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Warren Buffett Calls President Obama Right Commander for Economic Pearl Harbor

January 20, 2009
By MoneyRates team | Money-Rates Columnist

President Obama has the friendship and counsel of value investor Warren Buffett who endorsed Obama early in the presidential campaign and is expected to remain active in giving the President’s economic team advice.

Buffett, who through his company Berkshire Hathaway has investment in insurance companies, furniture companies, and large stakes in Coca-Cola and Wells Fargo Bank, [...]

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President-Elect Obama’s Plan for Student Loans

December 2, 2008
By MoneyRates team | Money-Rates Columnist

One of the biggest concerns for parents in the United States is affording the cost of higher education. President-Elect Obama has highlighted on his website his plan to make loans available for parents. The plan has two elements:
(1) Create the American Opportunity Tax Credit: President Obama will make college affordable for all Americans by creating [...]

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