Buffett calls pessimists about United States `out of their mind`
(WorldNews Business)

NEW YORK: Uncertainty about how the United States will cope with growing tumult in the world has not dampened Warren Buffett`s optimism for the country`s prospects over the long term - even 100 years into the future. `Whenever I hear people talk pessimistically about this country, I think they`re out of their mind,` Buffett, the chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc, said on Tuesday night. Buffett spoke in New York at an event celebrating the 100th anniversary of Forbes magazine, and is on the cover of an issue featuring 100 of the world`s greatest living `business minds.` The billionaire has transformed Berkshire since 1965 from a failing textile company into a conglomerate...