Berkshire-Hathaway held its annual shareholders meeting this past weekend, and even if you're not a hedge fund manager, Warren Buffet's opinions are still worth considering. A reporter from SeekingAlpha took some notes during the discussion, documenting the wisdom of Buffet and his right-hand man and Vice-Chairman, Charlie Munger, on issues...
It's highest priority for national policy to have alternatives to your choice: a) importing as much oil as we do from the places we get it; b) putting more greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere; c) both of the above. Everybody agrees. Corn to ethanol...
Forests cover more than half of Washington's land area. Of the 23 million acres of forest land in the Evergreen State, 16.2 million acres are classified as commercial forests. All of Washington's forest lands contribute to the state; whether the forest is managed primarily to provide wood products, recreational opportunities,...
FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-8 June 2009-Swedish Retailer Ikea to Open Store in TampaC2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com With company representatives, local officials and community leaders on-hand, home furnishings retailer Ikea this week officially broke ground for its future store in Tampa, Florida. Ikea said the Tampa...
Friendly Energy Exploration (PINKSHEETS: FEGR) -- The Company announces today that its joint venture partnersSouthwest Talpa L.L.C., for the development of certain leases totaling 1300acres located in Runnels County, Texas has reported that the road to theexisting well is near completion. "The well is currently producing approximately 15 barrels of...
Many properties in Milwaukee's 30th Street Industrial Corridor are too small for manufacturers, and a prime site that meets the size standard is embroiled in a lawsuit with the city. The 84-acre Tower Automotive site is big enough to accommodate large businesses that generate industrial jobs, and...
Real estate and infrastructure investment firm extends socially conscious investment model to refurbish middle-income homes in Mumbai NEW YORK -- Trikona Capital Ltd., the leading fund management firm for institutional investment in infrastructure and real estate, today announced the expansion of its urban rejuvenation platform in Mumbai to...
The Camden County Park Police will continue to cover the overnight shift at the 600-acre Lakeland complex in Gloucester Township, just weeks after officials moved to cut service. But there still will be no midnight-to-8 a.m. coverage at other county parks. The Camden County freeholders' plan to cut all overnight...
Imagine Utah's West Desert turning into a "pollution spewing ... dust bowl." Opponents to an application by the Southern Nevada Water Authority to pump water from the Snake Valley -- which straddles the Utah-Nevada border -- have warned in documents filed with Nevada's state engineer that drawing from this water...
Passport Metals Inc. ("Passport") (TSX VENTURE: PPI) announces the signing of an option agreement with Noront Resources Ltd. ("Noront"), to acquire a 50-per-cent legal and beneficial interest in the Inner North Rim property, consisting of 4.5 claims, or 72 units, totaling approximately 2,850 acres. The Inner Rim Property lies in...
LOS ANGELES AFP — More than 14,000 people have been evacuated from a northern California town as hundreds of out of control wildfires continued to burn across the state, officials said Wednesday. Wind-driven flames leapt over fire lines at a rural community near the town of Paradise, 90...
Literature WAYS WITH WORDS Dartington Hall DEVON There are plenty of ways in which to lose yourself on Dartington Hall's majestic 1,200-acre estate - even without its annual melting pot of authors and intellects. Yet if ever a literary event were endemic to...
Trout of this world CLEVELEY MERE Forton Nr Lancaster Price: 1.5m Agent: Jackson-Stops & Staff Tel: 01625 540 340 They say: Estate with four-bedroom Huf Haus on the edge...
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. -- Dole Food Company, Inc. today announced that it has closed three asset sale transactions within the past three weeks that have generated approximately $100 million in cash to Dole and that were part of Dole's previously announced asset sale program. The proceeds have been used to...
Contract Has Maximum Value of $153 Million to URS SAN FRANCISCO -- URS Corporation (NYSE: URS) today announced that its EG&G Division has been awarded a re-compete contract to provide Operations Support Services at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The contract, including one base year...
CEDAR CITY -- Crews are mobilizing to battle a wildfire burning about 20 miles north of here. The Bureau of Land Management said Tuesday the Narrows wildfire is currently 630 acres in size and about 25 percent contained. The Color Country Interagency Fire Center said it expects...
"The Escopeta Plan" proposes that independent drillers can help solve America's energy crisis HOUSTON -- Houston oilman Danny S. Davis, president and CEO of Escopeta Oil, is convinced that those seeking a solution to America's current oil crisis are looking in the wrong direction. Instead of looking forward,...
POCATELLO, Idaho, July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- After more than a dozen indications of interest in the Request for Proposal RFP issued by Bannock County and Portneuf Medical Center PMC, the County Commission, with advice from the leaders of PMC and its medical staff, has named two finalists as possible...
Washington County has awarded Eagle-Elsner Inc. of Sherwood a construction contract to realign 175th Avenue and Roy Rogers Road north of Scholls Ferry Road. Once completed, the $4.25 million project will replace a three-way intersection where Roy Rogers Road ends at Scholls Ferry Road with a new four-way intersection. ...
Twelve firms have submitted proposals for engineering and planning services for the construction of Adams Avenue North in Sherwood. The project involves engineering design and preparation of documents for the construction of Adams Avenue North from Tualatin- Sherwood Road to Highway 99W. Located on a 33-acre urban...
