoping local celebs do better next year

  • Music

    November 18, 2004

    Cornfed Keyboards

    America is bullish on the Faint. But can the band pick stocks as well as it spots trends?

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