REUTERS
Warren Buffett to encourage investing in Israel bonds
June 12, 2017

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett will travel to New York this week to help Israel sell government bonds, the underwriting agency for the bonds said on Monday. Development Corporation for Israel, which underwrites the bonds in the United States and is commonly known as Israel Bonds, said Buffett will meet privately on Thursday with U.S., Canadian, Mexican and Brazilian investors who have each signaled plans to buy between $1 million and $5 million of the bonds. It said a similar event held in November in Omaha, Nebraska, where Buffett runs Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N), raised more than $60 million, and the New York event could raise an additional $140 million. READ MORE