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Foundations Hoard Assets, Philanthropist Tells Senate

The billionaire investor Warren Buffett told a key Senate committee that he believes private foundations are stockpiling money instead of giving it to charities because of a federal law that requires foundations to spend at least 5 percent of their assets annually.

Mr. Buffett, speaking at a hearing held by the...

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