Tag Archives: berkshire hathaway

Order the Berkshire Hathaway Souvenir Pennies

- by Phil Dennison, Senior Marketing Specialist It’s safe to say that our souvenir pennies, run through our exclusive penny press machine, were a runaway smash hit at the Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Meeting, where we sold more than 100 sets of four.  If you were not able to attend the event, or otherwise would like [...]

Wrapup: Berkshire Hathaway 2010, Success and Good Samaritans

- by Phil Dennison, Senior Marketing Specialist Well, the displays are all packed up, the shareholders are returning home, and the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder Meeting 2010 has come to a close. Business Wire had a wonderful experience this year, representing ourselves to nearly 40,000 visitors with our on-site presence among the Berkshire family of [...]

Business Wire Smash!

– by Phil Dennison, Senior Marketing Specialist The Incredible Hulk’s famous battle cry came to mind today as I arrived at the Qwest Center in Omaha to find our newly-assembled Penny Press machine, which will be used by attendees of the 2010 Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Meeting to create their souvenir pennies for charity.  Mike Compton [...]

Pennies From Omaha

It’s nearly that time again:  The 2010 Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Meeting is this coming Saturday, May 1.  I will be attending this year’s meeting, along with nine other Business Wire people including our CEO, Cathy Baron Tamraz.  And once more, Business Wire is providing a fun item for other attendees to pick up and help [...]

Buffett Comes Alive!

Anyone who has ever heard Warren Buffett, CEO of our corporate parent Berkshire Hathaway,  speak in interviews knows that he’s got a terrific sense of humor.  Recently he took it to a whole new level in a video produced by BH-owned Geico, which was shown at Geico’s annual employee meeting this past February.  In this [...]

How to Reach the $713B Latino Market: Hispanic Media Panel Provides Targeting Tips, Trends

Business Wire San Antonio hosted “How to Reach the $713B Latino Market: Hispanic Media Panel Provides Targeting Tips, Trends,” a media breakfast where San Antonio area attendees learned valuable tips on reaching the Latino market.
The panel included:
Samuel Belilty, News Director, KWEX Univision 41
Frank Elizondo, Regional Manager, El Mundo
Javier Barroso, Deputy Editor, Conexión
 Among the key [...]

High Performance Press Releases: Getting Your Release Found, Seen & Shared

Business Wire San Antonio hosted back-to-back Austin and San Antonio seminars November 18th and November 19th, 2009. Attendees were provided tips to help optimize future press releases so they are found, seen and shared.

The well-rounded panel included Bill Leake, Founder, President and CEO of Apogee Search, the most prominent search engine marketing firm in the [...]

Upcoming Business Wire Events – November 9 Edition

Join Business Wire experts in your area for media breakfasts, panel discussions and other insightful events. We bring local media members and industry thought leaders to your market to discuss today’s most relevant topics, from writing for SEO to marketing with social media. Best of all, Business Wire events are usually free of charge. Check [...]

Can short-term governance focus investors on the long term?

Warren Buffett has been quoted as saying that his ideal holding period for a security is “forever”.  While Buffett has exhibited long-term perseverance with some of his large cap holdings like Johnson and Johnson and Coca-Cola, he’s actually proved to be quite the trader recently with some options plays and short-term funding of the troubled [...]

Munger, markets, and a day at the track

Really nice article at Can Turtles Fly? entitled, “Charlie Munger: Stock market as a pari-mutuel betting system“.  The ultimate market commentator/psychologist, the post quotes Berkshire’s Munger and his core tenets on investing, culled mostly from an undated speech, “The Art of Stock Picking.”  Beyond being a really interesting read, the speech details Munger’s proposition that [...]