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More than 250 jobs will be created over the next three years as Pacific Life Insurance Co. opens its new regional business center in Omaha, Nob.

The installation is home to two functions of the Pacific Life’s business segments. The functions include the inner workings of wholesale trade, exploitation, technical assistance and personnel responsible for the life insurance and pension insurance and investment funds divisions.

Currently, 30 workers, staff of the institution. The company has started the recruitment of additional staff.

Pacific Life chose Omaha, because the breadth and diversity of its workforce and the availability of workers with plans for financial services companies. Omaha also has shipyards, the whole enterprise Regional Business Center.

Pacific Life lease is approximately 58000 square metres of space.

Would you like to double your money every three years? The Securities and Exchange Commission will not allow companies to sell stocks that promise, but it is implicit in attracting a proposal for a reserve of Normandy, America, a new company, under the direction of 30 years, a Money Manager with an astonishing 10 - Year record.

Normandy America is one of two new businesses - the capital-Re is the other - with the hope of storage and other offerings of business plans. The two companies are in the insurance business, but has not made any secret of its strategy to make a little insurance and a lot of investments in stocks of other companies. Normandy, America presents itself as an inventory Picker extraordinaire, while plans for venture capital focus on investments in the insurance business.

The two companies intend to limit their activity insurance, reinsurance sales policy of insurance companies, where claims are generally not paid for the premiums collected annually. The interval leaves ample time to concentrate on performance, but volatile stocks rather than bonds whose returns are lower but more stable.

The example of this strategy is Warren E. Buffett, chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., which are subsidiaries of national compensation, an insurer with a few large investment portfolio of stocks. And, like Berkshire Hathaway, the two companies is based in Nebraska.

Mr. Buffett, a Nebraskan, it was quite naturally to the establishment of the store in this state. For the two new companies, public insurance schemes are the draw, because they allow investment funds and other investments, whose accounts are not public companies - confidentiality is not available in most other countries, and a shroud that has long contributed, M. Buffett, maneuvers without tipping his hand to investors to imitate his job.

In Normandy, America, hopes the transfer of shares with a value of $ 263 million, Star attraction is Christopher K. Bagdasarian, Investment Manager at Santa Barbara, California, it has the management of millions of dollars of the money because his family he was 19 and, since 1989, president of Criterion Holdings, a private fund management company.

As Mr. Buffett, Mr Bagdasarian can be an excellent investment record. For 1994, the total return on investments Lord Bagdasarian, 24.7 per cent, compared to 1.3 percent for the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index of stocks over the last 10 years of his Total Return average of 29.1 percent, compared with 14.1 per cent for S. & P. An investment that grows at an annual rate of 24 percent doubled in three years.

Unfortunately for potential investors, details of Mr. Bagdasarian successes are sketchy, even after the securities firms, led by Salomon Brothers, the public enterprises has recently added more information on Normandy, America prospectus at the request of the SEC

Unlike a fund that is required to disclose their holdings, Normandy is not the America of all companies whose stocks both for Mr. Bagdasarian.

However, as part of the “Road Show”, where the company is described to potential investors and stockbrokers, investors are seeking, Mr Bagdasarian said many of his investments have the same chance that Mr. Buffett, after hearing two people, presentations. In one case, Mr Bagdasarian went even further, to identify, Coca-Cola and Wells Fargo, given that companies which he bought shares, said an investor who spoke on condition of anonymity. Mr. Buffett is the largest investor in both companies.

But in order not to invite investors to the face-to-face meetings, the prospectus contains only general advice on investment practices Mr. Bagdasarian and philosophy.

During the last 10 years of his practice was to buy a “small number” of companies, particularly in the areas of financial services, media and consumer goods and nondurable with an average market capitalizations of more 7 billion dollars, said the prospectus. It also observes that “few” companies, according to a “significant” earnings and that the best result was stocks, as a rule, in possession of more than five years.

The House Banking Committee today released a version submitted to the bank a greater extent, was defeated by an overwhelming majority on Monday in the House of Representatives.

Permission to provide a bill that more money for the near bankruptcy of the Bank and Fund Insurance banks prefer regulation followed agreement between the end of Tuesday evening Treasury Secretary Nicholas F. Brady and the Committee of the Democratic and Republican leaders, and more controversial issues. This approach reflects the idea that the need to strengthen the Insurance Fund of the bank is also urgent, and other issues, politically unstable, that the two should be divided.

But an attempt to amend the measure at least one of these issues, and banks to open offices across state lines. From Controversées Gone objects

Fields emergency bill controversial elements such as a section allows you to sell banks and securities signing, possibly criticized the fact that banks as too restrictive, and a limited ability to push back, as banks now have to sell insurance. The clashing of the powerful banking, securities and insurance pressure on these factors led to an overall policy that free-for-all has helped scuttle the accounts of the two-storey house.

“I call upon my colleagues to forget the differences of these last few days and the perpetual Drum Beats lobbyists, we could uniting the efforts of refinancing the Bank Insurance Fund,” said Henry B. Gonzalez, Democrat of Texas, chairman of the committee. An authorization broadest measure would be “an invitation to another bloodbath on the ground,” he said.

Lobbyists for several banks and insurance companies have already begun meeting with leaders of the house. At a meeting today with the leader of the majority of the house, Richard A. Gephardt, Democrat of Missouri, lobbyists has been said that the bill is not tight on the voice and spend some provisions should be added to support democratic enough. They include provisions to allow, “he says to decide if they want to participate in intergovernmental banks, provisions for the protection of insurance against competition from banks and a moratorium on the ability of the Federal Reserve, to allow exceptions, that some investment banks for business.

The bill approved today, the Insurance Fund, the bank, with an increase of $ 30 billion in its credit line of cash and would also increase by billions is not specified capacity the health insurance for a loan of taxpayers’ money for operating capital. More oversight sought

Other provisions would increase surveillance on banks and public intervention earlier, if banks are not subject to restrictions on bank loan from the Federal Reserve.

The fund protects depositors geschwunden has about 2 billion dollars and a larger number of banks, they fail, it is expected the money since the beginning of next year.

S. Chalmers representative of Wylie, an Ohio Republican and ranking minority member of the committee, said he had reason to believe that the Rules Committee would allow many changes in provisions. He said that, but each section of the measure is not, except with those in investment banks and insurance.

Mr. Wylie’s approach has been criticized by some members were concerned that banks, the Committee was informed of losing jurisdiction, the bank issues. For example, a large part of the extensive action was rewritted a home energy and the Chamber of Commerce. Fear of intense lobbying

“We are entmannend our own jurisdiction,” said Peter Hoagland representatives, Democrat of Nebraska. “The Committee on Rules do not know how, as we do, and I do not have much confidence in us, at the end with a lot of what we worked.”

Some members doubt whether the committee would do what Mr. Wylie said he would.

Hopefully Steven Berg, born suddenly, as a potential buyer of the New York Post, built a small operation credit to a financial services conglomerate of $ 684 million in assets and thereby trigger actions and frequent battles with the federal state and securities regulatory authorities.

Mr. hoped mountain tentatively agreed to buy the newspaper yesterday, Peter S. Kalikow, provided that to reach agreement with creditors and unions in the next 30 days. Among the complex deal, they agreed on one of the newspapers losses incurred during this period to ensure they have sufficient cash flow. [Page B3. ] ‘My profitable ”

The purchase would be the first participation in a newspaper Let’s hope for Mr. Berg, the chairman of Towers Financial Corporation, a credit operation, buys receivables at a discount.

Mr. hoped mountain have shown interest first of the post two weeks ago in a conversation, “said one of the people in efforts for paper in the economy.

In a telephone interview last night, Mr. hoped mountain, said: “The Post is profitable Towers Financial. We Åre in the economy to a victory. ”

The pattern of complaints and investigations is published in 1976, to begin if a bankruptcy trustee argued that Mr. hoped mountain, was president of the Union Electric Products Corporation, had fraudulently removed assets of the company before its collapse. In 1983, Mr. Berg hoped paid $ 10000 for the event.

After meetings with the regulatory authorities have completed a similar way. Mr. hoped mountain has never been convicted criminal misconduct.

Let us hope that Mr. Berg defends his record company yesterday. “Technical data are not uncommon injuries each operator to the USA,” he said. “We resolve as goodness and quickly as possible.”

But the sale of its models unregistered Securities has been more and more as a recurring problem, it was fortunate the sale of his company finds, in at least three states - Alabama, Louisiana and Nebraska - after documents archived by the company with federal regulators.

The regulatory authorities in Texas, North Carolina, Maryland and New Mexico have Financial Towers, that they are not sell securities without registration, open documents.

’s California Department of Corporations studying Towers for the sale of non-registered High-Yield notes. Disturbing S.E.C.

In August 1988 the sale of securities not received Mr. hope mountaineering and difficulties at the Securities and Exchange Commission. Without the permission of all excesses, towers and Mr. inhabiting hoped mountain resort to civil April 1989.

For most of these problems as surface Towers was charged in his ongoing effort to strengthen the cash it needs for its main sector, buying an abatement of unpaid bills owed to hospitals and The attempt to collect in its entirety.

The company is Discoveries in the insurance business has also attracted the attention of supervisors. Last year, Illinois regulatory authorities appealed against blackmail permanent Towers in charge, let us hope that Mr. Berg stripped away the assets of two insurance companies they bought in 1987, he pushed into bankruptcy.

A study by insurance regulatory authorities in Michigan in the hope Mr. Berg’s Cadillac owned by the insurance company continues, Illinois said the regulatory authorities. Michigan regulatory authorities did not return calls.

In an interview yesterday, hope that Mr. Berg responded to questions about his past, they are often in line with the investigation.

“They have not asked a question positively,” he said. “There are some good people do, what the USA, and is not interested in are. The New York Post, it is not negativity. I am against the negative reports, and recognize that our journalists. ”

Mr. Berg hoped efforts to buy the Post began on Saturday. William D. Fugazy, a businessman, he is the president of the National Coalition ethnic organizations, expressed the hope that Mr. Berg asked him his ranch in Pine Plains, NY, and asked: “Can I approach the publisher, Peter Kalikow, and I was doing.” Mr. Fugazy, a friend of Mr. Kalikow said the owner of La Poste interrupted during a meeting with union leaders.

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. said Thursday the fourth quarter, operating income increased by 56 per cent, supported by gains in the insurance business, a year after paying billions in hurricane claims.

The outcome of the Omaha, Nebraska, insurance and investment company rose $ US2.87 billion, or $ US1, 859 per Class A share, from $ US1.84 billion , Or $ US1, 196 a year earlier. The turnover increased by 3 percent to $ US26.23 billion.

Analysts predict an average of $ US1, 401 per share, according to Reuters Estimates.

Net income, including gains and losses from investments, fell by 30 per cent to $ US3.58 billion, or $ US2, 323 per share, primarily because last year a large profit Procter & Gamble Co. ’s acquisition of Gillette Co., a large portion Berkshire holding.

Ensemble of the year net profits grew by 29 percent to $ US11.02 billion, or $ US7, 144 per share, while operating income increased 86 percent to $ US9.31 billion, or $ US6, 036 per share.

After a difficult 2005 season, storm, Hurricane Katrina, Berkshire feared an increase in premiums, amid storm over many competitors, and interfaces back on subscription. But the 2006 hurricane season was docile, lower insurance payments.

“Our main activities, insurance, enjoys a large portion of luck: the nature of mother, bless her heart, went on vacation,” wrote Buffett in his annual letter to shareholders of Berkshire.

Known as the Oracle of Omaha, Buffett, Berkshire since 1965 by a textile company is not a conglomerate of $ US164 billion by purchasing Out-of-favor company management with a strong and businesses, and invest in equities.

Berkshire Class A share closed Thursday up $ US410 to $ US106, 600 at the New York Stock Exchange and its Class B shares rose $ US31 $ US3, 554

The class A-23 percent shares rose last year, compared with profits of 9 percent by Standard & Poor’s 500

There are hundreds of doctors and medical workers in a suburb of St. Louis, last month, President Bush once again on a neurosurgeon on stage with him in the small auditorium. The doctor said the president was paying $ 265000 per year for insurance premiums against unfair trade receivables.

Such high prices “,” not to be started in a room or a review of the operating room, “President said. “You get into a courtroom.”

Indeed, in many recent appearances, Mr. Bush made the “skyrocketing” to “junk e-mail complaints against doctors and hospitals.

But for all those who are concerned about rising medical costs, legal costs do not seem to be at the root of the recent increase in the abuse of insurance premiums. The government and industry data show a modest increase in requests misconduct during the last ten years. And during the last year is the trend for payments for claims against doctors unfair and other health professionals turned sharply down, 8.9 per cent fall on an area totaling $ 4.6 billion, according to figures from the Health and Human Services Department.

“It is one of the underlying cost push,” said J. Robert Hunter, director of insurance for the Consumer Federation of America, is a former regulatory authority of insurance in Texas. “But it was not a grand jury explosion of judgments or settlements. It is a permanent drop, drops each year.”

Complaints against doctors are just one of several factors have meant that the cost for medical liability insurance right to say professionals. Lately, more important factors appear to be declining profits of insurance companies and the natural evolution of competition in the industry.

The recent summit of premiums - is now a sign of a sense - says more about the insurance business to him on the judicial system.

“You have received this price shock insurance, at regular intervals, and it attracts much attention,” said Frank A. Sloan, an economist at Duke University, has been proven by the following trends for medical nearly 20 years. “They are the result of an operation flow of many things.”

Data from two, the federal government and organizations have a cost of insurance for insurance companies climbing steadily over the past ten years, at an average annual rate of about 3 to cent, after taking into account inflation. In most of the premiums for this period rose by doctors modest and sometimes even dropped as the insurance companies battled for market share in a Gerangel to collect more money to invest heavily in equities, bonds and markets. But if markets acid and the reserves of insurers shriveled companies began to double and triple the costs for doctors.

“Insurers have to get up where it should have,” said Larry Smarr, president of the Physician Insurers Association of America, a group of companies trading over 60 percent of the nation medical insurance found.

Of course, recognizes the impact of industry practices and forces on prices, Mr. Smarr and many others in the insurance sector remains in regard to litigation as their main problem. Claims of the art medical errors are typically complex and are rarely paid without a trial or the threat of an appeal. If insurance companies could find a way to limit payments for the shares, they say they can reduce their costs.

President Bush, supported by the insurance industry and the American Medical Association, proposed a solution: a national border, which can be attributed to Juries in medical malpractice cases. Such a limitation or cap, has often been cited by the president as an important element of the so-called tort reform - limiting what Mr. Bush asks frivolen expensive and costumes.

The Bush administration insists on a limit of $ 250000 jury awards for victims of medical errors and their families pain and suffering. No limitation would be in the situation on the more quantifiable payments for economic losses, including medical costs and lost wages.

Call the introduction of national legislation such errors limits of the art of medicine - traditionally left to each country - is at least one month. Still, the administration has been strengthened by a stronger Republican majority in the Senate and House of Representatives and last week the signing of the law of action, many actions of a class action by the Federal Tribunal , Suddenly their potential effects on limiting spread.

Milliardaire Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has declared itself ready, trade 16.3 per cent of their share to White Mountains Insurance Group for two subsidiaries and $ 751 million (€ 489 million).

Berkshire Hathaway has been an investor in White Mountains since 2001, and Omaha, Nebraska company has currently set at 1.7 million shares White Mountains.

In addition to cash, Berkshire obtain Commercial Casualty Insurance Co. and American International Group. These two companies have had the fortune gross approximately $ 435 million (€ 283 million).

White Mountains Ray Barrette said the CEO of Berkshire investment in White Mountains contributed to what companies buy CGU / One Beacon in 2001. The CGU purchase of property and accident insurance businesses helped, White Mountains extend beyond reinsurance.

“White Mountains is now a more diversified economy, competition, active in many areas of Berkshire Hathaway,” said Barrette. “There is a gracious added value to our paths separated.

Berkshire already owns several large insurance companies, including insurance provision Geico and General Re giant.

A Berkshire Hathaway spokeswoman said Monday that business executive would not immediately available for comment.

The transaction is expected during the third quarter of 2008. The conditions of the transaction value Berkshire’s White Mountains shares of $ 836 million (€ 545 million) or $ 485 per share, based on the closing price if the transaction was agreed.

Berkshire paid $ 369 million (€ 240.55 million) for bearings to White Mountains, automobile insurance sold by its offer Esurance division and reinsurance by White Mountains Re

The action of the share has declined, White Mountains $ 17 or 3.6 percent to $ 461 in early trade on Monday morning. Berkshire Hathaway’s Class A share slipping $ 805 or less than 1 percent to $ 133000th

White Mountains, about 8.8 million shares after the Deal. The White Mountains Corporate headquarters are located in Hamilton, Bermuda, but first executive office is located in Hanover, New Hampshire.

The two companies have structured the transaction so that neither one expected, registering a taxable income of the transaction.

In addition to insurance companies, Berkshire owns clothing, furniture, natural gas, Corporate Jet and sweets. Berkshire also has major investments in companies such as Coca-Cola Co. and Wells Fargo & Co.

Berkshire Hathaway, the holding company of billionaire investor Warren Buffett, said Friday that its fourth-quarter earnings fell to 18 per cent decline in the price of insurance.

Net income fell to $ 2.95 billion or $ 1904 a stake of $ 3.58 billion, or $ 2323, a year earlier, Omaha, Nebraska-based company said. Berkshire, nearly half of its profit from insurance business units, including cases of national insurance compensation and auto insurers Geico.

Berkshire has been scaling up the coast again seizure of property, given that the maximum prices of their property by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Operating income, for which profits from the sale of Petro-China single share and other items, went up to $ 1518 a share, arrears of $ 1613 an average of three estimates of analysts Bloomberg.

“There is a quantity of Berkshire, which are difficult to repeat under pressure from their performances” of a year ago, including insurers, “said Frank Betz at Carret Zane Capital Management in Warren, New Jersey.

From loss of investment, Fallout from the collapse of the Subprime mortgage market, claims by California wildfire and reducing the rate of accidents caused declining profits or losses in 21 of 24 members of the KBW Insurance Index.

Business insurance rates slid 12% this quarter, according to data provided by the Washington Council on the basis of an insurance agent and insurance. Price of reinsurance, which is the coverage insurance companies, it fell more than 15 per cent in January renewal season, Willis Group Holdings, a provision of insurance brokerage.

Buffett, 77, Berkshire built in the last four decades, with dozens of acquisitions. With insurance and reinsurance operations and a portfolio of shares with a value of $ 78 billion Sept. 30, Berkshire began the candy company of public participation in decision-making and jewelry supply and Corporate Jet Leasing.

Berkshire has been investing in countries including China, United Kingdom and Israel for the Advancement of profit growth. Now Buffett is developing in the insurance bond.

Berkshire began a new loan in December insurers compete with companies such as MBIA and Ambac Financial Group, the loading station over rivals to guarantee payment on the municipal debt while avoiding the mortgage securities Constitutes danger to their ratings of credit.

Berkshire has increased by 32 per cent of shares in New York for trade in the past 12 months and won in 4700 on 20 per cent in 31 years in December, about six times more than the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, including dividends.

If Ajit Jain, vol McKinsey as a consultant two decades ago, he said a colleague, it would be the monitoring of insurance companies Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett’s investment company, although little about business .

Once in Berkshire, Jain placed ads in industry publications on the risk to companies and insurance companies $ 1 million or more in annual premiums.

“He said:” I think I am a full-page ads that say, ‘We are looking at any risk, send us your suggestions, “said John Parker, a colleague at McKinsey Jain.” It was so Buffett. Buffett Berkshire basically built with words, “Send us your job” and then only answer the phone, “said Parker, now principal of the consulting firm Katzenbach Partners of Chicago.

Today, Jain, 54, spoke the day after Buffett, Berkshire’s 75 years, Chairman and Chief Executive, and the cash-Jainhas Galantamin - $ 1.7 billion per year on average since 1998 - has contributed to making him a candidate for Buffett to investors successor.

Buffett’s admiration of the Jain of underwriting discipline places him on every list of potential successors, said David Winters, manager of a fine winter Green-advisers. “It was an incredible asset for the shareholders of Berkshire, over the years,” said Winters, Berkshire reserve for its own account, more than a decade. “The man has a very serious situation, Insurance brain.

Buffett, second richest in the world is fuelling human succession of interest last month, pledged to donate Berkshire shares worth more than $ 37 billion, or 85 percent of its shares in the company, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and four family charities.

He said in March that the Committee had considered the possibility that it might be unable to elect a successor less than three “reasonably young” top Berkshire executives.

He would not identify the board of directors is elected. Speculation investors this year has focused mainly on Jain, chairman of Berkshire a division of reinsurance - insurance for insurance companies - and David Sokol, 49, Chief Executive of Berkshire’s MidAmerican Energy Holdings.

Investors also mention Joseph Brandon, 47, the Chief Executive of General Re, a reinsurance unit of Berkshire, Richard Ulli Sant, 61, cours, NetJets, an operator of private jets and Tony Nicely, 63, Executive Director of ‘auto insurance company Geico Unit.

But Jain, born in India has been at the Investors’ lists of potential successors the longest, said Tom Russo, a partner at Gardner, Russo & Gardner.

“He personally supervised probably a commitment of funds for more Berkshire than anyone else over a very long period,” said Russo.

Jain specializes in so-called mega-catastrophe coverage on the risks, so that competitors. He assured the Sears Tower in Chicago, North America’s tallest building, and the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

Based in Stamford, Connecticut, Jain group of about 30 people generates float, the pool of insurance premiums to invest before paying, says, 16.23 billion in 2005.

In 2005, Jain companies were responsible for $ 3.96 billion of 22 billion dollars of revenue generated by Berkshire insurance premium for the whole group. The last year, the company Jain $ 3.7 billion from $ 21.1 billion for the group, and in 2003 it has raised $ 4.4 billion $ 21.5 billion.

Jain’s focus on generating revenue after its entry in Berkshire in 1986 is reflected in an ad taken in the journal Business-assurance: “We are looking for more - more likely in which the premium of more than $ 1000000 Berkshire Hathaway Insurance Group currently has more than $ 2 billion surplus - that’s right, $ 2 billion. And because we reserve the risk itself rather than the off in the uncertain world of reinsurance, we have the flexibility to respond to the challenges your specific needs. ”

Investing in the installation of ways to liquidate the insurance business of his being helped Buffett second in wealth for Gates, chairman of Microsoft.Buffett ‘annual shareholder letters containing praise for Jain. In his letter of 2005, Buffett has called an “extraordinary Manager”. The year before he wrote that “the value Ajit Berkshire is enormous.” During the previous year, he said: “It is impossible to overestimate its importance for Berkshire.

Frank Betz, a fund manager at Carret Zane Capital Management, said that Jain adapt to the “family Berkshire” mixture with investors in the company annual meetings of the weekend and the rest attendees.Jain easel paintings is remember every card played, as amiably conversations with other players.

If Tennessee Business students from around the world have visited the second richest man, Warren Buffett, in his base in Nebraska during the last year, they gave an autobiography of a local magnate and mobile homes.

Buffett has apparently impressed by the reading, that his company Berkshire Hathaway, has injected $ 1.7 billion to buy soon after Magnat’s concern.

As a result, the so-called Sage of Omaha, 40 doctoral students visit to the Berkshire share certificates with a value of £ 2500 “Treat them as our expense,” he says of the University of Tennessee scientists.

Buffett can afford large odd gesture. In value of $ 180bn, its vast empire owns large blocks of shares, as 10Mia $ Coca-Cola, and is a holding company subsidiaries 65, nearly 173000 people.

Now, it seems Buffett moves on the Square Mile. It hides behind a plan that could see him controlling a large part of the insurance market with a value of tens of billions of pounds. Last week, it turned out that Buffett is a cornerstone of the investor in a bid to consolidate fragmented unions, Lloyd’s of London. The vehicle, headed by insurance-City veteran Michael Wade and brokerage Collins Stewart, increased by £ 135m of AIM to invest in the financial statements of Lloyd’s companies.

Apart from the introduction of a significant interest in the market for Lloyd’s, now profitable, after years of recession, which could move, kidnapping lucrative re-insurance business - in other words, Buffett is insurance for insurers.

For Buffett, the move, a key role to play. Many regard his “popular” investment philosophy with respect Not surprisingly, the Old Testament for a prophet. But his disciples have a time delay confused. The 73 years was recently at the centre of political controversy, through its support to the Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger and Democratic presidential candidates John Kerry hopes, in his bid to defeat George Bush.

Buffett is an adviser to Kerry, after Bush publicly balance of important tax relief for the rich and large corporations, and requested that the multinational stop tax evasion.

For the last four years, he had a mesmeric. His net worth, $ 42.9bn, is now slightly on the fact that one of the richest men, Bill Gates, whose fortune is $ 46bn of Forbes. The shareholders of Berkshire have since March 2000, followed by the wind in his shadow. Then, shares with a value of $ 41,300. Today, it is closed to $ 90,600.

Buffett spent a large portion of years ninety verspottet as a man yesterday. His refusal to invest in dotcoms, businesses, because he does not understand, she saw its market share rising from the fall gathered momentum.

But his fortune yet, contrary to the actions accelerated. And given that companies store, Buffett hoovered fire in the selling price. Companies owned by Buffett are part of the furniture, carpets, jewelry, candy, natural gas and corporate jets.

It is behind recently revealed plans to build a gas pipeline, releasing 35 trillion cubic feet of natural gas - and perhaps three times as much as unfounded ago at this time - in the hills north of Alaska’s . This is essential for a growing integration of the U.S. supply gap.

Even the attacks of September 11 has proved profitable for companies Buffett’s insurance, in these days form the backbone of his empire. Buffett warns that everywhere in America was a potential target. His comments helped push the terrorism premium on the roof - and everything in its Bottom-Line. Buffett’s General Reinsurance is a leading supplier to collect terrorism, even if it took a multi-billion dollars in the wake of successful attacks. Buffett has changed in recent weeks, has won a licence to trade in reinsurance in China.

And if Buffett change his opinion, it always seems to work. At his side’s plus-loud and clear rejection of the technology, it was a very lucrative. In 2002, he invested $ 100 in technology through participation in Level 3 Communications, which was acquired by cable Distressed companies. Shares of the USA demands last February showed Buffett out of stock level 3 to $ 200m, doubling his money.

But in recent weeks, the shine has come off. Buffett is sitting on a pile of silver over $ 40bn - two times higher than a year ago - it is admitted to the negligible interest deserve.

His last sentence was the first quarter results, profits fell 10 percent. Lost to have confidence in the stock market, Berkshire $ 12bn moves in five different currencies - its largest investment in the last two years. He bet huge sums on the decline in the dollar thanks to its trade deficit.

But he bungled a $ 18bn bet on a last quarter in a weaker dollar and has lost more than $ 600 in five weeks. The results eliminated the $ 6.8bn Shareholder Value in a single day in May.

Today, investors are increasingly nervous to be, finally, when he is retired. And in recent months, there have been calls from the direction of Calpers, the California state pension fund for him step on the Board of Directors of Coca-Cola, where he is a significant shareholder, while Buffett easily defeated the attempt.