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Lindt hands out chocolate-filled briefcases to voting shareholders each year. From Patagonia vests to Rolex Submariners, the finance world is full of status symbols and fashion flexes. Wealthy Swiss investors have one of the weirdest: a blue briefcase filled with roughly 10 pounds of chocolate. Lindt shareholders who vote at the Swiss chocolatier's annual meeting in Zurich every April receive a "Schokoladekoffer" or "chocolate suitcase. "The briefcase is free, but a Lindt voting share costs around 78,000 Swiss francs, or more than $94,000. The shares have traded as high as 132,000 Swiss francs — north of $150,000 — within the past year. "Nobody rationally spends around 100,000 Swiss francs on a share because they want 3kg of free chocolate," Thierry Borgeat, the cofounder and chief investor of Swiss asset manager arvy, told Business Insider by email on Monday. "But that is exactly what makes it fun. ""It's a flex — but a very Swiss kind of flex," Borgeat continued. "You don't buy a Ferrari or a flashy watch to show people you have money.

September outlook: How your first month of fall will feelThe first month of meteorological fall is here. September looks to run above average across most of the U. S., according to a just-released outlook by Atmospheric G2 and The Weather Company. The Pacific Northwest is the one region bucking the trend, with cooler-than-normal temperatures expected. Key temperature takeawaysHottest through the middle of the country. The strongest above-average signal runs in a corridor from North Dakota south through the Plains and into Texas. Warm from the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes. Above-average temperatures also cover the Rockies and the mid-Atlantic. Only slightly warmer than average in the Southwest and Northeast. These areas still trend above normal, but the departure is modest compared with the Plains. Coolest in the Pacific Northwest. This region has the best chance for sweater weather, with below-normal temperatures offering some relief after a difficult stretch of fire weather.(AG2/The Weather Company)September's precipitation outlookWettest in the Four Corners.

Browse this and many other websites without banner ads, personalized tracking and video ads. Subaru's boxer engine is dead in Europe. The automaker will reportedly only sell battery-electric vehicles starting in 2028. According to multiple reports, Subaru will stop selling combustion-powered models entirely on the continent after 2027.