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David Cleary: Lessons Learned From an Influencer

2013-05-22T16:26:19Z

Until very recently I wouldn't have called myself an avid social media user. Sure, I created a Facebook profile in 2006, at a time when a college email address was still required to sign up, but who didn't? The concept of the "social network" has changed a great deal since then.

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Kyle Ash: Coal Exports, Bad for the Environment -- Duh

2013-05-22T12:40:50Z

Coal exports are good for the environment -- they are actually saying this. In Oregon and Washington State the coal industry has been pushing this line at town hall meetings, government hearings, and lobby visits.

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Buffett Serves Up Ice Cream At Dairy Queen

2013-05-21T07:50:57Z

RALSTON, Neb. -- Billionaire Warren Buffett isn't just Berkshire Hathaway's chairman and CEO. He's also the chief salesman.

Buffett visited a Dairy Q...

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These Lucky Entrepreneurs Will Pitch Their Best Idea To A Legend

2013-05-20T13:29:11Z

OMAHA, Neb. — Meeting Warren Buffett was exciting, but 10-year-old Matthew Meyer said winning $5,000 and 10 shares of stock in Buffett's company...

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Steve Siebold: The Hidden Secret to David Beckham's Success: Mental Toughness!

2013-05-17T15:29:25Z

Former manager Alex Ferguson often said that Beckham practiced with a discipline to achieve an accuracy that other players wouldn't care about.

Read more: Sports, Michael Jordan, World Cup, Soccer, Tiger Woods, Donald Trump, David Beckham, Warren Buffett, Steve Siebold, Bill Gates, English Football, Mental Toughness, Sports News

8 Things Really Successful People Do

2013-05-14T12:04:43Z

By Kevin Daum, visit Inc.

Most people claim to want success. But not everyone is willing to do the hard work and the smart work to get there. O...

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Jeremy Harris Lipschultz: Unsolicited Social Media Advice for Warren Buffett

2013-05-13T11:00:09Z

If Buffett just talks to his friends on Twitter, he has an opportunity to influence millions of new followers on topics, such as philanthropy, women in business and financial literacy. A little interaction will go a long way toward making Warren Buffett a force to be reckoned with in social media.

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Frank A. Weil: An Omaha 'Bomber'

2013-05-10T19:12:59Z

There really can be no debate or argument about who has been far and away the most successful pure investor in the past 100 years or may be forever. There have been few fortunes as large as the one amassed by Warren Buffett.

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Myra Evans: Warren Buffet and My Mom, an Original Rosie the Riveter

2013-05-10T15:38:57Z

Buffet said that, "Women are the key to America's prosperity...The closer America comes to fully employing the talents of all its citizens, the greater the output of goods and services will be." Buffet's essay reminded me of my hardworking mother and her experiences during World War II.

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Belinda Parmar: The Daring Book for Boys in Business

2013-05-09T18:00:30Z

While Cunningham and Roberts's previous book, Inside Her Pretty Little Head, was a guide to successful female brands, The Daring Book for Boys in Business is for male-centric companies.

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Women Are Less Likely To Take Credit In This Situation

2013-05-08T15:43:03Z

Women are capable of taking full credit for their contributions to a team project -- except if the other team member is a man.

So claims a new stud...

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1st Woman Billionaire Pledges To Donate Half Of Wealth To Charity

2013-05-07T19:27:57Z

More billionaires showing their benevolence is a business trend we can get behind.

Nine new wealthy donors and their families signed on to the Givi...

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WATCH: CNBC Hit By Bird Poop

2013-05-06T13:56:57Z

Well, this was unfortunate.

CNBC host Becky Quick was about to go live from Omaha with an interview featuring Warren Buffett when a bird defecated...

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Jeremy Harris Lipschultz: A Young Warren Buffett, the Stock Market and TV

2013-05-06T10:12:18Z

The Oracle of Omaha explained stock market psychology to a local television reporter more than 50 years ago, a new documentary reveals.

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What Warren Buffett Isn't Saying

2013-05-06T09:01:53Z

Warren Buffett reminded all of us last week that Corporate America could do more to advance women in the workplace. Perhaps he should start with his o...

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Buffett: Fed Helped Stock Market Soar

2013-05-06T07:43:35Z

OMAHA, Neb. — Investor Warren Buffett said even though the stock market is soaring, prices appear reasonable, and stocks would be a better inves...

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Warren Buffett: We Need Immigration Reform

2013-05-05T11:18:32Z

WASHINGTON -- Describing a sound immigration system as critical to economic growth, renowned investor Warren Buffett said Sunday that it's time lawmak...

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Buffett: 'This Is Not Our Toughest Hour'

2013-05-05T10:37:57Z

OMAHA, Neb. -- Part rock concert, part investment workshop, the annual gathering of Berkshire Hathaway shareholders is an odd mix.

But that's just ho...

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Dylan Ratigan: The Woodstock of Capitalism

2013-05-04T13:20:02Z

Every year on this day, tens of thousands of people make the pilgrimage to Omaha, Nebraska to hear two of the worlds richest men discuss everything from cultural trends, to love and marriage, to assigning probabilities to terrorist attacks. Those men are Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger, of course.

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Warren Buffett Has Good News About Newspapers

2013-05-05T10:21:48Z

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Billionaire Warren Buffett says Berkshire Hathaway shareholders should expect decent returns on the newspapers the company has bo...

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Protests At Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Meeting

2013-05-04T12:31:17Z

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Dozens of Utah coal miners are picketing outside the Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting in downtown Omaha.

The protesters are...

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Buffett 'In Agreement' On Successor

2013-05-04T12:17:37Z

(Corrects word in quote by Burlington Northern CEO to "consumption" instead of "construction" in 7th graph) * Does not name successor,...

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Buffett's Daredevil Shareholder Meeting Move

2013-05-04T10:07:05Z

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Investor Warren Buffett is trying to keep the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting interesting by adding a critic of hi...

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Great News For Buffett

2013-05-03T18:00:54Z

OMAHA, Neb. — Berkshire Hathaway's first-quarter profit jumped 51 percent as its insurance companies performed well and the value of its investm...

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Buffett Tells Men To 'Get Onboard' With Key Business Strategy

2013-05-02T07:45:30Z

(Reuters) - The key to America's future success lies in helping women achieve as much as their male counterparts, billionaire investor Warren Buffett ...

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