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Harvard purchased over $35 million worth of shares in Bank of America and invested several million dollars in other U.S. financial firms as well. Additionally, the University purchased stakes in companies that have been the target of high-profile takeovers, including Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, recently purchased by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, and Cadbury PLC, recently acquired by Kraft Foods...
WARREN BUFFETT, investor, on his company's $26 billion purchase of Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad--its biggest deal ever and one Buffett calls an "all-in wager" on the U.S. economy...
...greater Boston area. During his presentation, he spoke about Magic Hat’s most successful beers, the process of brewing, and the history of Magic Hat. Magic Hat, or the “Willy Wonka of Breweries” as described by Maclean, was founded in 1994 in Burlington, Vt. For the company, Maclean said that Beer School presents an opportunity to spread the taste of the new beers to college students and to have a fun time while doing it. “It’s a great way to get to our target audience...
...Crimson women finished second over the weekend at the New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association Women’s Championship in Burlington, Vt., an event co-hosted by the University of Vermont and Dartmouth...
That correlates with what Jeffrey Ashe found in the 1990s when he ran a group-lending outfit. Working Capital, which had branches from Burlington, Vt., to Miami, eventually collapsed, but at its height the entrepreneurs were tremendous sources of support to one another, says Ashe. "I'd say that might have been more important than the loans," he recalls. "After they stopped borrowing, a lot of the groups would still meet - to help with bookkeeping, to refer customers to each other." Even if microlending isn't a clear-cut pathway out of poverty - and years of studies have...