Been before. It is a company you know run by an investor whose become a household name. Its berkshire ha the tthaway c the 200,000 barrier and popped at 202,850, up 241 today alone. The next highest is seaboard goes for around 3,000. Todays gains give it the third highest market value, bigger than wells fargo, bigger than johnson johnson, and a whole lot more. It means one share of berkshier could buy a six bedroom, four bathroom in omaha or four years of tuition at an average private school. How about a ticket aboard the passenger spaceship, when it finally takes off or trade that one share for a brandnew 2015 bently continental gt with just enough left over to fill up the gas tank. Its probably not a car buffet would catch himself in. Buffet likes it that way. Does it make sense to buy brekshire stock or take profits . The chief officer at wedge wood officers. David, nice to have you with us. You know, looking at the performance of berkshire shares are up 13 , much more than the s p
Federal budget deficit was down to 95 billion and ten months into the fiscal year the yearly budget short fall hasnt been this low since 2008. On the jobs front, the Labor Department says more people are quitting their jobs. Thats actually a positive since it means they either have or are confident they can get a new one. The Federal Reserve says the Home Mortgage market improved with banks easing up on lending standards for borrowers with good credit. The National Federation of independent Business Reports smaller optimism ticked higher in july, a good sign as we push through the third quarter. This week well see if American Consumers can keep the optimism on the up swung as some of the biggest retail chains post Second Quarter earnings. Analysts are hoping for a big turn around from a disastrous start with wick kid Winter Weather keeping shoppers at home. Will this quarter be better, and which retailers will stand out . Reporter the retail earnings story is a tale of two. The Bloomin
Federal budget deficit was down to 95 billion and ten months into the fiscal year the yearly budget short fall hasnt been this low since 2008. On the jobs front, the Labor Department says more people are quitting their jobs. Thats actually a positive since it means they either have or are confident they can get a new one. The Federal Reserve says the Home Mortgage market improved with banks easing up on lending standards for borrowers with good credit. The National Federation of independent Business Reports smaller optimism ticked higher in july, a good sign as we push through the third quarter. This week well see if American Consumers can keep the optimism on the up swung as some of the biggest retail chains post Second Quarter earnings. Analysts are hoping for a big turn around from a disastrous start with wick kid Winter Weather keeping shoppers at home. Will this quarter be better, and which retailers will stand out . Reporter the retail earnings story is a tale of two. The Bloomin
By mutual of america designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why we are your retirement company. Additional support is provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios in Lincoln Center in new york, hari sreenivasan. Sreenivasan good evening. Thanks for joining us. Secretary of state john kerry traveled today to cairo to try to enlist egypts support in what the white house describes as americas war against the Islamic State, also known as isil. Egypt is the most populous country in the arab world. It will be our goal in every meeting that we have on the international basis, together, working to degrade and ultimately to defeat isil. Sreenivasan in his weekly radio address, president obama also emphasized the need to build an Arab Coalition to fight the extremist group, which has seized significant portions of syria and iraq. But the president cau
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