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Republicans in the US House of Representatives pass a bill that will raise the national borrowing limit, but only in conjunction with drastic spending cuts, as they seek to avert a potentially ruinous looming credit default. IMAGES
'The Deals of Warren Buffett Volume 2: The Making of a Billionaire' reveals how Buffet gave Microsoft founder Bill Gates some 'marital' advice. According to Markets Insider, the Berkshire Hathaway boss took Gates and his future wife, Melinda, ring shopping at Borsheims--one of Buffet's businesses. That's when Buffett told Gates that he'd spent 6% of his net wealth on an engagement ring in 1951--and Gates should do the same. At the time of the 1993 romantic shopping trip, Gates was worth around $6.2 billion. Unfortunately for Buffet, Gates declined to shell out $370 million — nearly $660 million in today's dollars.
The U.S. House of Representatives approved on Friday a $1.1 trillion spending bill to fund government agencies. The bill now heads to the Senate. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
A bill to end spy agencies' bulk collection of Americans' telephone records was blocked by the Senate, leaving the fate of the program uncertain. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Before the U.S. Senate voted to pass a trillion-dollar spending bill that ended the threat of a government shutdown, bitter partisanship on the Senate floor. Gavino Garay reports.
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