Inside Berkshire Hathaway's shareholder shopping extravaganza
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Myles Udland/Business Insider
When you come to the Berkshire meeting, there are a few things you just have to do.
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Berkshire shareholders come from around the world to see CEO Warren Buffett speak for hours on Saturday morning.
Berkshire owns dozens of businesses - from shoemaker Brooks to See's Candies - and while Buffett is speaking, there is a shopping event in the convention center adjoining the meeting arena.
In 2015, Berkshire's 50th anniversary, the shopping festival ran into a second day, and Business Insider sent reporter Myles Udland to see what the madness was all about. He saw everything from gold-plated vacuum cleaners to something called "cognitive cooking."
Here's what happened:
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