INVESTOR WARREN BUFFETT AT THE KING DAVID HOTEL IN JERUSALEM

Billionaire and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Warren Buffett prepares to speak at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, September 18, 2006. Buffett paid four billion dollars for 80 percent of the Israeli Company, Iscar Metalworking in northern Israel. (UPI Photo/Debbie Hill)

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