April 10, 2005

Article on Berkshire Hathaway chairman Warren Buffett, who has spent lifetime, living and working in Omaha, Neb, trying to integrate personal values such as honesty, trust and openness with business, political and public worlds around him; Buffett is set to meet in Manhattan with Justice Department, Securities and Exchange Commission and New York State Atty Gen Eliot Spitzer to discuss wide-ranging investigation of insurance industry practices, including finite reinsurance, some of which involve Berkshire subsidiary, General Re Corp; General Re, major reinsurer that figures prominently in investigations, sold products to American International Group in deals that investors say allowed AIG to enhance its financial statements; photos; drawing (M)

New York Yankees defeat Baltimore Orioles, 8-5; photo (M)U

Interview with graffiti gallerist Hú

Gretchen Morgenson column on role that ten outside directors at American International Group, hand-picked by Maurice Greenberg, may have played in his downfall after more than 40 years at company; describes connections between outside board and Starr Foundation, nonprofit organization created by AIG founder Cornelius Vander Starr that Maurice Greenberg controls (M)

Taylor Holliday travel article on unescorted, do-it-yourself culinary tour of Vietnam, from street vendors at Ben Thanh Market in Ho Chi Minh City to first-class restaurants in Hanoi; photos; map (L)