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I started a small IT consulting firm based in Toronto in 1995 with me being the only employee with ZERO initial investment. Then I hired 6 staff in 1996 and grew to 45 in 1999 and again to 64 in 2002. Then down to 2 in 2003 after the tech crash when everything went to India overnight. Now I'm back up to 20 staff. As far as non-investment/service business is concerned, I can't think of anything more profitable than IT outsourcing regardless it's legal, accounting, medical, engineering services: no start-up cost and profitable from day 1 without a single month of negative cash-flow. If you know any better service business than that, I'm interested in finding it out from you.

Here is the year before: http://share.shutterfly.com/share/received/welcome.sfly?fid=0ac7aa6b029f67213315f89dbf2f35f7&sid=0AZMnDJw3ct2LFxA

Kodak declared bankruptcy and its site was moved to Shutterfly. Here you go: http://share.shutterfly.com/share/received/welcome.sfly?fid=342aabd77785faf66d9889752d9a603c&sid=0AZMnDJw3ct2LFog Enjoy and cheers!

Thank you for all those who participated in the poll. You're more responsive than my own staff! All the best for the new year and see you all in 3 months! :-)

Please cast your vote if you bought FFH or BRK in 2012! The poll will end on 12/31.

Approaching break-even for RIMM!

Hope FFH will have similar buy-back announcement like BRK today!

How did you create the poll/voting chart?

How did you set up the poll?

Merry Christmas and happy Easter!

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[amazonsearch]Quantitative Trading: How to Build Your Own Algorithmic Trading Business[/amazonsearch] My friend, Ernie Chan wrote the book, here is the link to Amazon if anyone is interested in reading it.

I bought FFH today!

Thank you all for the offer. Today, my friend got a room at Doubletree, 1616 Dodge!

I have my hotel reservation. It's for my friend who is looking for it.

Anyone has hotel reservations in Omaha, but won't be able to make it?

[amazonsearch]The End of Cheap China[/amazonsearch] My friend, Shaun Rein just wrote a book titled, "The End of Cheap China". Shaun is the Founder of China Market Research Group (CMR) based in Shanghai (http://www.cmrconsulting.com.cn). He told me the following: In the book I interview Chinese billionaires, senior government officials, migrant workers and even prostitutes to track China's evolution and how its changes will affect the rest of the world. It is meant to be a fun, entertaining yet informative read. It hit #11 earlier this week on Amazon's best seller list for economics books even though it is still in pre-order stage. Ambassador Nicholas Platt (President Emeritus for the Asia Society) along with others like legendary investor Anthony Bolton (president of Fidelity) and Professor William Kirby (Harvard Business School professor and former Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard) endorsed the book. Ambassador Platt says: "The End of Cheap China is an indispensable guide to the rapid changes in China's economy and society. Shaun Rein has observed at first hand the developments that shape the attitudes and behavior of his own coming generation. His firm has analyzed, as well as helped shape, the markets he describes. A practical, must read for anyone dealing with China, doing business there, or simply trying to understand what is going on." Would appreciate it a ton if you could let folks know about the book. I am finding pre-orders are critical for book stores to give it good shelf space and for the media to do book reviews. I am also finding out that publishers expect authors to do most of the marketing themselves. So I would greatly appreciate it if you could let people you think might be interested in the book know about it. Thanks a million! Enjoy the read. Thanks for the suggestion to post the above on the board, Sanjeev!

Simply let me know your e-mail and I'll send you the proof! :-)

Will be there. Will let you know where to meet Buffett, Ajit Jain, Munger, Beckie Quick and Carol Loomis around 2:30PM Sunday afternoon and also where to meet Gates and Buffett around 8:00PM Sunday evening.

Hi, folks: Here you go: http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/sharing/shareRedirectSwitchBoard.jsp?token=125672731606%3A637474210&sourceId=533754321803&cm_mmc=eMail-_-Share-_-Photos-_-Sharee All photos are numbered, hence if you can simply let me know the ones you want and I'll e-mail them to you. My e-mail is ajcinc@sprynet.com. Enjoy and cheers! Alan

I can take photos at the dinner event.

Any update?

Hi, all: Somehow, I still haven't received my credential in the mail as of yesterday. I'm leaving for Omaha today with my brokerage statement, but just learned that the credentials are only available between 12:00 and 6:00PM today and my arrival time is 6:00PM. Will anyone have a spare one? If so, please let me know. My e-mail is ajcinc@sprynet.com and my cell # 416 407 3941. Thank you, Alan

Is there any parties with lots of free food and drinks from noon in Omaha on May 1?