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...The company spent billions of dollars acquiring truck-stop operator Pilot Flying J and insurance conglomerate Alleghany in recent years, adding them to a portfolio that includes ice cream purveyor Dairy...
...Pilot, which also operates the Flying J brand, sells fuel, food and merchandise to truckers and provides showers among other services....
...Munger in 2021 said Abel, the company’s 61-year-old heir apparent, would “keep the culture” after he and Buffett were gone....
...“There are tremendous opportunities for Berkshire’s businesses to work together,” said Chris Rossbach, chief investment officer at fund manager J Stern & Co....
...Greg Abel, Buffett’s anointed successor, and Todd Combs and Ted Weschler, his investment deputies, are lined up to steer the giant....
...For the first time the figure includes the results of truck stop business Pilot Flying J, which Berkshire took majority control of in January....
...“The board changes are about both ensuring the continuity of the values and legacy,” said Christopher Rossbach, chief investment officer of J Stern & Co, a longtime Berkshire shareholder....
...Shelley Abel, the bankruptcy administrator for the North Carolina bankruptcy court where the case is proceeding, has called on Judge Whitley to transfer the case to New Jersey, where the “overwhelming majority...
...The wider allegations have led to the departure of two senior Deutsche bankers and out-of-court settlements, including a €10m payout to Europe’s largest wine exporter, J García Carrión....
...Welsh, London; VW Durham, Cumbria, England; Rowan McKittrick, London Polymath 1,062: Susan J Tzotzos, Austria Crossword 16,401: David Jeffrey, Edinburgh; Michael Capparis, New York; J Morton, Glasgow...
...“What you are seeing is an evolution of thinking,” Christopher Rossbach, managing partner of longtime Berkshire shareholder J Stern & Co, said of the investment in Amazon....
...Follow David J Lynch on Twitter: @davidjlynch...
...You hear the sound before you see it: an excerpt from J’accuse!...
...Rival racketeers skyrocket their lending terms when Abel loses a bank loan....
...For months, Abel was to be played by Spanish actor Javier Bardem. When the script was finally ready, he quit....
...Yves Abel conducted conscientiously. Under the circumstances, one could hardly expect more. www.metopera.org...
...More captivating still is Mario’s list of Ivy clientele; he doesn’t like to “drop the names”, but over the years they have included Giacomo Puccini, Somerset Maugham, Neville Chamberlain, J.M....
...Stoppered with a crown cap like a bottle of beer for fear of cork taint. £11.98 Asda Asda Extra Special Vintage 2002 Champagne Made by Chanoine, sister company to Boizel, Philipponnat, De Venoge, Abel Lepitre...
...When Jules Rimet created the football World Cup in 1930, the Parisian sculptor Abel Lafleur produced the trophy itself: a 35cm-high Nike, the Greek goddess of victory....
...Sellar and R.J....
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