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Munger’s Proposition 38 fails, according to AP
PolitiCalVoters have rejected Proposition 38, a tax hike to raise money for schools, according to the Associated Press. The measure was created by Pasadena civil-rights attorney Molly Munger, daughter of Berkshire Hathaway executive Charles Munger. Her ideas on... -
Voters reject Proposition 32, AP says
PolitiCalProposition 32 failed Wednesday morning, according to the Associated Press. The initiative was created to bar unions and corporations from using payroll deductions to raise money for political campaigns, as well as to prohibit them from making candidate... -
Critics say pension fix will require more than Jerry Brown's plan
PolitiCalLawmakers are expected to vote on Gov. Jerry Brown's public pension proposal -- a plan that requires new workers to work longer and asks all employees to pay more of their own retirement.... -
Goldberg: Let the taxi app roll
If Hollywood remade "The Graduate" and set it in 1980, the one word the businessman would have for Dustin Hoffman's character wouldn't be "plastics." It'd be "medallions." That's because the single greatest investment you could have made over the last...
Tags: Dustin Hoffman, Computer Hardware, Passenger Cars, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Jimmy Carter
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Warren Buffett invests in parties, buys Oriental Trading Co.
Billionaire financier Warren Buffett already has his hands in newspapers, jewelry, insurance and other holdings. Now, with the acquisition of Oriental Trading Co., the 82-year-old can add party planning. Buffett said Friday that his Berkshire Hathaway...
Tags: Media General Inc., Financially Distressed Companies, GEICO, Newspaper and Magazine, Prostate Cancer
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Charles Huggins dies at 87; longtime head of See's Candies
Before Charles N. Huggins began working at See's Candies in 1951 as a manager in the company's packing department in San Francisco, his favorite candies were black licorice and, thanks to his World War II service as a paratrooper, Hershey's chocolate....
Tags: The Hershey Co., Literature, Walnuts, Arts and Culture, Orange County Register
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Warren Buffett pontificates on JPMorgan, Wells Fargo, newspapers
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett had opinions to spare Friday, when he dished on JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon, Wells Fargo’s home lending prowess, the future of the euro and newspapers, Facebook and more. “I’ve had enough mistakes of...
Tags: Media General Inc., Media Industry, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Jamie Dimon, Newspaper and Magazine
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Stock buybacks fall for second consecutive quarter
American companies are getting a bit hesitant about buying back their own stock. Share repurchases by large companies fell in the first three months of this year, the second consecutive quarter of declining buybacks, according to Standard & Poor’...
Tags: Stock Market, Buyback, American International Group, Economy, Business and Finance, Exxon Mobil Corporation
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Avon gets kiss-off from Coty, stock plunges
Beauty company Coty Inc. is no longer interested in wooing Avon Products Inc., withdrawing its takeover bid and sending Avon’s stock plummeting more than 10%. In a "Dear Avon" letter Monday night, Coty Chairman Bart Becht bashed the struggling...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Warren Buffett, Companies and Corporations
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Buffett and Berkshire bet on print, buy 63 Media General papers
Former paperboy and current Omaha, Neb., billionaire Warren Buffett is throwing the weight of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. behind the newspaper industry, buying the majority of Media General Inc.’s papers months after picking up his hometown publication....
Tags: Media General Inc., Media Industry, Tampa, Newspaper and Magazine, Prostate Cancer
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$420,600 and counting for 'power lunch' with Warren Buffett
Want a “power lunch” with billionaire financier Warren Buffett? Get ready to shell out at least $420,600 for the privilege. So far, that’s the top bid in an annual charity auction to dine with seven friends and Buffett at Smith &...
Tags: Media General Inc., Auction Service, Mutual Funds, Prostate Cancer, Charlottesville (Charlottesville, Virginia)
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Is luxury back? Michael Kors' profit triples, stock soars
Michael Kors is making it work: Profit at the newly public luxury retailer more than tripled in the fourth quarter. The American fashion designer puts out extravagant $2,295 python satchels (other bags come in ostrich and crocodile) and $1,295 calf-...
Tags: Jennifer Lopez, Project Runway (tv program), Financing and Stock Offerings, Television Industry, Apple iPhone
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