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BYD's electric taxis hit Hong Kong roads with big ambitions
ReutersBy Lavinia Mo HONG KONG, May 15 (Reuters) - Warren Buffett-backed Chinese carmaker BYD Co Ltd rolled out Hong Kong's first electric taxi fleet on Wednesday, marking a milestone for its all-electric battery car that highlights its promise and its...Tags: Services and Shopping, Hong Kong, Passenger Cars, Hybrid Vehicles, Fuel-efficient Vehicles
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Families edging out private equity in consumer deals
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - From ketchup to hot drinks, family-run investment firms are shaking up the consumer deals market, squeezing out private equity players and forcing them to change strategy. Families, some of whom made their money from the consumer...Tags: Investments, Economy, Business and Finance, Corporate Officers, Private Equity, Companies and Corporations
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Maryland 5th-grader to present cupcake idea to Warren Buffett
For The Baltimore SunIf you ever find yourself looking for an excuse to eat more cupcakes, 11-year-old Krissa Hillman has a good one. The fifth-grader from Bollman Bridge Elementary School in Jessup is the creative mastermind behind Cupcakes for Literacy, a business that...Tags: Jessup (Anne Arundel, Maryland)
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Elan-Theravance deal a big boost for Baupost, Fidelity
ReutersBy Tim McLaughlin BOSTON, May 13 (Reuters) - Fidelity Investments and hedge fund Baupost Group LLC got a lift on Monday from their investment in Theravance Inc after the U.S.-based biopharmaceutical company agreed to a $1 billion royalty deal with...Tags: GlaxoSmithKline PLC, Thomson Corporation, Elan Corporation Plc, Theravance Incorporated
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10 things you might not know about hamburgers
May is National Hamburger Month, and the industry hopes you'll forget all about last month, when a Utah man attracted publicity by claiming he had a 14-year-old McDonald's hamburger that has never been refrigerated yet looks like new — no mold, no...
Tags: Gordon Brown, Mining, Unrest, Conflicts and War, McDonald's, George W. Bush
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Warren Buffett's No. 2 says ruling out big deal would be 'mad'
ReutersThe second-in-command at Warren Buffett's investment firm Berkshire Hathaway Inc. said the company would be "stark raving mad" to rule out another massive deal like its 2009 acquisition of railroad Burlington Northern, but high prices have made attractive...Tags: IBM, Economy, Business and Finance, Business, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Finance
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Warren Buffett: Men should help women succeed in business
ReutersBillionaire investor Warren Buffett said in an essay published on Thursday that the key to America's future success lies in helping women achieve as much in business as their male counterparts. "Fellow males, get onboard. The closer that America comes...Tags: The Washington Post, Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
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India federal govt to decide on giving iron ore license to POSCO -court
ReutersNEW DELHI, May 10 (Reuters) - India's federal government will decide if South Korean steelmaker POSCO can have preferential access to an iron ore mine for its planned $12 billion steel plant, a top court said, providing a boost to the troubled project...Tags: India, Metal and Mineral, Mining
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At Chicago Shakespeare, asking why Timon wrote those checks
Few realizations are as painful in life as the one that comes to a previously generous person, fallen on hard times and made suddenly and brutally aware that the quality of kindness among homo sapiens is neither reciprocal nor ubiquitous. That's...
Tags: Navy Pier, Television Industry, Austin Pendleton, Politics, Arts and Culture
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Nuevo libro enseña a los niños lo básico de las inversiones de Berkshire Hathaway
ReutersPor Jonathan Stempel OMAHA, 8 mayo (Reuters) - El conglomerado Berkshire Hathaway Inc de Warren Buffett invierte en decenas de negocios, y un nuevo libro intenta explicar todo a los lectores jóvenes, con detalle. La autora Nancy Rips y el dibujante Tom...Tags: ABC (tv network), Berkshire Hathaway Inc., GEICO
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New book teaches children ABCs of Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway
ReutersBy Jonathan Stempel OMAHA, Neb., May 8 (Reuters) - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc invests in dozens of businesses, and a new book tries to explain it all to young readers, from A to Z. Two Omaha residents, author Nancy Rips and illustrator...Tags: Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola Co., ABC (tv network), Authors, Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
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Dolphins owner Steve Ross pledges to give away half his family's wealth
Sun SentinelMiami Dolphins owner Steve Ross recently made a financial commitment to give away half of his family's wealth. Ross, who is worth an estimated $4.4 billion according to Forbes, became one of the new nine members to join the Giving Pledge, which is a...Tags: Lincoln Center, AFC East, Giving Pledge, Sports, University of Michigan
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