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Brotherly love heralds Noel's Royal arrival

ireland.com (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008

Noel Hunt has become the latest Irish striker to join Reading and the second member of his family at the Berkshire club.

Miles Kington Remembered: How to become a favourite uncle to precocious children

The Independent (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008

Today, I am bringing you a tale for younger readers. It's another nature ramble, in which Uncle Geoffrey takes his young niece and nephew, Susie and Robert, for an instructive walk in the English countryside.

MOST READ: 3 Stocks That Are Going to Zero

The Street (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008

Hedge funds are well aware of which stocks are going down the drain. You should be, too.

Town's £50m proposals approved

BBC News (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008

Plans for a £50m redevelopment in a Berkshire town are approved despite a row over spiralling costs.

The Penn Street Fund Receives a 5-Star Morningstar Ranking

PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008

WYOMISSING, Pa., July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- The Berkshire Advisors Select Equity Portfolio, Load Waived (the "Fund"), a separate series of the Penn Street Fund, Inc., Wyomissing, PA is pleased to announce it has received a 5-star ***** Morningstar Ranking for the three years ending June 30, 2008 and 4-star **** for the five years ending June 30, 2008. The Select Equity Portfolio seeks to provide investors...

Town's £50m proposals 'in doubt'

BBC News (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008

Plans for a £50m redevelopment of a Berkshire town are questioned because of spiralling costs.

Famous Sayings of Warren Buffett

Stockerblog - The Stock Market Blog (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008

Warren Buffett, one of the richest billionaires in the world, has come up with some interesting quotations, well worth reading and remembering. Although he doesn't make as much money as Indra Nooyi , head of Pepsi (PEP), in terms of salary , he makes a ton of money for his investors in Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A) company. By the way, did you know that you could have had lunch with Warren Buffett ? It...

Stoke close in on £5m Kitson deal

BBC News (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008

Stoke City are close to signing Reading striker Dave Kitson for over £5m and Jamaican international Rudolph Austin, reports BBC Radio Stoke.

Stoke close in on £5m Kitson deal

BBC Sport (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008

Stoke City are close to signing Reading striker Dave Kitson for over £5m and Jamaican international Rudolph Austin, reports BBC Radio Stoke.

Over 7,000 flood plain homes axed

BBC News (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008

Plans for 7,500 new homes on a flood plain in Berkshire have been scrapped, a government minister says.

Investing Hack: Why I bought $199 in Apple Stock Instead of a New Apple 3G iPhone

Personal Finance Advice (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008

By S. Shugars I’m a big fan of index funds because, quite frankly, I don’t know much about investing and I would rather spend my time doing other things than learning how to invest in individual companies. Warren Buffett agrees with me on this as his response to a question at the Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholder [...]

£6bn jambuster plan for motorways

Daily Express (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008

Further plans to allow drivers to use motorway hard shoulders and possible tolled lanes have been announced by the Government as part of a six-year, £6 billion jambuster package.

• £6bn jambuster package announced - The Independent
• Hard shoulder plans unveiled - Manchester Evening News
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Berkshire Hathaway stock vs. E Ink gizmos as investments: Sony, Kindle knocked in finance mag article as poor values

TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008

Kiplinger’s, the famous American finance magazine, is out with some investment advice in two unrelated articles reflecting the individual opinions of their writers. As loosely paraphrased: Think about buying the stock of Warren Buffett’s company, Berkshire Hathaway stock. But if you’re value conscious like the Oracle of Omaha, then stay away from the $300 [...]

M4 crash victim was motorcyclist

BBC News (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008

A man killed in a pile-up on a stretch of motorway in Berkshire was a 42-year-old motorcyclist from Reading, police say.

How stars signed up at the stroke of an ego

Daily Express (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008

IN everyday life, the paths of footballer Pele and artist Pablo Picasso never crossed.

Alvarion Deploys First 3.3 GHz WiMAX Network In UK

ieici78 | 05/25/2008

Alvarion® Ltd. the world's leading provider of WiMAX™ and wireless broadband solutions, announced that its BreezeMAX® platform is being used by Metranet, a wireless specialist, to deploy the first WiMAX network using the 3.3 GHz spectrum in the UK.

Madonna Unleashes Her Inner Diva At Cannes

icelebz | 05/23/2008

Madonna stunned hotel staff in Cannes. The '4 Minutes' singer - who is in the French town for the world famous Film Festival - issued a barrage of requests to the Carlton Hotel before her arrival. Madonna insisted her $2,000-a-night suite was kept at a constant 30 degree temperature and demanded that it was filled with fresh flowers and scented candles. Read Full Story

• Madonna Unleashes Her Inner Diva At Cannes - ExpoSay