Billionaire investor Warren Buffett (C), chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, sells jewellery to Cheryl Stich (L) and her mother Dione Kempinsky, both of Los Angeles, at Borsheims jewelry store in Omaha, Nebraska, May 1, 2011. Buffett made a short appearance as a jewelry salesman at Borsheims on Sunday as part of the events for Berkshire shareholders. Buffett, who is called the "Oracle of Omaha" and one of the world's richest men, attracts about 40,000 people a year to the city for the annual meeting of his ice-cream-to-insurance conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway Inc. REUTERS/Nati Harnik/Pool
U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner departs after meeting with a bipartisan group of lawmakers and Vice President Joe Biden to work on a legislative framework for comprehensive deficit reduction at the Blair House in Washington May 10, 2011. Top U.S. lawmakers made progress on Tuesday during a second meeting aimed at finding a way to raise the country's soon-to-be-reached debt limit, participants said. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst