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10-27-2009, 06:40 PM
Well, this came as a surprise. Not that I'm on the short list of such notifications, but I should have heard something !!! Quote:
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Texas)
October 27, 2009 Tuesday
Buffett, Gates pay quiet visit to Fort Worth
BYLINE: SANDRA BAKER, sabaker@star-telegram.com
SECTION: C; Pg. 2
LENGTH: 311 words
Under tight security along with tremendous discretion and restraint by the Ashton Hotel staff the world s two wealthiest men recently spent a couple of days in Fort Worth mostly unnoticed.
Warren Buffet, legendary investor and Berkshire Hathaway chief executive, and Bill Gates, Microsoft chairman and a Berkshire Hathaway board member, attended a company meeting at the 39-room downtown boutique hotel, 610 Main St.
They arrived Thursday afternoon and departed Saturday morning.
Berkshire booked the Ashton for its meeting six months ago. The chief executives of some Berkshire companies also attended. Berkshire owns Fort Worth-based Justin Industries, which includes Acme Brick Co., and TTI, an electronics components distributor.
A couple leaving the Ashton s 610 Grille on Friday evening noticed Gates waiting in the hotel lobby and spoke with him for several minutes, hotel staff members say.
"He couldn t have been nicer," Ashton General Manager Mark Michalski said of Gates.
Ashton owner Matt Mildren said it was "extremely" difficult keeping the visit hush-hush. The staff was told to honor the men s privacy but also to treat them like other guests, he said.
The hotel made sure it had only Coke products on hand Buffet not only likes Cherry Coke but Berkshire also owns a stake in the company as well as Buffet s favored Tootsie Pops, Hershey s Kisses, Fritos and Cheetos.
On Thursday, Buffet had a private board dinner in the wine cellar, while the others dined at nearby Grace restaurant. Friday s lunch was held in a second-floor meeting room overlooking Main Street as a chuck wagon parade passed.
"It was good timing," Mildren said. "It looked like we staged it for them."
Friday s dinner was at Del Frisco s.
Before checking out, Buffett and Gates complimented the hotel, its staff and downtown, and Buffet even posed for pictures.
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10-27-2009, 10:27 PM
Looks like the Star-Telegram is just printing press releases these days. | | | | |
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10-27-2009, 11:24 PM
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Originally Posted by dminton  Looks like the Star-Telegram is just printing press releases these days. | That's because there are only three people left in the newsroom who can type. | | | | |
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Originally Posted by toverman That's because there are only three people left in the newsroom who can type. | Please don't make fun of the receptionists, they have it hard enough as it is. | | | | |
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Originally Posted by dminton Please don't make fun of the receptionists, they have it hard enough as it is. | The receptionists are the only ones left who can write a good lead (or "lede." I've been out of the biz now for more than year and my j-jargon is slipping). | | | | |
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10-28-2009, 11:41 AM
I actually called in the other day and asked for the Photo Desk.
I was connected to Wal-Mart !! | | | | |
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Originally Posted by CaptainTom I actually called in the other day and asked for the Photo Desk.
I was connected to Wal-Mart !! | Bada-Bing! | | | | |
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Originally Posted by BEphoto Bada-Bing! | Can't I change this line? http://www.texasphotoforum.com/forum...ad.php?t=46793 | | | | |
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Originally Posted by CaptainTom | psst... i had to get a premium membership to change that line...
im guessing you knew that and are being just as sarcastic as i am.   | | | | |
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Originally Posted by BEphoto psst... i had to get a premium membership to change that line...
im guessing you knew that and are being just as sarcastic as i am. | I sir, am a charter member of The National Sarcasm Society. Like we need your support !! | | | | |
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11-03-2009, 03:36 PM
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Originally Posted by kenw | NO mention of Gates. Perhaps Warren was trying to firm up a deal with Gates and it didn't pan out ?
I guess it's kind of like negotiating for a new car. You know you want the biggest and nicest but just want to make sure you get the best deal available. | | | | |
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11-03-2009, 03:46 PM
Gates is probably a major stockholder in Berkshire-Hathaway (Buffet's co.), and Buffet was including him in the negotiations w/BNSF.
and BNSF is HQ'd in FtW.
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I wonder if there will be any photos of Mr. Buffet on railroad tracks accompanying future feature articles on the purchase ...  | | | | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | |
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