Chinese suit maker soars on Buffett endorsement

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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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Shares 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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% ~" B! j5 P9 ?8 s1 P2 m! Y, {! I"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.
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; k; K$ L! S% L$ E* B" E- s$ a3 O& DSince 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.

"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.

"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?"

, I- H0 c6 I2 jAccording 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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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.

, f: X" Q- t! _' ~% O, @. g8 @Dayang Trands has 20 outlets in 11 cities across China.

; X/ A* v0 G0 M9 Y% ]1 QBuffett is known as the "Oracle of Omaha" for his astute investment decisions. In China, he has been dubbed the "God of Stocks".