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GEICO was founded in 1936 as an automobile insurer for government employees. It is now the fourth-largest private passenger auto insurer in the United States and the third-largest property and casualty insurer in the world.
GEICO was founded in 1936 as an automobile insurer for government employees. It is now the fourth-largest private passenger auto insurer in the United States and the third-largest property and casualty insurer in the world.
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Bullish about Buffett
Special to The Baltimore SunThe Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life By Alice Schroeder Bantam Books / 960 pages / $35 When he was 21 and "people weren't listening," Warren Buffett says, half in jest, he gave his best financial advice. Now he can say "the dumbest...Tags: Cornell University, Washington Post Company, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Nebraska, Financial Planning
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Buffett's Buffeted Stock Now Below $100K A Share
Looking for a bargain in a bad economy? A share of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class A stock is now trading for well below $100,000. The price of a single share closed at $77,500 Thursday and all this week has been closing below $100,000,...Tags: Berkshire Hathaway Incorporated, Warren Buffett
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People's Trust Homeowners Insurance in Boca Raton offers discounted rates
South Florida Sun-SentinelFed up with a property insurance bill that quadrupled after the hurricanes of 2004 and 2005, retired Florida businessman Mike Gold decided to take a stab at the insurance trade. "I'm sitting here retired, thinking 'What am I going to do next?' Then Wilma...Tags: Boca Raton, Florida, Natural Disasters, National Government, Disasters
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Quarterly Report: Profits Decline Again For Berkshire Hathaway
Billionaire Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. posted a fourth straight profit drop, the longest streak of quarterly declines in at least 13 years, on falling returns at insurance businesses and investment losses. Third-quarter net income decreased...Tags: Berkshire Hathaway Incorporated, Warren Buffett, Insurance
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Berkshire earnings fall 77% in third quarter
OMAHA, Neb. Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. reported a 77 percent drop in third-quarter earnings yesterday, hurt by declining insurance profits and a $1.05 billion investment loss. Net income fell to $1.06 billion, or $682 per Class A share, in...Tags: Berkshire Hathaway Incorporated, MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company , Warren Buffett, PetroChina Company Limited, Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements
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Hang on, it's almost over
One more day and it'll be over. One more day and the Campaign That Never Ends finally ends. Think how different life will be after tomorrow's election. No more campaign commercials to get you all worked up. No more 24-hour coverage of Barack Obama and...Tags: Bruce Willis, CBS Corp., Polls, Tina Fey, New York Times
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Vanna White's wardrobe and the Geico gecko's voice
Has Vanna White ever worn the same dress twice on Wheel of Fortune? — A.S., Plantation This is hard to believe and I have only the word of the show's publicist, who has been square with me in the past, but through thousands of episodes Vanna has...Tags: NBC, New York Times, Motor Racing, Keith Olbermann, Medium (tv program)
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Warren E. Buffett at a glance
Age: 78 Family: Married (second wife); three children Home: Omaha, Neb. Net worth: $50 billion, according to Forbes, which calls him America's second-wealthiest man behind Microsoft's Bill Gates Nickname: Oracle of Omaha Company: Berkshire...Tags: Berkshire Hathaway Incorporated, MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company , Coca-Cola Company, Warren Buffett, Bill Gates
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Ads on garbage trucks? City may go there
MNaanes@am-ny.comThe budget crunch may be giving some New Yorkers "ad nausea," now that the city is thinking about selling ads on its buildings and vehicles. City Council Speaker Christine Quinn floated the idea of selling advertising space on city-owned buildings and...Tags: Advertising, Executive Branch, Sales, Gaming and Lotteries, Chrysler
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Investors aim to hitch their fortunes to Warren Buffett
Frustrated by the financial meltdown, some investors have an idea: Stand next to a winner. And not just any winner. They're eyeing Warren Buffett. "I'd like to get a piece of the sweetheart deals he got at Goldman and GE," one investor said at a recent...Tags: Procter & Gamble Company, Mutual Funds, Google Inc., American Express Company, The Goldman Sachs Group Incorporated
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Why not pay as you drive?
Would you let an insurance company scrutinize your driving habits - and whether you speed on the Beltway - if you could save money on premiums? Innovative "pay-as-you-drive" programs now offered in Maryland are being touted as a way to equalize premiums,...Tags: Global Warming, Electronics, Hybrid Vehicles, Belair-Edison, Petroleum Industry
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Richard E. Mawhorr, Secret Service agent
Richard E. Mawhorr, a retired Secret Service agent and fraud inspector, died Tuesdayof a stroke at Anne Arundel Medical Center. The longtime Arnold resident was 61. Mr. Mawhorr was born in Ashland, Ohio, and raised in Mansfield, Ohio. He was a 1965...Tags: Severna Park, Fraud, Richard Nixon, Ohio, National Government
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