$650,100 Bid Wins Lunch With Buffett

July 1, 2007 By OSKAR GARCIA, Associated Press Writer $650,100 Bid Wins Lunch With Buffett (AP)

Warren Buffett speaks at a forum fundraiser in this June 26, 2007 file photo in New York. The winning bid to break bread with Warren Buffett came in at $650,100, which is $30,000 more than the top bid at last year's charity auction. The winner of the auction, which ended Friday night June 29, 2007, was identified only by the eBay user name "mpabrai." The auction benefits the Glide Foundation, which provides social services to the poor and homeless in San Francisco. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)

(AP) -- Two investors put in the winning bid of $650,100 in a charity auction to break bread with billionaire Warren Buffett.



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