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Buffett, Gates Share Economic Optimism with Columbia Students

November 12th, 2009 · No Comments

Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, the two richest men in the world, recently spoke to a crowd of students at Columbia University and shared their optimism about the future of the economy.  Said Buffett, “The financial panic is behind us…The bottom has come in stocks.  Don’t pass on something that’s attractive today.”  There have been […]

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Happy Birthday Benjamin Franklin!

January 17th, 2009 · No Comments

 
Today, January 17, is the birthday of a great American patriot, Benjamin Franklin, so I would like to dedicate this post to him.  Amongst his many accomplishments, he was famous for authoring Poor Richard’s Almanack (under the pseudonym Richard Saunders); inventing the lightning rod, bifocal glasses and the Franklin stove; and being a Founding Father […]

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