Homes of the Billionaries
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In today's tough economic climate, Warren Buffett is setting a good example. The world's second richest man lives in the same five-bedroom, gray stucco house he bought in 1958 for $31,500.
That's right. Legendary investor Buffett, 78, still calls his humble digs in Omaha, Neb.'s Happy Hollow suburb home, despite a $37 billion fortune. That famous folksiness is, of course, in keeping with his investment philosophy. "If you don't feel comfortable owning something for 10 years," he once told a reporter, "then don't own it for 10 minutes."
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Great movies under 90 minutes
Sunday, December 7, 2008
These are some of the great movies to watch which has run time of less than 90 minutes:-
1) Paths of Glory(1957) - Director: Stanley Kubrick
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050825/
2) The Ox-Bow Incident(1943) - Director: William A.Wellman
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036244/
3) Following(1998) - Director: Christopher Nolan
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0154506/
4) Rope(1948) - Director: Alfred Hitchcock
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040746/
5) Office Space(1999) - Director: Mike Judge
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0151804/
Half-million jobs lost
Friday, December 5, 2008
An alarming half-million American jobs vanished virtually in a flash last month, the worst mass layoffs in over a third of a century, as economic carnage spread ever faster and the nation hurtled toward what could be the hardest hard times since the Great Depression.
For complete article
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ioHc80xKMiATnqCpK0cDKJzk_nPQD94SQHO80
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