PRESS DIGEST- New York Times business news - November 11

Nov 11 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories on the New York Times business pages. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

- A coalition of clean energy groups and the city of St. Paul sued the U.S. government on Monday, challenging what they described as nakedly partisan funding cuts during the government shutdown that wiped out around $7.5 billion for projects in Democratic-led states.

- In one of his last letters to Berkshire Hathaway's BRKa.N shareholders as the firm's chief executive, Warren Buffett, said Monday that he would speed up his plans to give away much of his $150 billion personal fortune to his children's philanthropic foundations.

- The Trump administration returned to the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday in another attempt to halt full federal funding for food stamps, seeking to stymie the nation's largest anti-hunger programme even as the government shutdown neared its end.

- A mobile lounge carrying passengers crashed at Washington Dulles International Airport on Monday, injuring more than a dozen people and causing some damage to the terminal.