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2015 BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY ANNUAL SHAREHOLDER MEETING

Brown Advisory

They communicate in clear-thinking ways that leave little doubt of their insight and accumulated wisdom. They celebrate good business and investment practices, the potential for human achievement, high ethics and decency to one’s fellow man. for the S&P 500 Index as of Dec. Buffett and Munger are going strong at 84 and 91 years young.

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Investors Seeking Sustainability Gain Confidence Through Screening

Brown Advisory

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) said in April that it missed out on as much as $3 billion in gains between 2001, when it started to sell its tobacco stocks, until the end of 2014, when it completed the divestment. By the end of 2014, institutional investors had invested more than $1.2

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Investors Seeking Sustainability Gain Confidence Through Screening

Brown Advisory

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) said in April that it missed out on as much as $3 billion in gains between 2001, when it started to sell its tobacco stocks, until the end of 2014, when it completed the divestment. By the end of 2014, institutional investors had invested more than $1.2 High Stakes.

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Don't get an "F" on FBAR

Brown Advisory

As such, even the most ethical taxpayers may feel anxiety about these reports, since they may end up being punished despite the best intentions. In 2014, an 87-year-old, retired specialty-glass importer faced more than $2 million in penalties for failing to disclose a $7 million Swiss account which dated back to the 1960s.

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Don't get an "F" on FBAR

Brown Advisory

As such, even the most ethical taxpayers may feel anxiety about these reports, since they may end up being punished despite the best intentions. In 2014, an 87-year-old, retired specialty-glass importer faced more than $2 million in penalties for failing to disclose a $7 million Swiss account which dated back to the 1960s.

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Transcript: Eric Balchunas

The Big Picture

BALCHUNAS: While I was in college at Rutgers, and I was — wrote for the school paper, and I decided to major in journalism and communications because I liked it. at a crisis communication firm named Abernathy MacGregor and got to work with several clients and, you know, took them to Bloomberg, took them to Reuters, took them to there.

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We’re All Reasonabilists Sometimes

The Better Letter

Nearing 400 years ago now, Thomas Hobbes noted and accounted for a crucial difference between geometry and ethics: We disagree about and dispute matters of ethics routinely but geometry almost never. Liberals and conservatives alike react negatively to dissonant science communication. “It expresses who they are.”

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