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OMAHA, Neb. — Part rock concert, part investment workshop, the annual gathering of Berkshire Hathaway shareholders is an odd mix. But that’s just how the faithful crowd of more than 30,000 who attended Saturday’s version likes it. Getting the chance to learn about business and life from Berkshire CEO Warren Buffett and spend the day [...]
WASHINGTON — The American economy and job market are moving in the right direction, just not very quickly. The news Friday that U.S. employers added a solid 165,000 jobs in April and unemployment fell to a four-year low of 7.5 percent came as a relief. The Dow Jones industrial average surged 142 points, or 1 [...]
WASHINGTON — Regulators say they have closed a bank in Missouri, bringing to 51 the number of U.S. bank failures this year. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. on Friday seized Community Bank of the Ozarks, based in Sunrise Beach, Mo. The bank had roughly $42.8 million in assets and $41.9 million in deposits as of [...]
THE NEA BRIDGE by Phillip Alder A SMALL MAGAZINE, BUT FUN CONTENT New Zealand Bridge is published six times a year in a small-page format. It reports on that country’s tournaments and players in overseas competitions, but there are also instructive articles and an international bidding panel that answers six problems a month. This deal [...]
Dear Annie: Several months ago, my 17-year-old son’s girlfriend had a baby. I was upset at first, but then realized that the couple was young and needed help. My house now looks like a daycare center. For the whole nine months, we were part of the pregnancy. I paid for the mother to have an [...]
It’s a good thing that the person who said “there is no such thing as stressful situations, just stressful responses” remains unknown. If that person were known, he or she might suffer a retaliation today. Mars and Uranus square off, and we all get realistic. Some situations are inherently stressful, and it’s only natural to [...]
DAVE CARPENTER,AP Personal Finance Writer CHICAGO — Black Friday deals are starting early this year, and that means more pressure to spend spend spend. As the holiday shopping season expands and retailers make impulse buys ever-easier via smartphone and otherwise, consumers have to be extra-disciplined to avoid money trouble. Many are willing to indulge. The [...]
THE NEA BRIDGE by Phillip Alder THE ODDS ARE LOW BUT NOT IGNORED Aristotle said, “All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion, desire.” Which of those seven apply to a bridge deal? Definitely chance, occasionally habit, one hopes reason, every so often passion, and — [...]
Mars makes an entrance in Capricorn, beginning a cycle that will last until Christmas Day of this year. This is a strong station for the warrior planet, and Mars tends to push his advantage in Capricorn’s climate of ambition. Where there is a question as to the power of people and governments, many feel driven [...]
Dear Annie: My husband and I have been married for 16 years. We have two children, one with Asperger syndrome. Over the years, my sex drive has waned because of stress, age, work, children, etc. I try to make an effort to be intimate every week. I’ve seen a doctor to check my hormone levels, [...]
THE NEA BRIDGE by Phillip Alder GIVE HIM THE LEAD WHEN IT HELPS YOU Francois de La Rochefoucauld, a French writer, said, “Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will, we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things [...]
We all need affection and attention, and at some times more than others. Venus and Jupiter carry on with their air-sign love affair without any regard to the effect they might have on unsuspecting, impressionable, love-hungry humans. Cupid’s arrow doesn’t always wait until Valentine’s Day to strike. The aspect holds through the weekend. ARIES (March [...]
Dear Annie: I often feel sharp bites like pinpricks on different places of my body, especially at night. At first, it happened only in the bedroom, but now I get them while sitting in my family room and even in my car. I thought it might be bedbugs, but an exterminator ruled that out. He [...]
NEW YORK — The recipe for Thanksgiving travel is likely to make travelers a little bitter this year. Americans can expect airports to be busier and planes to be fuller than ever, according to a forecast by the main trade association for U.S. airlines two weeks ahead of the holiday. And fares are already more [...]
