Buffett's wit and his successful investing record while building Berkshire into a conglomerate that owns more than 90 companies and employs over 350,000 always attract a crowd. In addition to the online audience, Buffett says roughly 40,000 people attended the event in Omaha.
MILAN (AP) — Oscar-winning composer Ennio Morricone has canceled concerts at Rome's Santa Cecilia national academy because of collapsed vertebrae.
MILAN - Oscar-winning composer Ennio Morricone has canceled concerts at Rome's Santa Cecilia national academy because of collapsed vertebrae.
Fed chair calls the shots even as other central banks step up their stimulus efforts
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ORLANDO, Fla., May 4 (UPI) -- Scientists at Disney Research recently proved a device's so-called system noise, or radio frequencies, can be used to identify it -- like a fingerprint.
Fifteen years after the attacks that killed her husband, Lorie Van Auken thinks she still hasn't been told the whole truth about 9/11.
Prince died one day before meeting with a California doctor who specializes in addiction, according to a new report from the Minneapolis Star Tribune. The "Purple Rain" singer...
Fourth seed Victoria Azarenka joins the list of Madrid Open withdrawals as she pulls out because of a back injury.
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Americans are saving more money, and it's becoming a problem for economic growth.
In a big note out Wednesday, Peter Hooper and the economics team at Deutsche Bank look at the recent rise in the savings rate and what it means for the future of US economic growth.
In short, Americans are taking potential growth and sticking it in their pocket.
Here's Deutsche Bank (emphasis mine):
Growth has slowed meaningfully over the last two quarters, and the deceleration in consumer spending... Читать дальше...
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Medical errors — including incorrect medications, surgical mishaps, and wrong diagnoses — kill more than 250,000 Americans every year, according to a new study, making them the third-leading cause of death in the country.
But nobody’s keeping good track of that number — and that needs to change, according to an article published Tuesday in the BMJ.
"There’s vast underrecognition, underpreparation, and underfunding of the problem of medical care gone awry... Читать дальше...
– A loving father arranged a ‘wedding ceremony’ for his one-year-old dughter – The girl had a brain tumour and was given just two days to live – The toddler died at home two months after the ceremony Poppy-Mai Barnard was born with a very rare and fast growing type of cancer in Thetford, Norfolk, England. Shortly after birth the baby refused […]
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China's military has dispatched ships and planes — even constructed new islands to assert its maritime claims.
Now it is deploying a new set of tools to uphold Chinese sovereignty: magicians, singers, and actors.
Famed singer of patriotic anthems Song Zuying headlined a tour of China's man-made islands in the South China Sea's Spratly islands this week, underscoring Beijing's confidence in asserting its increasingly dominant position in the disputed region.
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Donald Trump said Wednesday morning that he is “confident” he can unite his party but “some of it, I don’t want,” in interviews in which he also discussed what he wants from a running mate.
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MINNEAPOLIS, May 4 (UPI) -- One of the medical professionals enlisted to aid in Prince's recovery from painkiller addiction was present when his staffers found his body at Paisley Park.
Rachel Martin speaks with the CBC's Marion Warnica about the wildfires in Alberta, Canada, where authorities have issued a mandatory evacuation order for the 80,000 residents of Fort McMurray.
The true villain in the Laremy Tunsil draft-night free fall continues to be the person who accessed his social media accounts and posted damaging information with the obvious intent to spark a slide. Tunsil’s camp eventually could figure out who did it. Via ESPN’s Outside the Lines, Tunsil’s attorney and agent are investigating a former…
An alligator wandered through a subdivision in Moncks Corner near Charleston this week and at one point wandered onto the front porch of a house and climbed up the front door. Barkley tells local media that alligators have visited the neighborhood before and last year she saw one on the front porch of another neighbor's house.
Warning signs are beginning to appear in Apple's iPhone business, says analyst Neil Cybart.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — An appeals court has upheld the conviction and sentence of a North Dakota farmer who was found guilty of intentionally destroying potatoes to collect federal farm insurance payments.
Het Landelijk Aktie Komitee Scholieren (LAKS) hoopt dit jaar tijdens de eindexamens een stuk minder klachten te krijgen dan vorig jaar. De toetsperiode leverde vorig jaar een recordaantal van 161.000 klachten op van deelnemende leerlingen. Volgende week beginnen voor 210.000 middelbare scholieren de eindexamens.
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Apple is planning a major "reboot" of its streaming music service Apple Music later this year, according to a detailed report from Bloomberg published on Wednesday.
It's one of the first clear looks at just how involved music industry legend Jimmy Iovine is at Apple. He's "tasked with the music product's success," according to the report, and is Apple Music's top executive.
Although Iovine doesn't have an official title at Apple headquarters— he goes by "Jimmy" — he's been very active on Apple's behalf. Читать дальше...
Financial expert Mark Bouris gives his verdict on whether the transition-to-retirement (TTR) scheme is still worthwhile.
MARKELO - Van der Poel Milieu Advies in Markelo is failliet. Het in 1993 opgerichte bureau, dat onder meer is gespecialiseerd in bodemonderzoek, kampte volgens curator Wim Haafkes met een schuldenlast van bijna 3,5 ton.
– Wani shugaban hukumar sojin sama na bayyana akan kokarin dakarun sojoji da murkushe yan Boko Haram a Arewa maso gabashin kasan – Yace kuma wanda akwai babbar ayyuka wanda suke ci gaba a yankin – Hukumar sojojin Najeriya ba suke gaji ba da karshen ta’addancin Boko Haram a Najeriya gaba daya Kamfanin Dillacin Labaran […]
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