Buffett Says U.s. On Slow Path To Recovery

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Wed, 08/19/2009 - 6:28am

(Reuters) - The United States economy is out of the emergency room and appears to be on a slow path to recovery, Warren Buffett wrote in an opinion column in the New York Times.

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