Billionnaire Warren Buffett to teach kids about finance


	Billionnaire Warren Buffett to teach kids about finance

mmlee

7-25-2009 3:32 AM

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Buffett launching internet cartoon series to tutor kids about finance on the "Secret Millionaire's Club"

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7-25-2009 3:38 AM

mmlee

This should be interesting ... whose money will be used?

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spurred countless Americans to take their first steps as
investors, is taking his insights to the online playground.     </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=atIJc2aTQXkM"><P>The billionaire will tutor tots about finance in an
Internet cartoon series scheduled to start this year or early
next, producers <A target="_blank" href="http://www.a2entertain.com/">A Squared Entertainment LLC</A> and <A href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=TWX:US">Time Warner
Inc.</A>’s AOL said in a statement. <A href="http://search.bloomberg.com/search?q=Martha+Stewart&site=wnews&client=wnews&proxystylesheet=wnews&output=xml_no_dtd&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&filter=p&getfields=wnnis&sort=date:D:S:d1">Martha Stewart</A>, model <A href="http://search.bloomberg.com/search?q=Gisele%0ABundchen&site=wnews&client=wnews&proxystylesheet=wnews&output=xml_no_dtd&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&filter=p&getfields=wnnis&sort=date:D:S:d1">Gisele
Bundchen</A> and the late astronomer <A href="http://search.bloomberg.com/search?q=Carl+Sagan&site=wnews&client=wnews&proxystylesheet=wnews&output=xml_no_dtd&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&filter=p&getfields=wnnis&sort=date:D:S:d1">Carl Sagan</A> will also appear in
their own series.     </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=atIJc2aTQXkM">Buffett’s character will host the “Secret Millionaire’s
Club,” where kids “have adventures in business and learn
financial lessons,”</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=atIJc2aTQXkM">The chairman and chief
executive officer of <A href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=BRK:US">Berkshire Hathaway Inc.</A> came up with the
idea and title himself, said A Squared co-President <A href="http://search.bloomberg.com/search?q=Andy%0AHeyward%2C&site=wnews&client=wnews&proxystylesheet=wnews&output=xml_no_dtd&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&filter=p&getfields=wnnis&sort=date:D:S:d1">Andy
Heyward,</A> who produced movies for Buffett’s annual meetings.     </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=atIJc2aTQXkM">The 3-to-5-minute episodes will be introduced on AOL sites
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