Chapter Excerpt from Of Permanent Value: The Story of Warren Buffett / 2008 Cosmic Edition by Andy Kilpatrick - An Interview with Warren Buffett's Fitness Trainer The following is an excerpt from Andy Kilpatrick's biography on Warren Buffett, Of Permanent Value: The Story of Warren Buffett / 2008 Cosmic Edition. This particular chapter profiles Warren Buffett's fitness trainer, Michelle Streif, and explains the Oracle of Omaha's workout in detail. Additional excerpts from the book are available at the following links: Buffett on Generics, the Opening Chapter, highlights from the Berkshire Hathaway annual meetings, and the initial press release outlining the book. The book can be purchased from Amazon by following this link. - 2008-04-30

Managing Money as a Couple: Tips for Newlyweds on Managing Money and Determining a Financial System Money and marriage can be a sticking point for many couples. But, finding a system for managing money that works for both individuals can help couples achieve financial harmony. - 2008-04-21

National Bestselling Authors to Speak at MannaFest 2008: Presentations by Authors Bob Burg and Robert Kiyosaki, Appearances by International Team Mannatech Athletes and Performance by Happy Hill Farm Choir Mannatech, Incorporated (NASDAQ:MTEX), a leading developer and provider of dietary supplements and skin care solutions, announced today its speaker line-up and events for MannaFest 2008. Keynote speakers include Bob Burg, co-author of The Go-Giver, and Robert Kiyosaki, author of Rich Dad, Poor Dad. The event will be held at the Dallas Convention Center from Thursday, March 27, through Sunday, March 30. - 2008-03-25

AKPE Releases Fully Revised and Updated Biography of Investor Warren Buffett: Of Permanent Value: The Story of Warren Buffett/2008 Cosmic Edition Andrew Kilpatrick's 1,874-page, 1,400-photo 2-volume set is being called a "surprisingly lively read" and the most complete work ever written about Buffett's extraordinary career as an investor and as a philanthropist. - 2008-03-18

ABX 'Top Stock Pick' of Growth Stocks Guru, Who Sees 'Huge Moves' in Unhedged Gold Mining Stocks as Gold Prices Soar: Ian Wyatt Believes That $3,000 Gold Is Imminent Last Wednesday, gold futures hit the $1,000 an ounce mark. But according to Ian Wyatt, Chief Investment Strategist for investment advisory service, Top Stock Insights, gold prices still have a long way to go. - 2008-03-17

Berkshire Hathaway: From Primordial Ooze to an Unimaginable Cosmos -- Excerpt from the first chapter of Andy Kilpatrick's "Of Permanent Value: The Story of Warren Buffett/2008 Cosmic Edition" The following is an excerpt from the first chapter of Andy Kilpatrick's "Of Permanent Value: The Story of Warren Buffett/2008 Cosmic Edition." The full, two-volume set can be purchased through Amazon.com here. - 2008-03-13

Continuous Integration, from Pearson, Wins Jolt Product Excellence Award: Jolt Productivity Awards for The Rails Way and xUnit Test Patterns Pearson Technology Group's Addison-Wesley Professional today announced that three of its books were winners of the 18th annual Jolt Product Excellence and Productivity Awards, including top prize in the Technical Books category for Continuous Integration: Improving Software Quality and Reducing Risk by Paul Duvall with Steve Matyas and Andrew Glover. - 2008-03-11

Square 2 Marketing Blog Brings Readers ''Behind the Scenes'' On Business Book Project: -- Firm's blog provides behind the scenes access to their book development project -- Square 2 Marketing Inc. announced that its blog, available at www.realitymarketingrevolution.com, will provide a "behind the scenes" look into the development of their new book. Blog readers will hear about the challenges associated with picking titles, designing covers, editing, pricing, book sales and more. The book, under development for over a year, is scheduled to be published in late spring 2008 and will share Square 2 Marketing's Reality Marketing(TM) methodology with the world of business owners and entrepreneurs. - 2008-02-12

Why You Can't Kill a Bad Habit with a Magic Bullet: New study shows using 4 influence strategies to change bad habits is 4 times more successful A study by the authors of a new bestseller on influencing change found that 98 percent of Americans fail when making resolutions to change their bad behaviors. Most importantly, the study reveals why the other two percent succeed. - 2008-01-23

FranklinCovey Survey Reveals Top 3 New Year's Resolutions for 2008: Eliminate Debt, Lose Weight, Develop Healthy Habits -- 7 Habits Author and Organizing and Time Management Expert Offer 8 Tips for Making More Effective New Year's Resolutions and Goals in 2008 FranklinCovey (NYSE:FC), a global leader in effectiveness training, productivity tools, and assessment services, today released the results of its third annual New Year's Resolutions Survey, which polled 15,031 customers. The survey found that respondents' top three New Year's resolutions or goals for 2008 are to (1) get out of debt or save money, (2) lose weight, and (3) develop a healthy habit like exercise or healthy eating. The Top 10 New Year's resolutions or goals were ranked as follows: - 2007-12-18

Malcolm Gladwell and Seth Godin Share the Stage for the First Time Ever at a Public Event Two of today's most renowned thinkers, Malcolm Gladwell, Author, The Tipping Point and Blink, and Seth Godin, Author, The Dip, Purple Cow and All Marketers Are Liars, will come head-to-head on stage at THE Conference on Marketing on February 5, 2008. It will be the first public event that unites the two speakers on the same stage. - 2007-12-12

Prentice Hall Announces Public Review of SOA Design Patterns: 60 Patterns Posted for Community Review, Feedback Prior to Publication Prentice Hall today announced that it has published a series of 60 design patterns that represent proven design methods and practices in the field of service-oriented architecture (SOA). The patterns have been posted for an international community review prior to scheduled publication in book format early next year. - 2007-12-11

The Craft of System Security Released By Addison-Wesley Professional: New Book Examines Present and Future Computer Security Challenges Whether you're a practitioner, developer, manager, or administrator, computer security is ultimately a problem you will have to face. Addison-Wesley Professional's The Craft of System Security not only presents the modern security practitioner's toolkit but also explains why each tool exists and demonstrates exactly how to use it to solve real problems. - 2007-12-10

Constant Contact Expert Pens E-Mail Marketing For Dummies(R): Latest 'For Dummies' reference book, authored by John Arnold, offers small businesses successful e-mail marketing strategies Constant Contact(R), Inc. (NasdaqGM: CTCT), a leading provider of e-mail marketing and online surveys for small organizations, is proud to announce the release of the latest For Dummies reference book from Wiley Publishing - E-Mail Marketing For Dummies, written by John Arnold, Constant Contact's Denver based regional development director. This 360-page, easy-to-read reference book will help small businesses and organizations capitalize on the latest e-mail marketing techniques and best practices. E-Mail Marketing For Dummies is an effective resource for anyone interested in building effective e-mail marketing programs to help increase sales and build stronger customer relationships. - 2007-12-04

Enjoy Life(R) Foods Teams with Gluten-Free Girl to Offer Tips and Recipes for Delicious and Safe 'Free Of' Holidays If you're not among the three million Americans with Celiac Disease, or the more than 30 million who suffer from food allergies or intolerances, odds are you'll celebrate the holidays with someone who is. - 2007-11-29

New Study Reveals Most Leaders Lack Influence: 95% of Leaders Fail When Trying to Influence Bad Employee Behaviors Influence challenges exist at every level of an organization. According to a new study by the authors of Influencer: The Power to Change Anything (McGraw-Hill, 2007), one of the main culprits of these challenges is that leaders have little if any influence over the way employees behave. In fact, the data reveals that only one in twenty leaders is a true "influencer" - someone capable of influencing bad behaviors in a way that lasts. - 2007-11-14

FirstLight Financial Corporation Serves as Lead Arranger of $115MM in Senior Credit Facilities for Leading Midwestern Coal Producer FirstLight Financial Corporation ("FirstLight") announced today that it served as lead arranger and administrative agent of a $115 million senior credit facility for the American Infrastructure MLP Fund. - 2007-11-14

5 Million Children's Books Now on Grocery Shelves from Cheerios(R) Spoonfuls of Stories(R): National Children's Book Week is Nov. 12 - 18, 2007 For the sixth year in a row, Cheerios(R) is putting FIVE MILLION great children's books free inside boxes of Cheerios cereal, as part of its sixth annual Cheerios(R) Spoonfuls of Stories(R) program, kicking off during National Children's Book Week, November 12 to 18, 2007. - 2007-11-12

Digital Book Publishing Helps Students Become Published Authors Drew Bryan, a freshman at Spanish River High School in Boca Raton, uses writing as an escape and plans to be a fiction writer. Uzuri Collier, a senior at Glades Central High School, wants to be a nonfiction writer. These young women, along with 37 other students from the School District of Palm Beach County, realized their dreams to become self published authors when they participated in the second annual Oce Future Authors Project summer writing workshop. The book publishing program leverages the output quality and printing efficiency made possible by Oce digital book manufacturing solutions. - 2007-10-22

Que Publishing Releases 18th Edition of Best-Selling Book, Upgrading and Repairing PCs by Scott Mueller If any hardware author has a cult following, it's world-renowned PC hardware expert Scott Mueller. The 18th edition of his book, Upgrading and Repairing PCs , the highly-anticipated, all-time best-selling book from Pearson Education's Que Publishing is now available at informit.com and bookstores worldwide. - 2007-10-16

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