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Key Words: People are being jerks during the coronavirus pandemic — and there’s a new word to describe them

Buying every roll of toilet paper in sight? Enjoying beer pong on your favorite spring break beach? Can’t be bothered to wash your hands or cover up when you cough or sneeze? Then you just might be a: ‘Covidiot.’ The term has emerged as a catchall for those misbehaving during …

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‘There’s a message of hope in our balcony songs: If we pull through, you will too.’ Italians unite during coronavirus lockdown

COMO, Italy — I was midway through my daily commute from Como to Milan when news broke of the first case in Italy of the novel coronavirus. The second semester of the university year was set to kick off. This early, portentous sign of an outbreak was happening in the …

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Key Words: ‘Wretched excess’ means there’s ‘lots of troubles coming,’ warns Berkshire Hathaway’s Charlie Munger

‘I think there are lots of troubles coming… There’s too much wretched excess.’ That’s Charlie Munger, vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway BRK.A, +0.06%  , sharing his thoughts on the current climate at the Daily Journal annual shareholder meeting on Wednesday. Munger, who serves as chairman for the Daily Journal along …

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