It's not really news that Warren Buffett is pleased with the job Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke are doing. What would have been surprising is if he wasn't.
Buffett, one of the world's most revered investors and chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A Quote), praised Geithner and said he couldn't see how the country could have done better than having Bernanke at the helm of the central bank, praising his decisive leadership in a series of interviews before his lunch with a Chinese investment manager who bid $2.1 million in a charity auction to dine with the Oracle of Omaha.
Financial companies, like Buffett holdings Wells Fargo (WFC Quote), US Bancorp (USB Quote), American Express (AXP Quote) and Goldman Sachs (GS Quote), certainly couldn't have done much better. ...
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