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“Damn” was her audible response
I recently heard a surprising story: A female CEO was briefed on a stellar candidate for a top job at her company. “Sounds ideal,” she said to the group in the room. “Male or female?” Male was the answer. “Damn” was her audible response. The guy wasn’t even interviewed. Why Are Men SilentSearch BIS
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- “This has been the coldest season with the most ice since we started Arctic Watch in 2000. Almost no whales. The NWPassage is still blocked with ice. Some of the bays still have not melted!”
Richard weber, owner/operater Arctic Watch Generation Screwed
And rather than follow the conventional path of indebting yourself for 13-years so that you can attend university for four, and then fork over the bulk of your pay to the government, instead focus on learning tangible, valuable skills overseas.Government Cheese
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Berkshire Investments
Click to enlarge… Above is the list of Berkshire investments as of the end of 2006 extracted from the annual report. Since that time, it has been reported that Buffett has invested in Burlington Northern and two other railroads.
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Berkshire Companies
Here’s a list of Berkshire subsidary companies (full ownership). Some recognizable names are: Ben Bridge Jeweler, Benjamin Moore, Business Wire, Clayton Homes, Fruit of the Loom, Geico, Helzberg Diamonds, International Dairy Queen, Johns Manville, Nebraska Furniture Mart (having been there, … Continue reading
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Warren and Charlie on Global Warming
The Panelist has great coverage of the Berkshire meeting. I love Charlie Munger’s take on global warming: “… I don’t think it’s an utter calamity for mankind though. You’d have to be a pot-smoking journalism student to think that.” Read … Continue reading
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Berkshire vs. S&P 500
This chart overstates Berkshires outperformance vs. the SPY (S & P 500 etf depicted by the red line) as the SPY graph does not include reinvestment of dividends. Nevertheless, it’s probably safe to say the BRKB has outperformed the S&P … Continue reading
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Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Meeting
Over the weekend the wife unit and I attended the Berkshire shareholder meeting in Omaha, Nebraska. Although we purchased our first class ‘B’ share in 2001, we’ve never attended a meeting. It was interesting to say the least. I’ll have … Continue reading
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