Warren Buffett purchased Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad this week for $26b. In addition to all the strategic reasons for the purchase he joked that he acquired the company because  “ my father didn’t buy me a train set as a kid .”

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From an interview with Spike Jonze where he relates experiences from his first run-in with big hollywood movie-making:   "It had slowly, day by day, moved away from what i was trying to do. I didn't realize how things get corrupted not...

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Yipee - Elad and Othman's TownMe launched their API so get crackin' all you developers.
Topics: townme

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Picture this: you're walking by a new coffee shop and pause to take a look. Hmm, how can you figure out whether they have good coffee - maybe the # of people inside? Too few customers and you might think "boy, this place probably sucks."...
Topics: retail

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The mainstream read of Obama's Nobel Prize suggests it's a bit of a smackdown on the Bush presidency. Another alternative take could be that the world community isn't looking backwards on America's international policy but forward. Could..
Topics: nobel, obama

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