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Big News for Small Business from Berkshire Hathaway

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Monday, February 11, 2019
Energy, Utilities, Transport, Rail, Small business, Manufacturing, Other Manufacturing, Professional services, Finance, Insurance, Retail, Other Retail, Finance, Money, Economy, Types of insurance, Reinsurance companies, Berkshire Hathaway, Actuarial science, Warren Buffett, Reinsurance, Insurance, Vehicle insurance

Berkshire Hathaways Insurance Group announces the launch of THREE, its three-page, game-changing, comprehensive insurance product for small business.

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  • Berkshire Hathaways Insurance Group announces the launch of THREE, its three-page, game-changing, comprehensive insurance product for small business.
  • Replacing the usual chores of time-consuming, multiple applications and coordination, THREE delivers one fully comprehensive (and comprehensible) small business policy, in a fast, easy one-stop shopping experience.
  • Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett said, Insurance is important protection for any business, but few small businesses have the time to actually read through the policy forms that are supposed to protect them.
  • Berkshire Hathaway and its subsidiaries engage in diverse business activities including insurance and reinsurance, utilities and energy, freight rail transportation, finance, manufacturing, retailing and services.

Berkshire Hathaway's Ben Bridge Jeweler Announces CEO Succession

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Thursday, November 15, 2018
Finance, Money, Economy of the United States, Ben Bridge Jeweler, Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett, Buffett

SEATTLE, Nov. 15, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --Ben Bridge Jeweler, the distinguished family-run fine jeweler with 95 retail stores in 11 states and one Canadian province, announced today that Chairman and CEO Ed Bridge is retiring effective January 31, 2019.

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  • SEATTLE, Nov. 15, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --Ben Bridge Jeweler, the distinguished family-run fine jeweler with 95 retail stores in 11 states and one Canadian province, announced today that Chairman and CEO Ed Bridge is retiring effective January 31, 2019.
  • Having served as the first female President of Ben Bridge Jeweler, Lisa Bridge will now continue her service as the fifth generation to run the company.
  • I feel thankful to have had the best mentors and bosses one could ask for in my father Bob Bridge, my uncle Herb Bridge and Berkshire Hathaway's CEO Warren Buffett.
  • Additionally, Ben Bridge Jeweler enhanced its "Made for You, For Life" campaign this year, building on the company's core differentiators.

Frere Enterprises Asks: What is FinTech? How Is It Changing the World?

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Tuesday, October 16, 2018
Finance, Money, Frere, Warren Buffett, Buffett, Usher

Brandon Frere, CEO of Frere Enterprises and other ventures, believes that advancements in FinTech may cause improvements in all of our lives.

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  • Brandon Frere, CEO of Frere Enterprises and other ventures, believes that advancements in FinTech may cause improvements in all of our lives.
  • "Imagine how much your finances would improve if you had a robot Warren Buffett advising you," said Frere.
  • Through Frere Enterprises, he aims to apply those lessons to other business opportunities.
  • Frere Enterprises' mission is to acquire traditional businesses and digitally transform them to meet and exceed modern day demand.