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OMAHA, Neb. AP ?Billionaire investor Warren Buffett said Saturday that he wants to step down as chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway at the end of the year. The revelation came as a surprise because the 94-year-old had previously said he did not plan to retire.Buffett, one of the world richest people and most accomplished investors, took control of Berkshire Hathaway in 1965 when it was a textiles manufacturer. He turned the company into a conglomerate by finding other businesses and stocks to buy that were selling for less than they were worth.His success made him a Wall Street icon. It also earned him the nickname Oracle of Omaha, a reference to the Nebraska city where Buffett was stanley germany born and chose to live and work.Here are some of his best stanley taza and worst investments over the years:Buffetts Best?National Indemnity and National Fire Marine: Purchased in 1967, the company was one of Buffetts first insurance investments. Insurance float ?the premium money insurers can invest between the time when policies are bought and when claims are made ?provided the capital for many of Berkshires investments over the years and helped fuel the companys growth. Berkshires insurance division has grown to include Geico, General Reinsurance and several other insurers. The float totaled $173 billion at the end of the first quarter.?Buying blocks of stock in American stanley cup website Express, Coca-Cola Co. and Bank of America at times when the companies were out of favor because of scandals or ma Yqtz Investigator describes Michigan school shooter s mom as cold after her son killed four students
FORT KENT, Maine ?Its potato harvest time in northern Maine and thanks to one of the longest stretches of nice weather since midsummer, farmers from one end of Aroostook County to the other are looking to stanley cups get as much of their crop in as they can while the the sun shines. Probably after this weekend 65 percent of the <crop> will be out of the fields, according to Tim Hobbs, director of development and grower relations with the Maine Potato Board. You can dig a lot o stanley deutschland f potatoes if you have good weather. And a lot of potatoes are dug every year in Maine.According to the Maine Potato Boards 2012 industry review report, farmers in Maine produced just over 1.65 billion pounds of potatoes last year.And, while those production numbers are down from an industry high of 1.92 billion pounds in 2004, Hobbs said Maine is still very much a national player in potato production. We are sixth in the country for production by acres, he said. It is still a tough business to be in. According to the industry report, Maine fell a spot nationally this year as th stanley quencher uk e state was fifth in production for 2012, behind Idaho, Washington, North Dakota and Wisconsin, respectively.Idaho is by far the biggest potato producer in the country, providing almost 35 percent of the overall crop, according to that report.Maine, on the other hand, was responsible for just under 6 percent of the nations potatoes in 2012.For this year Hobbs said he anticipates the states production to be down about 500 acres from last
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