Salomon turned to Warren E. Buffet, the Omaha investor, to take a large stake in an effort to block Mr. Perelman.

Gillette said it sold an 11 percent stake to companies controlled by Warren E. Buffett, the Omaha investor.

Warren E. Buffett, the widely followed Omaha investor, is betting $2 billion that there is money to be made in money.

And last summer, the company cut its debt load sharply in a deal with Warren E. Buffett, the Omaha investor.

It is probably these types whom Warren E. Buffett, the Omaha investor, was referring to when he recently urged Congress not to repeal the estate tax.

Until a new chairman is found, Warren Buffett, the Omaha investor with a stake in Salomon, will act as chairman.

Mr. Buffett, the vaunted Omaha investor, has made killings in stocks from Coca-Cola to Capital Cities/ ABC.

The rise of private aviation is generally thought to have begun with the purchase by Warren E. Buffett, the Omaha investor, of NetJets in 1998.

Servicemaster Ltd. fell 1 1/8, to 22 1/4, after Warren Buffett, the Omaha investor, told the S.E.C. that he had sold 378,700 shares of the hospital management company.

Warren E. Buffett, the famed Omaha investor who was a top shareholder in the firm, stepped in on an interim basis as chairman.