Mr Buffett is a modest, laid-back and fabulously wealthy guy.
巴菲特是个谨慎、低调并拥有惊人财富的家伙。
Mr Buffett, no idle flatterer, describes Goldman as “exceptional”.
巴菲特先生显然不是无所事事的马屁精，他将高盛描述为”异常出色”。
Mr Buffett says loopholes mean the richest pay relatively less tax.
巴菲特先前表示，税制漏洞导致最富有的人却承担相对较少的税额。
In January he had recommended that Mr Buffett buy Lubrizol, a chemicals firm.
今年一月索科尔推荐巴菲特购买一家化学品公司路博润(Lubrizol)公司的股票。
But hardest to value of all is how Mr Buffett allocates the prodigious cash flow from these holdings.
但最难估值的，是巴菲特如何配置这些持仓产生的巨额现金流。
Mr Buffett seemed to have picked another winner.
巴菲特似乎又找到了一家成功的公司。
American business adores its legends and Mr Buffett holds Arthurian status.
美国商界热爱圈内的传奇人物，而巴菲特的地位就相当于亚瑟王。
Berkshire is seen as a buyer of choice, Mr Buffett says, by many owners of good, non-public companies.
巴菲特表示很多好的私有公司都认为伯克希尔公司是最好的买家。
But Mr Buffett has issued a much-needed vote of confidence in the firm and its embattled chief executive, Jeffrey Immelt.
然而巴菲特的入股已经给通用和其备受责难的首席执行官杰夫里·伊梅尔特投了一张急需的信任票。
He may not have had the final say in whether to bid-that lay with Mr Buffett, his partner, Charlie Munger, and the board.
他也许在收购一事上并没有最终决定权——那属于巴菲特和他的合伙人查理·芒格(CharlieMunger)以及公司董事会。
As a famously canny value investor, it is hardly surprising that Mr Buffett has an excellent understanding of his own value.
作为一个以精明著称的价值投资者，巴菲特理所当然地对其自身价值有着非常清楚的认识。
Unlike Mr Buffett, a stickler for corporate governance, they offer the prospect of receiving cash without giving up any power.
在公司治理问题上，巴菲特会坚持己见，但与他不同的是，主权基金提供了“拿到现金，但不用放弃任何权力”的前景。
These savings were the basis of his fortune—the snowball of Alice Schroeder’s title growing steadily bigger as Mr Buffett pushed it through life.
这些积蓄是他未来财富的基础—就像AliceSchroeder书名中的雪球一样，巴菲特先生一生都在推动它，使它越滚越大。
Mr Buffett says Mr Sokol had mentioned that he owned Lubrizol shares when they first discussed the company. No evidence has emerged that he continued to buy or sell after then.
巴菲特指出，在首次谈论收购路博润公司时，索科尔就承认他拥有该公司股票，没有证据显示索科尔在谈论后有继续买卖行为。
As Mr Buffett himself has put it: adherents of the theory, "observing correctly that the market was frequently efficient, went on to conclude incorrectly that it was always efficient."
正如巴菲特先生自己所说的那样：拥护该理论的人“正确地看到市场一般情况下是有效率的，但进而又错误地认定市场总是有效率的。”
Mr Buffett thinks this is still “very expensive currency” to acquire Cadbury, but as the amount of new stock is less than 20% of existing capital, Kraft no longer needs shareholder approval.
巴菲特先生认为购买吉百利仍然“代价十分昂贵”，但由于新股的总额小于现存资本的20%，因此此项交易不需要股东的赞成。
Not only is Mr Buffett giving away the bulk of his fortune, but he is also handing it to the Gates Foundation, reasoning that the Microsoft founder and his wife would do a better job of disbursing it.
巴菲特先生不但捐出了自己大部分的财富，还将其托付给盖茨基金会，理由是他认为微软的创始人和他的夫人能更好地使用这笔善款。
As it turned out, his father responded with 'only this unconditional love... An unconditional belief in me,' Mr. Buffett says.
巴菲特说，最终他的父亲给了他无条件的爱和无条件的信心。
Berkshire's insurance businesses generated first-quarter underwriting profit that was' a little larger 'than during the same period a year earlier, Mr. Buffett reported.
巴菲特说，公司保险业务一季度的承保利润较去年同期略有上升。
Mr. Buffett used his vast cash stockpile to scoop up bargains, including a $5 billion investment in Goldman Sachs Group preferred shares.
巴菲特利用自己庞大的现金储备四处搜寻“物美价廉”的好买卖，包括斥资50亿美元买了高盛集团(GoldmanSachs Group)的优先股。
Mr. Buffett 'knows exactly what he wants and he's pretty fair,' Mr. Rose told Fox Business News.
罗斯对福克斯商业新闻频道(Fox Business News)表示，巴菲特非常清楚自己要什么，而且他也相当公道。
Mr. Buffett turned 79 years old in August and continues to hold an iron grip on Berkshire, a sprawling empire of diverse companies.
8月份过了79岁生日的巴菲特仍牢牢地掌控着业务多样、不断扩张的伯克希尔哈撒韦。
Some Berkshire watchers speculate that Mr. Buffett has held back from naming Mr. Sokol his successor because he remains undecided about whether he is the best man for the job.
一些关注伯克希尔的人士猜测，巴菲特对提名索科尔为自己的继任人感到踌躇，因为他依然不能确定索科尔是担任伯克希尔公司掌门人的最佳人选。
Some Berkshire watchers speculate that Mr. Buffett has held back from naming Mr. Sokol his successor because he remains undecided about whether he is the best man for the job.
一些关注伯克希尔的人士猜测，巴菲特对提名索科尔为自己的继任人感到踌躇，因为他依然不能确定索科尔是担任伯克希尔公司掌门人的最佳人选。
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