2013-05-06 Warren Buffett Squawk Box Transcript
This is an unofficial transcript of Warren Buffett and Bill Gate appearing live on CNBC’s Squawk Box on Monday, May 6, 2013 from 6 am ET to 9 am ET. ANNOUNCER: The Oracle of Omaha. WARREN BUFFETT: Well, if you have any left over, yeah, mark 'em down, I'll buy one. (LAUGH) ANNOUNCER: Warren Buffett gathering with his faithful. BUFFETT: Let Charlie try and do this. (LAUGHTER) ANNOUNCER: Now he sits down with Squawk Box for a three hour long conversation, the economy, the markets, the business of Berkshire Hathaway. A special presentation begins right now. (MUSIC) BECKY QUICK: Good morning, everybody. Welcome to Squawk Box here on CNBC. I'm Becky Quick, reporting live from Omaha this morning. Joe Kernen and Andrew Ross Sorkin are back at headquarters on the East Coast. We have the man of the morning with us, Warren Buffett. Obviously we have a lot to talk about with him, including stock records runs, the Fed, bonds, the dollar and his deal for Heinz. But first, before we get to all of that, Joe and Andrew will have a short round up of the morning's top headlines. And guys, I'll send it over to you. JOE KERNEN: Okay. Hello. Good morning. Hello, hello— BECKY: Hello. Good morning. JOE: How are you? Hi— Warren. BUFFETT: Well, yeah I— you— JOE: I keep hearing you talk about me, Warren. No one knows what the heck you said, so— I— I don't know. It's like who— (LAUGH) it's like one of the answers you get— BECKY: No, I— (OVERTALK) CNBC SQUAWK BOX TRANSCRIPT: Monday, May 6, 2013 PAGE 1 OF 70 JOE: —to a lot of questions.
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