{"id":351637,"date":"2010-02-22T22:29:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-23T03:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3087194156628161158.post-7434172670612882584"},"modified":"2010-02-22T22:31:43","modified_gmt":"2010-02-23T03:31:43","slug":"cnbc-billionaire-warren-buffett-dines-with-canadian-investment-firm-that-paid-us1-68m-in-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/351637","title":{"rendered":"CNBC: Billionaire Warren Buffett dines with Canadian investment firm that paid US$1.68M in auction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><span>By: <\/span>The Associated Press  |  22 Feb 2010  |  06:34 PM  ET  <script language=\"javascript\">   function UpdateTimeStamp(pdt) {    var n = document.getElementById(\"udtD\");    if(pdt != '' && n && window.DateTime) {     var dt = new DateTime();     pdt = dt.T2D(pdt);     if(dt.GetTZ(pdt)) {n.innerHTML = dt.D2S(pdt,((''.toLowerCase()=='false')?false:true));}    }   }   UpdateTimeStamp('634024784470000000');<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fL w635 lower_hd_section\" style=\"\" archive=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:workbench:xslt:archive\">\n<div class=\"fR tool_textsize padR\"><span class=\"cnbc_sbhd_comp fL padR\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">setDefault('cnbc_textbody');<\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"textBodyBlack\"><span id=\"byLine\"><\/span>NEW YORK &#8211; The Canadian investment firm that paid US$1.68 million last year to win lunch with billionaire investor Warren Buffett has collected its prize.<\/p>\n<p class=\"textBodyBlack\"><span id=\"byLine\"><\/span>Buffett dined with Salida Capital officials at the Smith and Wollensky restaurant in New York.<\/p>\n<p class=\"textBodyBlack\"><span id=\"byLine\"><\/span>The proceeds from Buffett&#8217;s annual charity lunch auction benefits the Glide Foundation, which provides social services to San Francisco&#8217;s homeless and poor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"textBodyBlack\"><span id=\"byLine\"><\/span>Salida Capital paid less than the previous year&#8217;s winner who plunked down US$2.1 million to meet with Buffett.<\/p>\n<p class=\"textBodyBlack\"><span id=\"byLine\"><\/span>In an interview with The Associated Press, Buffett said the group would discuss a broad range of topics. 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Buffett dined with Salida Capital officials at the Smith and Wollensky restaurant in New York. 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