[Q: What are your views on the railroad industry?] I don’t think the railroad industry will be a lot more exciting, but the competitive position of the railroads has improved somewhat since 20 years ago. There’s been progress on labor issues and an improved competitive position vis-a-vis truckers. Higher oil prices hurt railroads, but hurt […]
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Buffett on Newspaper Industry
[Q – Are you still down on newspapers? Ipad and other e-reading technologies – will it end up with contraction in earnings retained by content provider or by distributor?] WB: When money at newspapers came from advertising – it was on average about 75%, they used to be only game in town, and what a […]