My friend Carol had to go back and see the Imax version of Avatar in 3D a second time last Saturday. Carol, Glenn and I had gone to the morning show and it was awesome. I think it represents the future of entertainment. It is a true TransBrand. A what? Turn the clock back one hundred years. Farmer John used to take his eggs and milk into town. His neighbors brought their produce and they traded with each other or exchanged dollars. Then the world got sophisticated. It certainly got bigger as the cities grew. No longer did the luxury
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Insider Trading with Warren Buffett: The embarrassing truth from a non-believer
Who the heck is Jim Kilts? My oldest brother is friends with Jim Kilts. Mr. Kilts was the Chairman of the Board of Gillette before it got sold to Procter and Gamble. It was at Gillette that Kilts developed a relationship with Warren Buffett and where they came to know each other’s strengths. When Buffett resigned from the board of Coca Cola he recommended Kilts to take his place because “he is one of the great businessmen in America.” Turn the clock ahead and Gillette gets sold to P&G and Kilts is “in between jobs.” It was during this time
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