Buffett described his four-day trip through Frankfurt, Lausanne, Madrid and Milan as a "deferred shopping tour"--a chance to formally announce his intention to cut deals in Europe and make clear just what it is he is looking for.

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In Ginza, Tokyo's high-end shopping district, a group of 34 tourists from Sweden was riding a large tour bus after shopping on a recent afternoon.

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Microsoft was also hitting the road Thursday with a 25 U.S. city "Meet Me Tour" at shopping malls across the country.

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Start your day of shopping with an early morning tour of old world Arabia at Souq Waqif, located behind the crescent-moon shaped waterfront Corniche.

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There will also be a janitors "walk-out" at the Westfield Shopping Mall, a march and street festival and an afternoon "bus tour of the San Francisco 1%, " according to a press release Monday from the San Francisco Labor Council, one of the organizations that is part of the effort.

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