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...One reason for the modest outlook, Buffett writes, is that his company is so big now — 6 per cent of the S&P 500’s total shareholders’ equity — that there are no companies in the US or abroad that are (a...
...Forbes’ billionaire list, he told the magazine, “I’ve been associated with Warren so long, I thought I’d be just a footnote.”)....
...This week, France put its security services on high alert ahead of the Paris Olympics, which Emmanuel Macron said would be a target. Germany and Belgium say they have foiled recent Isis-K plots....
...Warren Buffett’s bet on the sleepy world of Japanese general trading companies was well-timed. Other investors shouldn’t copy him, the FT’s Lex writes....
...And that’s after a lifetime of me advising clients that the S&P always wins. Warren Buffett has said the same thing for years....
...When Erginbilgic took over from his predecessor Warren East, he joined with a reputation as a formidable operator....
...“In my whole life, I have known no wise people (over a broad subject matter area) who didn’t read all the time — none, zero. You’d be amazed at how much Warren reads — and at how much I read....
...The Financial Times revealed that Goldman Sachs has used a $2.5bn private equity fund set up with sovereign wealth fund China Investment Corporation to buy a series of sensitive US and UK companies....
...Separately, about 750 Unite members at pharmaceutical company GSK will begin a 48-hour walkout and Passport Office workers in the Public and Commercial Services union escalate their strikes....
...Berkshire, which is the largest component in the S&P 500 value index, has fallen 6 per cent in 2022, far outperforming the 17 per cent decline in the benchmark S&P 500....
...By contrast, services PMIs jumped from 50 in November to 54 in June....
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...S&P executives tried to negotiate a licensing deal but never seemed to get anywhere. Without an agreement, they’d be buying a house without most of the land on which it was built....
...Rolls-Royce chief executive Warren East said that interest in his company’s next-generation nuclear reactors had surged amid the energy market turmoil triggered by the Ukraine conflict....
...(Laughter) Henry ManceYou know, this is all sort of a bit more interesting than the very s- Lilah RaptopoulosSmoking a little pot once in a while. Yeah. Henry ManceYeah....
...“We don’t pay enough attention right now — we just give lip service to it.”...
...The company claims the move will reduce the illegal market for cannabis and the number of drivers on the road who are under the influence. The service will start on Monday....
...Now, it may be that as IBM moved into services, it needed less capital investment. But that R&D drift is a warning sign....
...The percentage of the company’s assets that carry a five-star rating from Morningstar is among the highest at 33 per cent, just behind BlackRock and D&C....
...Needham and D. Hotson. Charlie Bean: Few downturns are exactly alike....
...The warren-like 17th-century building has played host to readings by authors ranging from Allen Ginsberg and William S Burroughs to Zadie Smith and Dave Eggers, while some claim James Joyce to be buried...
...K&L Gates has hired Skylor Hearn as a government affairs adviser in its public policy and law practice. Hearn spent more than two and a half decades at the Texas Department of Public Safety....
...Big consumer companies will look at brands offering “a specific consumer proposition” rather than generic compounds such as vitamins A, B and C, said Mr Ackerman....
...He was previously a managing partner at Deloitte’s financial services advisory in London....
...For Umicore, the move out of mining and into materials and services for clean vehicles and recycling took a leap of faith — as well as a heavy investment in technology....
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