The annual meeting falls on May 5th and will again be webcast by Yahoo!, whose web address is https://finance.yahoo.com/brklivestream. The webcast will go live at 8:45 a.m. Central Daylight Time. Yahoo! will interview directors, managers, stockholders and celebrities before the meeting and during the lunch break. Both the interviews and meeting will be translated simultaneously into Mandarin.
Our partnership with Yahoo! began in 2016 and shareholders have responded enthusiastically. Last year, real-time viewership increased 72% to about 3.1 million and replays of short segments totaled 17.1 million.
For those attending the meeting in person, the doors at the CenturyLink will open at 7:00 a.m. on Saturday to facilitate shopping prior to our shareholder movie, which begins at 8:30. The question-and-answer period will start at 9:15 and run until 3:30, with a one-hour lunch break at noon. Finally, at 3:45 we will begin the formal shareholder meeting, which usually runs from 15 to 45 minutes. Shopping will end at 4:30.
On Friday, May 4th, our Berkshire exhibitors at CenturyLink will be open from noon until 5 p.m. We added that extra shopping time in 2015, and serious shoppers love it. Last year about 12,000 people came through the doors in the five hours we were open on Friday.
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Come to Omaha – the cradle of capitalism – on May 5th and meet the Berkshire Bunch. All of us look forward to your visit.
February 24, 2018 Warren E. Buffett
Chairman of the Board
Despite the worsening macro image, tarnished by Fed-induced tightening, higher rates, rising inflation, and the prospect of increased trade tariffs, the broader economy appears to still be largely insulated from these threats.
Moreover, GOP tax cuts, increased infrastructure spending, record corporate profits, GDP expansion, robust but still relatively stable inflation, positive sentiment, and increased overall economic activity should continue to serve as a catalyst to propel stocks higher in the short to intermediate term. Therefore, these fundamental elements coupled with a relatively constructive technical setup suggest that this correction is likely nearing an end, rather than transitioning into a bear market.
Longer term, the inflationary pressures coupled with rising rates, and other constricting elements are likely to cause a significant slowdown in the U.S. economy, which will likely lead to a recession coupled with a severe bear market. However, I do not expect this scenario to materialize until 2019/2020.
I also wonder about scientists, generally, who had a broad view of the universe and how that affected their perspectives. Carl Sagan, Albert Einstein, Jane Goodall and Stephen Jay Gould all seem to have derived various sorts of humanism from their work, although none ever viewed Earth from space. Do you think this is similar to the inspirational effect of viewing Earth from space, as you describe it?
It’s true, I do show ways in which seeing the Earth from space inspired scientists. The microbiologist René Dubos, who popularized the expression “think globally, act locally,” said that seeing Earthrise made him realize that “the Earth is a living organism.” James Lovelock, who was then employed by NASA, was inspired by Earthrise to come up with his Gaia theory. We are lucky that scientists are largely also humanists but that isn’t always true. There is a very dark side of science. Darwinism was, soon after Darwin’s time, perverted into Social Darwinism, out of which arose eugenics (at one time a respectable science), a direct route to the concentration camps.
If Vancouver were able to beat other competitors like Toronto, Chicago, New York, Boston, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, the economic and social impact of Amazon’s second headquarters on the Metro Vancouver region would be astonishing.
Amazon announced today it is seeking bids from North American cities interested in becoming the location of its second headquarters. This entails a $5-billion office complex that could grow to 8 million sq. ft. in size within a number of buildings and employ as many as 50,000 people in high-paying positions, with average annual salaries reaching over $100,000.
Do we really want the Amazon Tech Dudes taking over Vancouver? Ask San Franciscans what they think of the tech-dude-takeover of their city. However it might be worth it if we get the above pictured building in our city … “Proposed 24-storey office tower at 400 West Georgia. (Merrick Architecture / Westbank Projects Corporation)”
The more that mobile devices permeate every aspect of our lives, the greater the impact they have on the way we search for content online. In the past, you had to use the right keywords if you wanted to find results quickly, but nowadays you can just ask your phone to do it for you.
Voice interaction is here to stay, and it’ll probably overhaul the way we tackle Search Engine Optimization (SEO) in the long run. In this article, we’ll discuss three ways that voice interaction will impact SEO, and provide you with two simple methods for adapting your WordPress website to those changes. Let’s get started! Read Full Article at Elegant Themes →
It’s all about achieving the instant answer that the Googles of the world supply at the top of the search result page. Let me help you with getting those long-tailed keywords into your content…
Nice work boys!! It is truly phenomenal how much Sean hates asparagus. Thank you all for donating to the cause: https://www.youcaring.com/…
Sean raised $750 towards the fund for Matheo’s autism service dog. In exchange for the donations he wore a Habs jersey, shopped at Costco and ate asparagus. All things he despises.
I took this photo during a hike of the Lions Bay Loop just off the Sea To Sky Highway. A lovely little 2 hour or so hike with minimal elevation gain and cool waterfall to check out.
But I digress…
The point I wanted to make was that high quality photography is crucial to the success of a website. And I wanted to show off this flower photo that i took. I’m rather proud of it 😉
You can have the best code/infrastructure/theme, the wittiest writing, but if your photos suck then your website will suck too and people will think that you or your company suck too. I dislike using the juvenile word suck, but I feel very strongly that superior photography matters to your business.
Every new business should have a website, whether it’s for lead generation, e-commerce, or just general branding. Having even the most bare-bones site puts your business ahead of more than half of US small businesses, which don’t have a website at all. However, your site may not be helping your business as much as it could, or should. In fact, marketing researchers have found many design problems that work against the business the site is supposed to promote. Here are some common web design mistakes that confuse visitors, erode their trust, or run them off, along with suggestions for design improvements. Read Full Article at HostGator →
Slow-loading, wordy landing pages
Design without market research
Cluttered pages
Too-trendy design
Stale content
Poor quality images
Broken Links
Bad logo design
Hard-to-read or silly fonts
Hard-to-find contact information and calls to action
If you feel that your website suffers from any of these maladies then please contact me to discuss
When it comes to the Canucks jersey there is only one thing that matters at the moment. LOSE THE ORCA, NUCKS!!! #losetheorca
The orca represents the previous owners of the Vancouver Canucks, Orca Bay Sports and Entertainment. The orca logo does not represent the hockey team. Never has, never will.
We can discuss the merits of the Johnny Canuck logo, the stick-n-rink logo, etc, that would be lots of fun, but first the current owners need to commit to getting rid of the orca logo. NOW!!! Maybe we should start a change.org petition or a kickstarter campaign to pay for the logo change 🙂
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