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Thousands descend on Nebraska to hear the Oracle of Omaha

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May 4th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Tens of thousands of investors will fill an Omaha arena this weekend to spend hours listening to Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger talk about business and life. Watching the questioning at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting each spring has become an annual tradition for many in the crowd.

Thousands continue to make the trip even with the event now broadcast online by Yahoo Finance. Berkshire officials say this year’s attendance could top the record of 42,000 set a few years ago, but the figures are only an estimate based on the number of meeting pass requests.

There are likely to be questions about who will eventually replace Buffett, what the company will invests over $116 billion cash in and maybe questions about career advice.