Tag: 1974
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In 1973, at the age of 43, Buffett initiated Berkshire’s acquisition of stock in the Washington Post Company. In 1974, the SEC opened a formal investigation into Buffett and Berkshire’s acquisition of Wesco Financial, citing a potential conflict of interest. In 1977, Berkshire indirectly purchased the Buffalo Evening News for $32.5 million. In 1979, at…
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In 1974, at the age of 19, Steve Jobs took a job at Atari, working on the development of video games. He was working on single-player version of Pong within very tight timeline, but with help from Steve Wozniak, they completed the work within 4 days, which was Jobs’ timeline. However, that same year, Steve…
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