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    Wednesday, May 14, 2020 Scenes from an Annual Meeting (3 clicks)
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May 14, 2020 at 8:12 am ET First we go back in time, to May 3, 2008:It is 3:30 p.m., Central Standard Time—1:30 p.m. Pacific Standard Time—and the giant exhibition hall in the Omaha Qwest Center is filled with dozens of Berkshire ... (more) Sunday, May 11, 2020 Hold the Presses: Rupert Outbid! (8 clicks)
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May 11, 2020 at 7:37 pm ET Cablevision Close to Newsday DealBy MATTHEW KARNITSCHNIG and SHIRA OVIDEMay 11, 2008 5:55 p.m.Tribune Co. is close to a deal to sell its Long Island newspaper Newsday to Cablevision Systems Corp. for $650 million, according ... (more) Friday, May 9, 2020 Berkshire Update (15 clicks)
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May 9, 2020 at 12:16 pm ET We here at NotMakingThisUp made it to the 2008 Berkshire meeting thanks only to the remarkable efficiency of, and we are not making this up, NetJets.That happy ending rescued us from the normal United Airlines ... (more) Monday, May 5, 2020 From Jeff Matthews Is Not Making This Up - view blog entries - visit this blog
May 5, 2020 at 7:17 am ET Note: Originally publisched June 26, 2007. ___________________________________ Scary-Smart, With Visions of FatnessI always thought Warren Buffett was irreplaceable.He seemed to be a genetic mutation of sorts—not merely a smart, self-confident, and supremely logical thinker who’d ... (more) Sunday, May 4, 2020 Pilgrimage, Part X: On The Cheap (23 clicks)
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May 4, 2020 at 10:40 am ET Unexpired Time, Blinking Screens and What Might Have BeenWarren Buffett takes pride in his cheapness.“My suits are expensive, they only look cheap on me,” he likes to say, being as self-deprecating as he is tight-fisted.Cheapness ... (more) Friday, May 2, 2020 From Jeff Matthews Is Not Making This Up - view blog entries - visit this blog
May 2, 2020 at 6:52 am ET Note: This was originally published June 6, 2007. We are republishing our series on the 2007 Berkshire annual meeting as we prepare for the 2008 meeting._______________________________________________________________Warren Buffett crooks his arm so he can check his ... (more) Thursday, May 1, 2020 Pilgrimage, Part VIII: Who Do You Trust? (5 clicks)
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May 1, 2020 at 7:38 am ET Originally published June 1, 2007.____________________________Body Language, "What They Laugh About," and Mail-Order BridesI know, I know—it’s “whom do you trust?”But that sounds a bit too snooty for this gathering of Berkshire-Hathaway owning, Warren Buffett-idolizing folk.After ... (more) Pilgrimage, Part VIII: Who Do You Trust? (2 clicks)
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May 1, 2020 at 7:38 am ET Originally published June 1, 2007.____________________________Body Language, "What They Laugh About," and Mail-Order BridesI know, I know—it’s “whom do you trust?”But that sounds a bit too snooty for this gathering of Berkshire-Hathaway owning, Warren Buffett-idolizing folk.After ... (more) Tuesday, April 29, 2020 From Jeff Matthews Is Not Making This Up - view blog entries - visit this blog
April 29, 2020 at 7:25 am ET Noodling on a Deal, Meaningless Quarterly Numbers and One More Secret of His SuccessBack in the fall of 1990, when it looked like the world was coming to an end, investment-wise, I went to a ... (more) Monday, April 28, 2020 From Jeff Matthews Is Not Making This Up - view blog entries - visit this blog
April 28, 2020 at 8:03 am ET Note: This post, part of series on the 2007 Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, originally appeared May 22, 2007._______________Mr. Matthews, I am a fan of the blog. As a college student and investor, ... (more) Sunday, April 27, 2020 From Jeff Matthews Is Not Making This Up - view blog entries - visit this blog
April 27, 2020 at 8:16 am ET
Mr. McGuire: I want to say one word to you. Just one word.
Benjamin: Yes, sir.
Mr. McGuire: Are you listening?
Benjamin: Yes, I am.
Mr. McGuire: Plastics.
Benjamin: Just how do you mean that, sir?
—The Graduate
The questions ... (more) Friday, April 25, 2020 From Jeff Matthews Is Not Making This Up - view blog entries - visit this blog
April 25, 2020 at 8:04 am ET Originally published May 14, 2007_________________________The contrast to most annual meetings couldn’t be greater.Whereas except during times of crisis, the average large company annual meeting—and Berkshire-Hathaway is a large company, with almost $100 billion in revenue ... (more) Thursday, April 24, 2020 From Jeff Matthews Is Not Making This Up - view blog entries - visit this blog
April 24, 2020 at 8:14 am ET Note to readers: This was originally published May 11, 2020 as part of a series on the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting. We republish it here as we prepare for the upcoming 2008 Berkshire Hathaway ... (more) Tuesday, April 22, 2020 From Jeff Matthews Is Not Making This Up - view blog entries - visit this blog
April 22, 2020 at 9:17 am ET We interrupt this reprint of last year’s “Pilgrimage to Omaha” series to bring you the most interesting news story you may well read today.It is titled “Food Rationing Confronts Breadbasket of the World,” it was ... (more) Monday, April 21, 2020 Pilgrimage Part II: The Newspaper Generation (5 clicks)
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April 21, 2020 at 7:24 am ET Note: This blog was originally posted May 8, 2007, following a visit to the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting.Already your editor can see mistakes: "Berkshire Hathaway" is never hyphenated, as in the first paragraph below.Nevertheless, mistakes, ... (more) Thursday, April 17, 2020 From Jeff Matthews Is Not Making This Up - view blog entries - visit this blog
April 17, 2020 at 6:33 am ET Note to Readers:It is Spring, and our thoughts turn towards Omaha, where the 2008 Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting takes place in a few short weeks.We thought it appropriate to prepare for Warren Buffett's annual 'Woodstock ... (more) Monday, April 14, 2020 From Jeff Matthews Is Not Making This Up - view blog entries - visit this blog
April 14, 2020 at 8:34 am ET The big news in our Newspaper of Record—the New York Post—is not spiraling gasoline prices (up 5% locally in the last few weeks) at home, or food riots abroad.No, not even GE’s unprecedented, confidence-shattering earnings ... (more) Saturday, April 12, 2020 From Jeff Matthews Is Not Making This Up - view blog entries - visit this blog
April 12, 2020 at 7:43 am ET “We no longer put whipped-cream on our drinks. If you want whip, Just Ask!”So says the colorfully-drawn sign behind the counter at this Starbucks.And so, along with the much-promoted “Pike Place Roast” and the new ... (more) Tuesday, April 8, 2020 ‘The Undertaker’ and His Inner Soul (5 clicks)
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April 8, 2020 at 9:13 am ET He says rock-bottom interest rates actually went against his "19th century" aversion to easy money. "My inner soul didn't feel comfortable," he says.—Alan Greenspan, “Greenspan Goes on Defensive,” the Wall Street JournalAre you feeling depressed?Anxious?Nervous ... (more) Sunday, April 6, 2021 From Jeff Matthews Is Not Making This Up - view blog entries - visit this blog
April 6, 2021 at 5:26 pm ET One month ago, we asked readers to “Name That Company!”The company in question was Toll Brothers. In the course of that company's regular earnings call, management had disclosed certain interesting developments in the housing ... (more) Wednesday, April 2, 2021 From Jeff Matthews Is Not Making This Up - view blog entries - visit this blog
April 2, 2021 at 4:12 pm ET "At that point in time, we still have, Doug, correct me if I'm wrong -- about 200,000 shares outstanding on the old buyback. Again, we -- like we buy our stock like we do everything ... (more) Monday, March 31, 2021 Inflation AND Political Unrest! (5 clicks)
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March 31, 2021 at 8:19 am ET Now that the Federal Reserve has grudgingly begun to acknowledge inflation—and how could it not, with oil over $100 a barrel, “beans in the teens,” and gold near $1,000 an ounce?—a different contingent of the ... (more) Thursday, March 27, 2021 From Jeff Matthews Is Not Making This Up - view blog entries - visit this blog
March 27, 2021 at 8:03 am ET The most important article you probably didn’t read this week appeared in the Wednesday edition of the Wall Street Journal, Section C, page 10 (in our edition), buried in “The Property Report” next to a ... (more) Wednesday, March 26, 2021 From Jeff Matthews Is Not Making This Up - view blog entries - visit this blog
March 26, 2021 at 8:23 am ET XM, Sirius Move Closer To Improbable MergerJustice Department Approves Joining Radio Companies; FCC Poses the Final HurdleBy SARAH MCBRIDE and AMY SCHATZMarch 25, 2008; Page B1The Justice Department approved the merger of satellite-radio companies Sirius ... (more) Sunday, March 23, 2021 Britney’s Career Placed on 'Celebrity Watch' at S&P: “She May Be Less Popular than We Thought” (16 clicks)
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March 23, 2021 at 3:54 pm ET S&P Flags Goldman, LehmanBy JED HOROWITZMarch 22, 2008; Page A15Standard & Poor's, in a continuing sign of loss of confidence in investment banks' profitability, Friday put Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. ... (more) Items 1 - 25 of 67
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