Warren Buffett News: Philanthropy Course, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK.A) & New Deputies of H.J. Heinz Company (HNZ)

Buffett Deputies Join Heinz Board as Lynnn Swann Departs (Bloomberg)
Gregory Abel and Tracy Britt, two of Warren Buffett’s deputies who have been adding responsibilities at Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A), were selected by the billionaire to join him as directors of H.J. Heinz Company (NYSE:HNZ). Jorge Paulo Lemann, whose 3G Capital bought the ketchup maker this month with Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A) for $28.8 billion, also is on the board with two representatives of his firm, Alexandre Behring and Marcel Herrmann Telles, according to a regulatory filing last week. They replaced directors including Lynn Swann, the former wide receiver for the National Football League’s Pittsburgh Steelers.

The Future of Natural Gas Transportation (DailyFinance)
One home-run investing opportunity has been slipping under Wall Street’s radar for months. But it won’t stay hidden much longer. Forward-thinking energy players such as General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) and Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) have already plowed sizable amounts of research capital into this little-known stock, because they know it holds the key to the explosive profit power of the coming “no choice fuel revolution.” Luckily, there’s still time for you to get on board if you act quickly. All the details are inside an exclusive report from The Motley Fool. Click here for the full story! For some newer avenues that natural gas might find itself headed down, look no further than railway and marine transportation. Already, there has been public buy-in from some of the biggest companies in the United States. Earlier this year, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A) made it well known that its portfolio company…

Finance guru Warren Buffet’s tips for financial security (PunjabNewsLine)
India’s GDP grew by 5 per cent in the financial year 2012-13, lowest in the last decade. It seems the 2008 recession still looms large on our daily lives. While a common man cannot do much about macroeconomic indicators, it is time to revisit, learn and imbibe timeless personal finance lessons from the maestro to overcome financial shocks in life. “If you buy things you don’t need, you will soon sell things you need”.- Warren Buffett All of us suffer from the urge to splurge and we justify our spending using the pretext of special occasions, peer pressure, lifestyle, family, emotions and even smart decisions.