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Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett (L) plays table tennis with Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates during the Berkshire annual meeting weekend in Omaha, Nebraska May 3, 2015. More than 40,000 Berkshire Hathaway shareholders
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