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The "Oracle of Omaha" has spoken again, and this time a Chinese suit maker is reaping the rewards.
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0 T" M' u0 L' g# H1 I+ gShares in Dayang Trands have soared by more than 70 percent in less than a month since billionaire Warren Buffett said he and Microsoft founder Bill Gates, the world's two richest men, wore the company's suits.
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"I have to tell you that I now have nine suits all made in China. I threw away the rest of my suits," the 79-year-old Buffett said in a video posted on the website of Dayang Trands, based in the northeastern port city of Dalian.3 {2 D7 e. w: ]* w$ C1 ]
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Since the video was posted on August 25, the company's shares have surged nearly 72 percent -- from 8.55 yuan then to a close of 14.67 yuan on Thursday.
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# ~1 c) z% ^. F$ s"It's been a long time since I got compliments on how I looked. But since I'm wearing Madam Li's suits, I get compliments all the time," Buffett said in the video, referring to Dayang's chairwoman Li Guilian.
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"So maybe Bill and I could start a clothing store and ... if we sold suits made by Dayang Trands, someday we might even be rich, who knows?"/ [$ l7 e" m* l* d4 m2 N' u/ O
5 S* t( S4 x, R& {According to Forbes magazine Gates and Buffett have net worth of 40 billion and 37 billion dollars, respectively.
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Dayang Trands said in a statement filed with the Shanghai stock exchange Wednesday that Buffett was only a client -- not an investor -- and the video was recorded to congratulate the company on its 30th anniversary.
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8 i/ p4 m" z2 R7 u' H8 c# c7 `Apart from that, the company "does not have any disclosable business relationship" with the US billionaire investor or his firm Berkshire Hathaway, the statement said.; i& l. z5 {9 e( e
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Dayang Trands has 20 outlets in 11 cities across China.
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Buffett is known as the "Oracle of Omaha" for his astute investment decisions. In China, he has been dubbed the "God of Stocks". |
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