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10 Stocks Owned by the World’s Richest and Most Powerful

An interesting study by UBS and PricewaterhouseCoopers shows that billionaire-controlled companies delivered 15-year annualized total returns of 17.8%, almost twice the returns of the MSCI ACWI index over the same period. The authors of the study call this the "billionaire effect," suggesting that billionaires have three personality traits that carry them to success: smart risk-taking, business focus and determination.When learning how to become a better investor, it pays to learn from the best. That's why so much is written about Warren Buffett in the press. Who better to teach you about investing than a man who is worth $86 billion? Billionaires such as Buffett are always looking for stocks to invest in for the long haul. The stocks they ultimately buy are often the best because billionaires understand the concept of opportunity cost.Which is why putting your hard-earned money into these "billionaire stocks" is a sensible way to play the markets.InvestorPlace...

Exclusive: AB Inbev explores options for packaging ops – sources

NEW YORK/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Anheuser-Busch InBev , the world's largest brewer, is exploring options for its packaging activities as it streamlines its portfolio and focuses on its core beverage business, sources close to the matter said. The company is working with Deutsche Bank on a deal for its U.S.-based canning activities which AB InBev inherited when it bought Anheuser Busch in 2008, the people said. Deutsche Bank has been hired to explore a sale of a minority stake or a joint venture for AB InBev's North American bottling and canning activities which could be worth $5-6 billion, one of the people said, adding that it was not aiming for an outright sale....

Commentary: Observations Made On The Future Of Supply Chains From #FWLIVE Chicago

Shelley Simpson, executive vice president, chief commercial officer and president of highway services at J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc (NASDAQ: JBHT), delivered a keynote address during which she connected the dots between the past, the present and the future of innovation, digital transformation and disruption in freight logistics. This shift requires carriers, shippers, brokers and other freight logistics service providers to work more collaboratively with one another....