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...The company began as Franklin, a Wall Street brokerage founded by Rupert Johnson Sr in 1947 and named in honour of founding father Benjamin Franklin....
...This early bewilderment was depicted in Charlie Chaplin’s 1916 silent comedy The Floorwalker, in which the protagonist becomes embroiled in conspiracy to rob the department store....
...That is unsurprising, given that its secrecy has drawn comparisons to the reclusive Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory....
...Among the surprises during the five-hour question-and-answer session that Mr Buffett and his vice-chairman Charlie Munger submit to annually, was the suggestion that Berkshire could consider an acquisition...
...Charlie Cook, the veteran political commentator in Washington, concurs with criticism of the Romney campaign....
...Did John Major invite George Bush Sr to ride in a minibus to the Oval to watch his beloved Surrey take on Leicester?)...
...“While Democrats are having to deal with enthusiasm and intensity problems in their own base,” says Charlie Cook, a non-partisan political analyst, “Republicans have been exacerbating their own problems...
...This is my daughter Liza, my son Charlie and Sam, and this is my wife Janna. THE PRESIDENT: Hey, guys. CONGRESSMAN RYAN: Say hi, everybody. (Laughter.)...
...Charlie Green, director of Candover, said that Swissport had provided a strong return for the equity group’s 2001 fund, generating a return of 2.6 times the original cost....
...Aggressor opens with Stone and the mates in his three-man team (”Half Arse” and “Charlie”) helping out the ever-bumbling Yanks at the Branch Davidian Waco siege, in Texas in 1993....
...Political analyst Charlie Cook, who collects factual minutiae of politics with the obsessive compulsion of a sports fan, has a similar formula for American voting habits....
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