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Not every member of the V.F. 100 is entangled in the financial crisis. Here’s what they were up to this week.

→ Warren Buffett (No. 5) invests $5 billion in Lloyd Blankfein’s (No. 20) Goldman Sachs [GS]. The success of that investment, he says, hinges on the federal bailout package passing.

↑ Bill Gates’ Microsoft [MSFT] sheepishly drops its Jerry Seinfeld ad campaign after it tanks with critics. The billionaire announces to the United Nations that he’s one step closer to eradicating malaria, and puts it all in perspective. Microsoft may not be his greatest legacy afterall.

↑ The Google Guys (No. 3) celebrate their 10th anniversary, launch a philanthropic initiative, and release a competitor to the iPhone. Sergey Brin unveils his personal blogwith a post about his hereditary predisposition to Parkinson’s disease. What will they do next week?

↑ George Lucas (No. 23) allows the force to be with you in his new videogame, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. Fans speculate that Lucas might release a film with the same title.

↑ Jamie Dimon (No. 21) continues to bask in the sun while the rest of Wall Street shudders in the shadows. This morning, his JPMorgan Chase [JPM] pocketedWashington Mutual [WM].

::Vanity Fair