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☆ Mario Gabelli, John Rogers, and 3 other Warren Buffett experts just weighed in on the banking turmoil, pressure on house prices, and some of the investor's biggest bets. Here are their 10 best quotes.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Theron Mohamed | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Five experts on Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway spoke ahead of this year's annual meeting. Mario Gabelli, John Rogers, Chris Bloomstran, Adam Mead, and Todd Finkle discussed the conglomerate. Todd Finkle, the author of "Warren Buffett: Investor and Entrepreneur," emphasized the unique nature of Berkshire's yearly gathering, which attracts tens of thousands of people from around the world. Meanwhile, Adam Mead, the author of "The Complete Financial History of Berkshire Hathaway," touted the underlying value of Berkshire Hathaway Energy, and the savvy structure of Buffett's conglomerate. "Berkshire Hathaway Energy is going to become a powerhouse over the next decade.

☆ A Tennessee woman turned a millionaire's private 55-acre playground into an Airbnb empire with a replica Noah's ark and a treehouse mansion where guests can stay from $97 a night
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( Dan Latu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

After 40 years of real-estate investing, Marie was taken by the unique property. The novelty of owning a lighthouse, country store, and ark appealed to her, as did the unspoiled surroundings. "You look out to see nature flourishing and a stream running, it's pretty fabulous," she told Insider. Courtesy of Kelly Marie

NEW YORK, April 25 (Reuters) - Months after his departure from “The Daily Show" in late 2022, comedian Trevor Noah won a Webby Award for comedy in the “America’s Door Problem” segment of the late-night talk show, in which he pushes for gun control and criticizes policymakers’ response to mass shootings. In Noah's segment, he skewers the beliefs of some conservatives that books, critical race theory, video games and rap music lead to gun violence. “Yeah, that’s right, that’s how evil critical race theory is — it's only been around for like a year and it’s already caused three decades of school shootings,” Noah said. Some notable past winners include talk show host Stephen Colbert, comedian Sarah Silverman, television producer Lorne Michaels and French filmmaker Michel Gondry. Reporting by Alicia Powell and Danielle Broadway; Editing by Mary Milliken and Jonathan OatisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

It would be the third defamation trial against Jones and his company Free Speech Systems, after two previous ones found Jones and FSS liable for a combined $1.5 billion in damages. A Texas court previously found them liable and the proposed trial would determine how much Jones owes the parents. He estimated a two-week trial would cost $600,000, reducing the amount of money available to pay Pozner, De La Rosa and other Sandy Hook parents with legal claims against him. Jones filed for personal bankruptcy in December after those two trials concluded, saying he could afford to pay less than 1% of the Sandy Hook defamation judgments. Sandy Hook parents raised concerns at Tuesday's hearing about Jones's recent recording of a podcast similar to his Alex Jones Show in a new studio space and under a brand not affiliated with FSS.

☆ A Texas 'Dreamer' found out during an immigration meeting that his dad wasn't his biological father. Now he could be trapped in Mexico for a decade.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-05 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

A DACA recipient is stuck in Mexico after traveling to Juárez for an immigration interview in August. For weeks leading up to the immigration interview in Juárez, he was plagued with premonitions of irrevocable consequences. It took more than two years, but in the summer of 2022, Avalos finally received word that his preliminary immigration interview in Juárez was set for August. "He found out a lot of truths at that interview," Martinez said. He sometimes speaks with his mother on the phone, though not about the revelations he learned during his immigration interview.

☆ Putin has a plan to flee to South America if he loses the war in Ukraine, former aide says
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The Kremlin started coming up with an evacuation plan for Putin in the spring, a former aide said. Putin first considered a plan to evacuate to China — but later rejected the idea, Gallyamov said. "The leader's entourage does not exclude that he will lose the war, lose power and he will have to urgently evacuate somewhere," he added. Sechin, who is Putin's right-hand man, has been put in charge of the evacuation plan, Gallyamov said. He has regularly commented on the state of the war in Ukraine since the start of Russia's invasion on February 24.

☆ Pets returned to shelters in Hungary as owners face rising costs
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] Dogs look out from a kennel at Noah's Ark Animal Shelter in Budapest, Hungary, November 2, 2022. People turn up daily on the doorstep of the Noah's Ark Animal Shelter, saying they cannot care for their pets due to the rising costs of living and energy prices and with some owners moving abroad for work. "We are now living from day to day and we have to consider hard whether we can accommodate an animal, whether we can finance the healing of an animal," Schneider says. The situation is similar across Hungary's animal shelters, according to the Hungarian Animal Protection Alliance. Pet owners walking their dogs in a Budapest park confirmed the costs of keeping pets has surged.

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