During her trip to Cornwall on Thursday, she reconnected with an old schoolteacher. Jim Embury was hugged by Kate Middleton at the National Maritime Museum in Falmouth. In the 1990s, Jim Embury taught Kate at St Andrew’s prep school in Pangbourne. Princess Kate Middleton continued to defy unwritten royal protocol by hugging her former history … Read more
The donation comprises about 14.4 million shares of Berkshire Hathaway stock. It is part of the billionaire’s pledge to give away nearly all of his net worth. Buffett, 91, has donated more than half of his Berkshire shares since 2006. He and Bill Gates pioneered “The Giving Pledge”. Warren Buffett on Tuesday gave about $4 … Read more
A “very rare” 18th Century Chinese vase was bought for a few hundred pounds in the 1980s and kept in a kitchen. It was sold for £1,449,000. The Qianlong Emperor’s court commissioned the 2ft blue-glazed, silver and gilded vase. It was expected to fetch £100,000-£150,000 at auction, with cranes and bats adorning it. The vase … Read more
Due to a reduction in the paper value of its investments, Berkshire Hathaway, the holding company of billionaire businessman Warren Buffett, had its net profit plummet by 53% in the first quarter. The news came as the company prepared for its much-anticipated annual shareholder meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, on Saturday, its first in-person meeting since … Read more
