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People are listening to the Sage of Omaha again. The man whom many consider to be the greatest investor of all time--Buffett once raised $210,000 at a charity auction for his 20-year-old wallet, with a stock tip inside--fell into disfavor in the late '90s. He was criticized for avoiding tech shares when they were soaring, and for clinging to big positions in stocks like Coke and Gillette after they had peaked and were driving down the market value of his company, Berkshire Hathaway...
...course of the year, and escape the Berg to boot. When the bill came, Señor Stingy only offered to pay for one appetizer! The scumbag pretended that his mom had not told us how she was paying for the dinner. Someone so tight with their wallet could not be tight with...
...shower curtains instead of plastic sheeting, figuring she could use them once the world returns to normal. The country's largest duct-tape manufacturer was running its factories round the clock as sales tripled in a week. Fortunately, there's a website to teach you how to make a wallet out of any leftover tape. "I don't want to spend six weeks holed up in my bedroom with a roll of duct tape and a bottle of water," says Bob Merrick, a Hollywood production assistant, "because someone came on TV and said we're on code red. Then they...
...that cost less than $30 a night. Zecha is negotiating with the government to take over other colonial properties and is creating a new beach resort on Tangalla. If you're searching for your own slice of paradise in Sri Lanka, now's the time to get out your wallet...
David McKeon knew in his heart--and in his wallet--that he was too young to stop working. At 56, like thousands of other Americans of his generation, he was given early retirement by his company, which had been taken over and downsized. Why not, he decided, use his background in finance, information systems and managing people to start his own company? McKeon read books on business trends and got in touch with former colleagues and professional associations. The result: Success Planning Associates, an executive business-and career-coaching firm based out of his home in Berlin, Mass...