Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett is no stranger to missed opportunities, but one that particularly stings is his decision not to invest in Amazon.com Inc. during its early days. "I blew it," Buffett has said about passing on the online retail giant not once but twice. In 1994, when Amazon was just getting started, Buffett decided against investing in what was then just an online bookstore. The same happened in 1997 when Amazon went public. At that time, even Wall Street wa
It is good that there can be legal consequences for those who upset democratic norms, from the Ottawa occupation to the Jan. 6 riot. But the people, not the courts, must be democracy’s primary backstop
The staffer at the centre of the controversy has resigned, the RCMP may investigate, and the Premier and Housing Minister admit the process was flawed. So why is the plan still under way?