Berkshire meeting starts with ice cream and singing

Berkshire Hathaway opened its annual shareholder meeting on Saturday with Chief Executive Warren Buffett doing what any CEO would do for shareholders -- singing with cheerleaders and tossing newspapers ...

(Reuters) - Warren Buffett is not one to talk much about his personal life in public, but his prostate cancer may dominate the conversation this weekend when his conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway convenes its annual shareholder meeting. The event dubbed "Woodstock for Capitalism" draws more than 40,000 shareholders to Omaha, Nebraska's convention center for a weekend of festivities, the highlight of which being the questions Buffett takes from investors. This year, for the first time, he will also entertain questions from a select group of analysts who follow Berkshire's stock. ...