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<table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" width="100%" class="forumline"> <tr> <th class="thCornerL" width="22%" height="26">Author</th> <th class="thCornerR">Message</th> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>stock guru</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Fri, Mar 16 2007, 5:46 pm EDT<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Buffett: No free rides on Berkshire's dollar</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">I am glad that I own a few shares of BRK.B in my IRA account. <img src="images/smiles/icon_wink.gif" alt="Wink" border="0" /> <br />------------------------------------------------------------- <br />Buffett: No free rides on Berkshire's dollar <br /> <br />World's most successful investor reimburses his company for postage and phone calls for personal use, and doesn't use company cars or airplanes. <br /> <br />NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The world's most successful investor - and second richest man - is perhaps also its least lavish CEO. <br /> <br />Warren Buffett refuses to use company cars or airplanes for any business that's remotely personal, and each year writes a big check to pay the company back for postage or phone calls used for personal pursuits, according to Berkshire Hathaway's (Charts) annual proxy statement, released Wednesday. <br /> <br />Sure, there are CEOs who have no qualms about having shareholders foot the bill for frequent use of company planes and other lavish expenses, but Buffett won't be counted among their ranks. <br /> <br />Last year he reimbursed Berkshire $50,000 for personal expenses, so that shareholders wouldn't be stuck with the bill for his postage stamps and phone calls home, according to the statement. <br /> <br />In fact, Buffett describes his payment as "equal to or greater than the costs" of his expenses. <br /> <br />Charlie Munger, the company's Vice Chairman, paid Berkshire $5,500 for his share of expenses. <br /> <br />More: <br /><a href="http://money.cnn.com/2007/03/15/news/newsmakers/buffett/index.htm?section=money_latest" target="_blank">http://money.cnn.com/2007/03/15/news/newsmakers/buffett/index.htm?section=money_latest</a></span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> </table>
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