Word: bets
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Warren Buffett the investor is widely known: his $5 billion bet on the battered Goldman Sachs on Sept. 23 surely came as no surprise to fans of his coolheaded strategy of buying good firms on the cheap. Buffett the person, on the other hand, is quite a surprise--an emotionally needy husband and absentee father who avoids anyone he fears might criticize him. Even people who don't care a whit about business will be intrigued by this portrait of a boy who endured a verbally abusive mother and grew into a man desperately dependent on a series of women...
...when the last Expo was held? (It was in 2005, in Aichi, Japan - thanks, Google.) But Shanghai is determined to revitalize the Expo. While Beijing threw an efficient if, ultimately, rather empty Olympics - because of visa restrictions that kept out many tourists along with potential demonstrators - you can bet that Shanghai will give a warmer welcome to the world. After all, it was the influx of foreigners starting in the mid-19th century that turned a Chinese fishing town into the international hub of hedonism. And that's a status Shanghai isn't going to surrender to China's dowdier...
...stone solution: bring back fall 2007! The networks kept many of their new shows off the air after the strike, and are now relaunching them after a long absence for a "do over" season. The pitch: Remember all those shows you were mildly interested in last fall, America? We bet you'll be even more mildly interested in them this fall...
...asked him why he bought it, Weinstein said, "I'm a red-blooded American male. I get to hang out with models." We both laughed a particularly creepy kind of laugh, and then he said, "You and I know the least about fashion in this room. But I bet you can tell me Ty Cobb's batting average." Yes, I told him, I sure could. Unfortunately, he then asked me what Ty Cobb's batting average was. I said, ".421," with a lot of conviction. Weinstein said it was .367. To which I responded with no knowledge and a tone...
...been going on and on,” he said. “There have been so many huge firms collapsing, most of which people would not have considered in danger a year ago. The amazing thing it hasn’t yet caused a recession, but I would bet that’s coming...