In 1973, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) held its first annual meeting in the cafeteria of one of its subsidiaries and drew a few dozen people. This past weekend, Omaha, Nebraska, was the destination for roughly 40,000 investors to attend Berkshire’s annual shareholder meeting. The insatiable lure for these investors is the chance to listen […]
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What does an iceless Lake Superior portend?
DULUTH – From Duluth, Lake Superior is a colossal expanse of blue this week with no otherworldly ice shards smashed against the shore or colorful fish houses decorating stretches of white. At about 2%, the amount of ice on the lake is the lowest it has been at this point in recorded history, a phenomenon […]