Change Buffett to almost any other Billionaire in this country - What Billionaire who came out publicly voicing his opinion for George W Bush benefited like Buffett did in his 5 Billion dollar preferred stock stake in Goldman Sachs?

They'll become consumers and one billion consumers are not small change.God speed USA and God save us all....

China said to be buying U.S. mortgagesThe China Investment Corp. is set to invest up to $2 billion in mortgage-backed securities because it considers the housing market set for a recovery.

Did Bill mention in his marketing piece that his 5 billion dollars was just on paper?

According to the Short Sale Kid he has done over a billion dollar in loans but without a trace.

The case by the SEC is 09 Civ. 6829 (JSR), and googling that leads you to http://www.docstoc.com/docs/11397920/SEC-v-B-of-AWhich is the memorandum order, and it spells out the whos, whats, and whyfores, in courtspeak.But, in short, In the Complaint in this case, filed August 3, 2009, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“S.E.C.â€) alleges, in stark terms, that defendant Bank of America Corporation materially lied to its shareholders in the proxy statement of November 3, 2008 that solicited the shareholders’ approval of the $50 billion acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co.

-ScottAlso shows much developing can actually cost alot more then you plan, orignally set at a 4 billion dollar project ending up costing around 11 billion, and thats with losing 25 storys on one of the hotels!

If you have a billion dollars at your disposal, your not only worried about cash flow, your worried about performance (top line and bottom line), quality of portfolio, number of units, etc.For us individual investors it is about capital preseveration, hence the 50% rule, 2% rule, Mike's rule, etc.

Yes, well...What if the incentive was one BILLION dollars?

Medicare is broke (even before the Socialist in Chief takes $500 Billion out of it to pay for socialized healthcare).