OMAHA — Billionaire Warren Buffett said Wednesday that the economy has not yet had any bounce and will take some time to recover, but he complimented the government’s efforts over the past year to solve the problems.
Berkshire Hathaway’s chairman and chief executive conducted live television interviews Wednesday in New York. He later had lunch with a Chinese investment manager who bid $2.1 million in a charity auction to dine with the Oracle of Omaha.
Buffett joked that he had hoped the cataract surgery he had a couple of weeks ago would help him see the “green shoots” of recovery others have talked about.
Buffett also said that Apple should have disclosed Steve Jobs’ liver transplant because it’s relevant to investors, and they’re likely to find out anyway. “Certainly, Steve Jobs is important to Apple. It’s a material fact,” he said on CNBC. Buffett said he would disclose any serious health issues to Berkshire shareholders.
