Buffett & Goldman: Paved with Gold, man

In the credit boom, some said Warren Buffett had lost his touch. Now the Berkshire Hathaway boss has collected what looks like a canny investment in Goldman Sachs, Wall Street’s strongest name. The folksy Sage of Omaha looks right back on form. It’s more than 20 years since Buffett dabbled with investing in Salomon Brothers, before being called on to run the struggling firm for a while. In the meantime, he has always had an eye for an investing bargain provided the operation concerned has what ...