Tikiti rendege risingamire kubva kuNew York kuenda kuParis pakupera kwesvondo rekutanga muna Chivabvu rinodhura $1,142. Ndege yeContinental Airlines Inc. yekuenda kumusangano wepagore weBerkshire Hathaway Inc. wevanemasheya muOmaha, Nebraska, kupera kwevhiki kumwe cheteko: $1,433.
Sezvo varimi vanga vachironga kuenda kuchiitiko icho sachigaro weBerkshire, Warren Buffett, anodana "Woodstock for capitalists," vatakuri vanosanganisira Continental neDelta Air Lines Inc. vanga vachikwidza mitengo. Vari kukumbira zvakapetwa kana muyero wakajairwa wematikiti ekuenda nekudzoka, zvinoreva kuti New Yorkers ichabhadhara zvakawanda kuti vashanyire Omaha kumusangano waMay 1 kupfuura London, Rome kana Barcelona.
Continental yakawedzera ndege imwe kubva kunharaunda yeNew York muna Kubvumbi 29 uye vatatu muna Kubvumbi 30, akadaro Mary Clark, mutauriri wendege. Vatengi vakatenga matikiti kare vakabhadhara zvishoma pazvigaro zvavo, akadaro. Ikozvino, iyo Houston-based kambani iri kuda kubhadharwa kune nzvimbo dzasara.
"Panoratidzika kunge paine kudiwa kwakanyanya," akadaro Clark. “Sezvo zhinji dzemari idzi dzakatotengeswa uye kwasara zvigaro zvishoma, zvigaro zvasara zviri pamubhadharo wepamusoro.
Gore rapfuura, kunyangwe kutyisidzira kwenguruve kwakaramba kwaita vamwe vagovani kure, rekodhi vanhu zviuru makumi matatu nezvishanu vakazadza Eppley Airfield yeOmaha uye vakazadza mahotera muguta re35,000. Mazuva matatu ezviitiko gore rino anotanga nemabiko kuchitoro chezvishongo cheBerkshire cheBorsheims muna Kubvumbi 439,000 uye anopedzisa nemafungu evanodya vachidya steaks kuGorat's nePiccolo Pete, nzvimbo mbiri dzekudyira uko Buffett akavimbisa kuoneka musi wa30 Chivabvu.
Mona Lisa, Notre Dame
Vashanyi kuParis svondo rino vanogona kuona kuratidzwa kweMay Day kubva kuPlace de la Bastille, kuona Mona Lisa yaLeonardo da Vinci kuMusee du Louvre kana kukwira chikepe paSeine yapfuura Notre Dame Cathedral. Miti yebhiza-chestnut inoganhurana neChamps Elysees inowanzotumbuka muna Chivabvu, ukuwo vaimbi vemhando yepamusoro vanoita mitambo yemakonzati emanheru kuJardin du Luxembourg.
Vashandi veBerkshire vanosarudza Nebraska panzvimbo vanozadza Qwest Center nhandare kuti vateerere Buffett, anonzi Oracle weOmaha, sezvaanotora mibvunzo kubva kune vateereri pamusoro pekudyara, zvematongerwo enyika uye hupfumi kwemaawa anopfuura matanhatu. Zviitiko zvekuwedzera zvinogona kusanganisira kushanya kune aimbove Mutungamiriri Gerald Ford kwaakaberekerwa, Freedom Park Navy Museum, uye renje guru remukati menyika, maererano neConvention & Visitors Bureau yeguta.
'Hapana Chinofananidzwa'
"Paris neLondon, maguta ose aya anofinha," akadaro Mohnish Pabrai, muvambi weIrvine, California-based Pabrai Investment Funds, uyo akapinda musangano wegore negore kubvira 1998. "Omaha ndiko kune chiito chose. Sei uchizoda kuve muParis muna Chivabvu 1?" akati. "Hapana chinofananidzwa naOmaha."
Vanoisa mari vachitarisira kubhururuka vasingamire kubva kuNew York kuti vauye kuzviitiko zvese zvakarongwa naBuffett vangada kutenga tikiti kubva kuContinental rinobva kuNewark Liberty International Airport kuNew Jersey musi waKubvumbi 30 uye rodzoka Chivabvu 3. Mari yemhando yehupfumi i$1,433, kusanganisira mutero. uye mubhadharo, maererano neContinental's Webhusaiti nezuro.
Masvondo maviri gare gare, rwendo rumwechete rwekudzokera kuOmaha runodhura madhora mazana matatu nemakumi mapfumbamwe emurairidzi, maererano neWebhusaiti. Ndege dzisingaperi kubva kuLaGuardia yeNew York paDelta dzinotengeswa musi wa309 Kubvumbi. Zvigaro zvevarairidzi zvakasara pandege yaApril 30 isingamire Delta kubva kuLaGuardia inodhura $29, maererano neWebhusaiti yekambani iyi.
"Chero chiitiko chinokwevera kuwedzera kudiwa kubva kune vatengi vedu chakanakira bhizinesi," akadaro Kent Landers, mutauriri weDelta. "Pese pazvinogoneka, tichawedzera zvigaro kuti tive nechokwadi chekuti tinokwanisa kugamuchira vatengi vazhinji vanosarudza kubhururuka neDelta sezvinobvira."
Up the Ladder
Delta haina kuwedzera ndege dzemusangano wepagore nekuti vafambi vanogona kubhuka nzendo dzinosanganisira kumira mune mamwe maguta, akadaro Landers. Ndege iri kupa ndege kubva kuLaGuardia kuenda kuOmaha muna Kubvumbi 30 nekumira kamwe chete kuenda nemadhora mazana mana nemakumi mana nematatu. Ndege yekudzoka inosanganisira maminitsi makumi matatu kudzika paDetroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport.
Rick Seaney, mukuru mukuru weDallas-based Farecompare.com, akati masisitimu ematikiti endege anokwidza mitengo otomatiki zvichienderana nekudiwa kwezvigaro uye vashandi vanogona kuongorora kudiwa uye kuwedzera mitengo zvakare. Kana kambani yakawedzera ndege, yaizowedzera imwe mari ichidzikisira mutengo wematikiti, akadaro.
“Zvimwe zviri nyore kwavari kubhadharisa $1,200 kana $1,500 parwendo irworwo rwekuenda nekudzoka pane kuunza imwe ndege vochaja madhora mazana matanhatu, nekuti vanopedzisira vawana mari yakafanana,” akadaro Seaney. Kombiyuta painoona kuti zvigaro zviri kutengesa, “inokwidza mutengo kusvika pamwero wepamusoro-soro wemanera emutengo,” akadaro.
London, Roma
Iyo yakachipa yakachipa yerwendo rwekudzokera nekudzokera, ndege isingamire kubva kuNew York kuenda Paris nemazuva mamwe chetewo ndege yeNewark-to-Roissy-Charles De Gaulle inoita $1,142 mundege yeAir France-KLM Group. Matikiti ekuenda kuLondon Heathrow Airport ari $661 paDelta. AMR Corp.'s American Airlines ichabhururuka rwendo rwekudzoka kubva kuJFK kuenda kuBarcelona nemadhora mazana manomwe nemakumi mashanu, uye isingamisiki pakati peJFK neRome's Fiumicino airport inodhura madhora mazana manomwe nemakumi mapfumbamwe paDelta.
Gore rapfuura, vagoveri veBerkshire vakanzvenga maguta iwayo uye vakabhururuka kuenda kuOmaha kubva mhiri kweUS uye dzinenge makumi mana nyika dzekunze. Kubhururuka Delta kubva kuMemphis kusingamire kuenda kuOmaha kunodhura $ 40 pakupera kwevhiki yemusangano, 618 muzana kupfuura mavhiki maviri gare gare, uye Midwest Air Group Inc. rwendo kubva kuWashington i $ 26, kuwedzera kwe410 muzana.
"Kana ukagara pasi mundege, mativi ese ako pachange paine Berkshire-holics padivi pako," akadaro Pabrai, ane shareholder weBerkshire. Vafambi vakananga kumusangano "vanoita kuti mishumo yavo yegore yeBerkshire Hathaway ivhurwe sekunge vari kumhanyisa bvunzo."
'Limited Resource'
Buffett, makumi manomwe neshanu, akavaka Berkshire kuita 79 bhiriyoni kambani kwemakumi mana emakore nekushandura akatadza kugadzira masutu evarume kuita bhizinesi rine mabhizinesi kubva kuaizikirimu uye zvipfeko zvemukati kusvika kune magetsi emagetsi uye njanji. Migove yaitengeswa inenge madhora gumi nemashanu paakatora kutonga muna 200; Chikoro cheA chakavharwa nezuro ne $15. Buffett haana kupindura zvikumbiro zvekutaura nezve mari yekufambisa yemhepo inotumirwa ne-e-mail kumubatsiri.
"Warren Buffett inzvimbo shoma," akadaro Guy Spier, mukuru weAquamarine Funds LLC uyo akapinda musangano wepagore kweanenge makore gumi nemashanu. "Gore rega rega rinopfuura, kukosha kwake kwekutanga kunokwira."
Spier, uyo achabhururuka achienda kuOmaha achibva kuZurich, akati anowanzoenderana nekuve nhengo yeHilton Hotels Corp. Nhengo iyi haina kukosha mukupera kwevhiki yeBerkshire, akadaro, sezvo musangano uchiitirwa munhandare mhiri kwemugwagwa kubva kuhotera. "Ndinoedza kukwevera chimiro changu chepamusoro - hazvina kukwana," akadaro Spier, makumi mana nemana.
Zvapera
"Pakupera kwemusangano isu tichave zana muzana kutengeswa kunze kwegore rinotevera," akadaro Robert Watson, maneja mukuru weHilton Omaha. "Kukanganisa kwaOmaha kunoshamisa," akadaro. “Inyaya huru kumabhizinesi akatenderedza. Zvichida kuwedzera kwe100 kusvika ku30 muzana kumabhizinesi ekugamuchira vaenzi munharaunda yakapoteredza. "
Watson akati mitengo inowanzo wedzera panguva dzemagungano makuru uye akaramba kutaura kuti hotera iri kuchaja marii panguva yemusangano weBerkshire.
Marriott Omaha, muridzi weMarriott International Inc., anobhadharisa madhora mazana maviri nemakumi matanhatu nehusiku panguva yemusangano, 269 muzana kupfuura mitengo yayo yakajairika, akadaro Paul Tunakan, director wekutengesa nekutengesa hotera.
"Chishanu manheru kwatiri iimba inopenga," Tunakan akadaro. "Yangozara nevanhu."
"Hotera yese ndeyaani - vese ava mamaneja ehedge fund uye vane mukurumbira vanoisa mari, vanyori," akadaro Pabrai, makumi mana nemashanu, anogara kuMarriott. “Ingogara muimba yekusvikira kwemaawa akati kuti. Zvakafanana nekuva paOscars. "
