'Go-to-guy' Riley wins - Marion Star

'Go-to-guy' Riley wins
Marion Star
Jean Harrison Johnson - nominated by Mary Alice Schroeder and Sharon Huffman. Her nominators said, "... she is such a great organizer, mediator, coordinator, and facilitator, anything that gets the job done, a hands-on person.

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Warren Watch: How they met - Omaha World-Herald

Warren Watch: How they met
Omaha World-Herald
... Jordon The usual story of Warren Buffett meeting longtime friend and business partner Charlie Munger is recounted in the two main biographies of Buffett, “The Making of an American Capitalist” by Roger Lowenstein and “Snowball” by Alice Schroeder.

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7 Dividend Stalwarts to Start Your Own Berkshire Portfolio - Investorplace.com


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7 Dividend Stalwarts to Start Your Own Berkshire Portfolio
Investorplace.com
I recently read the book “The Snowball” by Alice Schroeder. I have been a great follower of anything on Warren Buffett for years, and this book definitely provided additional insight in the way the world's richest investor thinking process.
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Buffett Newspaper Stable Grows On Media General Deal - Wall Street Journal

Buffett Newspaper Stable Grows On Media General Deal
Wall Street Journal
Buffett had conceived of the Boys Town story and was actively involved in the reporting, according to Buffett biographer Alice Schroeder. Buffett would also develop a deep friendship with Post publisher Katharine Graham.

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Buffett paper stable grows with Media General - MarketWatch

Buffett paper stable grows with Media General
MarketWatch
Buffett had conceived of the Boys Town story and was actively involved in the reporting, according to Buffett biographer Alice Schroeder. Buffett would also develop a deep friendship with Post publisher Katharine Graham.

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Don't Turn In Your Library Card! - Forbes

Don't Turn In Your Library Card!
Forbes
In the 1980s, in Omaha, he went so far as to strike a special deal with the local distributor of the Journal, as Alice Schroeder reports in her riveting biography The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life. “When batches of the Journal ...

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When A Ham Sandwich Runs Your Company - Seeking Alpha

When A Ham Sandwich Runs Your Company
Seeking Alpha
Warren Buffett offered a similar quote that showed up in Alice Schroeder's book "The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life": "'I always used to tell Gates that a ham sandwich could run Coca-Cola (KO). And it was a damn good thing, too, ...

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