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Non-Tech : Berkshire Hathaway Class B -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: hoyasaxa who wrote (1382)	3/10/2000 3:38:00 PM
From: SC	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1652

<<Higher EPS than share price. Kinda funny. >> My guess is that the EPS number is for A shares. For a funny one, read this peace of new: "Who Wants to Be a Jillionaire" with Warren Buffett and Bill Gates omaha.com ... The game came down to Buffett's last multiple-choice question: "Which of these is a sure-fire investment for the new millennium?" A. Cherry Coke futures in any country you are visiting B. Anything with "Dot Com" in the name C. Blackjack at Harveys Casino D. Value investing with the Wizard of Omaha. "It's a tough one," Buffett agonized. "I don't like futures trading and the Internet is a passing fad. Blackjack is just gambling, unless you can count cards, and value investing hasn't been working too well for me lately." Faced with such a daunting challenge of the intellect, Buffett decided it was time to phone a friend. He didn't call just any friend: He dialed up the richest man on the planet - Microsoft chief Bill Gates. Gates appeared on a video monitor onstage, answering the phone. "Hello?" he said. "Hello, sir, this is Pat Hazell with 'Who Wants to be a Jillionaire,' and Warren Buffett has chosen you as his phone-a-friend lifeline. He needs your help answering an investment question." "Not again!" Gates groaned. Gates did, however, grudgingly agree to help. "The sure-fire investment for the new millennium," Gates told Buffett, "is E. The combination of Pokemon, Regis Philbin and a Tom Osborne campaign contribution." ...