NASDAQ reports in a TV interview this morning, Oct. 24, on CNBC, Warren Buffett says the housing market has turned a corner and home construction is improving, and he expects Berkshire businesses tied to that industry to pick up. Despite the global economy slowdown, the Oracle of Omaha says the U.S. is doing better than either Europe or Asia, and has high praise for Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, saying he “has done an absolutely superb job,” although he questions his policy of quantitative easing. Buffett says he expects Berkshire’s carpet business to double its profits this year, and Clayton Homes will see an increase of 15 percent in production. As a result he expects Berkshire to add 8,000 employees to the roughly 270,000 employed at the beginning of the year, MHProNews has learned.

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