Tag: silent

Warsaw-based organization hosts craft show, silent auction Saturday

Apr. 7—GOSHEN — The issue of human trafficking had an event bringing attention to it Saturday at the Elkhart County 4-H Fairgrounds, in the form of a craft show and silent auction. Printmaker Alicia Cook had a table set up. “I’ve had two,” she said of the customers she had had as of around noon. […]

Florida Supreme Court silent on status of abortion access, marijuana amendments

The Florida Supreme Court’s opinion webpage likely got refreshed in droves Thursday morning, but the justices still stunned political observers and backers of two proposed constitutional amendments with their silence. The court issued one sentence as the 11 a.m. deadline for its regular weekly opinion release came and passed: “There are no Florida Supreme Court […]

Warren Buffett’s $168 Billion Silent Warning to Wall Street Shouldn’t Be Ignored

For nearly six decades, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) CEO Warren Buffett has been running circles around Wall Street’s benchmark stock index, the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC). Whereas the S&P 500 has delivered a hearty aggregate total return, including dividends, of around 34,200% since the mid-1960s, the Oracle of Omaha has overseen a stunning 5,074,030% […]

Illinois House speaker’s office orders Democratic lawmakers to remain silent over Tribune political questions

Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch’s office issued an order instructing his 78-member Democratic supermajority not to speak to a Chicago Tribune reporter about “political matters” at the State Capitol or elsewhere, citing highly dubious grounds that such discussions could be an ethical breach. One former veteran statehouse journalist described the order as a “goofy” […]

Warren Buffett Just Sent a $39 Billion Silent Warning to Wall Street

For nearly six decades, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) CEO Warren Buffett has been dazzling Wall Street with his investing prowess. Even though he and his team aren’t going to be right 100% of the time, the ability to locate plain-as-day values has led to an aggregate return on Berkshire’s Class A shares (BRK.A) of […]