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Buffett to star in children’s cartoon
July 24th, 2009 |
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The Secret Millionaires Club to feature an animated character of the billionaire investor giving advice on the art of finance
The so-called Sage of Omaha, Warren Buffett, is a billionaire, a philanthropist, a stockpicker and an author. In a new turn for his veteran career, the wily 78-year-old investor will shortly add cartoon star to that list.
An animated character of Buffett is to tutor children about the art of finance in a series called The Secret Millionaires Club, to be created by the internet empire AOL and media production firm A Squared Media. Episodes lasting three to five minutes will initially appear on AOL, before being distributed more broadly across the web via social networking sites.
The world’s second richest man is in august company. Others featuring in cartoons as part of the same project include the supermodel Gisele Bündchen, who plays a superhero protecting the environment, and Martha Stewart, who will educate viewers in cooking, crafting, gardening and creating “unforgettable” events.
Nebraska-based Buffett has built a vast army of US followers who admire his flair for picking successful investments and acquisitions. His fortune is estimated at $37bn (£22.5bn), ranking second only to Bill Gates’s $40bn on Forbes magazine’s annual ranking of the world’s richest people.
Buffett said the credit crunch served as a reminder of the need to teach children about money: “What better time to help educate our kids about financial responsibility.”
It has been a tough year for Buffett, by his own high financial standards. The billionaire’s Berkshire Hathaway investment company suffered a rare drop in its asset value during 2008, partly due to what Buffett admitted were some “dumb” choices. Berkshire recently lost its cherished triple-A credit rating and its shares have slipped by 18% over the last 12 months.
Nevertheless, a charity auction for a steak lunch with Buffett recently raised $1.68m.
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Elaine Shannon: Eco-chic? Or cheap chic?
July 17th, 2009 |
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Environmental Working Group has just released a bottled water scorecard that grades almost 200 brands for labels or websites that disclose their sources, treatment methods and results of contaminant testing
Bride’s bouquet brings down plane
July 14th, 2009 |
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Isidoro Pensieri threw bouquet from plane but flowers flew into engine causing an explosion and landing him in hospital
Of all wedding customs, the bouquet toss is arguably the most controversial. Described on marthastewart.com as the “suspenseful moment when the single women gather behind the bride – to see who will be the next to get married”, it is scarcely a favourite with feminists.
No one, though, has argued it could prompt life-threatening injuries. Until now.
Isidoro Pensieri, 44, was today recovering at a hospital in Pisa from serious facial and head injuries and two broken legs, sustained when the ultra-light aircraft in which he was travelling crashed near a restaurant at which a wedding reception was being held.
Martha Stewart recommends that to “get the blossoms to the wallflowers”, the bride should stand “on a balcony, the top of a staircase or a chair”. But at this particular wedding in the Tuscan countryside, it was decided to make what proved to be an imprudent break with tradition.
Pensieri was entrusted with the bouquet so that he could cast it dashingly into the outstretched arms of the unmarried female guests as the plane swooped by.
According to Italian news agency reports, however, the flowers disappeared into the tail rotor, causing an explosion in the motor and pitching the ultra-light into a dive. After just missing a hostel in which some 50 young people were gathered, the aircraft plunged to earth in a wood.
The pilot, 61 year-old Luciano Nannelli, escaped unhurt from the crash, which happened near the town of Suvereto, near Livorno.
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