Berkshire Hathaway Corp. (BRKA, BRKB) CEO Warren Buffett said in a brief interview aired Friday on CNBC that "banks are going to get squeezed a bit on interest margin." Buffett said however banks no longer bear any resemblance to four years ago -- "they have the balance sheets, they have a lot more equity." Buffett, whose firm owns large stakes in Wells Fargo & Co. (WFC) and Bank of America Corp. (BAC), said he didn't think the first quarter would be Wells' best quarter, while acknowledging that of course he doesn't know the numbers.
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