Singer and business mogul Jimmy Buffett passed away on September 1st at 76 years old in his Sag Harbor, New York, home. His cause of death has now been revealed. Source Views: 1
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Jimmy Buffett died after four-year battle with rare, aggressive skin cancer
Legendary singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett died after a four-year battle with a rare, aggressive form of skin cancer, according to a statement on his website. The statement said Buffett, 76, battled Merkel cell cancer for four years before passing away last Friday at his home in Sag Harbor, New York, near the Hamptons. Buffett continued to perform during… […]
Buffett’s Firm Buys More Apple, Amazon While Betting on Oil
OMAHA, Neb.—Warren Buffett’s company bet more on high-tech darling Apple during the second quarter, while also investing billions in old-school oil producers Occidental Petroleum and Chevron. Berkshire Hathaway detailed all its second-quarter investments Monday in a new filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Wall Street follows Berkshire’s investments closely because of Buffett’s remarkably successful […]
Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway’s Cash Pile Tops Record With $149.2 Billion, Sold Net $2 Billion of Stock in Third Quarter
Warren Buffet during the White House Summit on the United State of Women in Washington, D.C., on June 14, 2016. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) According to Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s NYSE:BRK third-quarter earnings report, the company’s cash stockpile hit new heights at $149.2 billion, surpassing the previous record of $146.6 billion set in 2Q 2020. […]
Warren Buffett Resigns From Gates Foundation
Billionaire philanthropist Warren Buffett has announced his resignation as trustee of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. His resignation comes just weeks after Bill and Melinda Gates announced they were getting divorced and amid allegations of impropriety against Bill Gates. Buffett was one of three members of the foundation’s board; the other two are Bill […]
Warren Buffett – Derivatives Are Financial Weapons Of Mass Destruction
One of my favorite gems is in the 2002 shareholder letter in which Buffett describes derivatives as ‘financial weapons of mass destruction’, carrying dangers that, while now latent, are potentially lethal. It’s a must-read for all investors. An excerpt for that shareholder letter: Charlie and I are of one mind in how we feel about […]
Fighting For Play
Print Friendly Above Photo: From livingindialogue.com The children in my first grade classroom play. There are no academic centers where a teacher rings a bell and children move from activity to activity. That might look like play, but it is not. We have body breaks where we sing and dance, but we do not call it […]
Buffett Says European Bank(s) Have Asked Him For Money
Zero Hedge Oct 1, 2011 While Buffett hemmed and hewed in his usual populist rhetoric, discussing how multi-billionaires can afford to be generous with other people’s tax rates, all of it completely unremarkable and highly hypocritical, the Octogenarian did release, whether by accident or on purpose, something quite critical, namely that European banks have approached him […]
Bank Of Berkshire America: Buffett To Buy $5 Billion In Preferred Stock In Bank Of America
Tyler DurdenZero Hedge Thursday, August 25, 2011 Goldman bailout part 2 is here. And so the Octogenarian of Omaha doubles down on another taxpayer bailout. At least we can put aside all the lies that Bank of America did not need capital. It needed capital: $5 billion of it. It also confirmed it was completely […]