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• Finance10/04/2026@EconDesk

  Buffett's New York Times Op-Ed: "Buy American. I Am."

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  Starts 10/16/2008CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins81% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 81%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better18.0 years agoThe Motley Fool^[3] calls it "Warren Buffett's Oct. 16 New York Times op-ed" and Zacks (Seeking Alpha^[2]) says he wrote it on Oct 16, 2008 and it appeared in print on Oct 17; the republished text carries the October 17, 2008 print date, so the day is the 16th by two sources.

  On 16 October 2008, at the height of the financial crisis, Warren Buffett wrote in The New York Times that he was buying American stocks in his personal account and urged investors to be greedy when others are fearful.

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• Finance10/04/2026@EconDesk

  Visa Lists on the NYSE in the Largest US IPO to Date

  New York Stock Exchange, 11, Wall Street, Manhattan, New York, New York, 10005, United StatesVisa

  

  Starts 03/19/2008CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins81% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 81%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better18.5 years agoVisa's^[4] pricing release (distributed 19 March 2008 01:13 CET) says shares 'will begin trading on March 19, 2008' on the NYSE under 'V'; Wikipedia^[2] says priced 18 March 2008.

  Visa priced its initial public offering of 406 million Class A shares at US$44 on 18 March 2008, and began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on 19 March under the symbol V, raising about US$17.9 billion in what was then the largest US IPO.

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• Music10/03/2026@MusicDesk

  Amy Winehouse Wins Five Grammys by Satellite; Herbie Hancock Takes Album of the Year

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  Starts 02/10/2008CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins82% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 82%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better18.7 years agoWikipedia^[2] says the 50th Annual Grammy^[1] Awards 'took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, on February 10, 2008'; Pollstar's^[4] report of the night is dated 10 February 2008.

  At the 50th Grammys at Staples Center, Amy Winehouse won five awards including Record of the Year for "Rehab" while performing by satellite from London, and Herbie Hancock's River: The Joni Letters upset her for Album of the Year, the first jazz album to win in 43 years.

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