Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

Warren Buffett enjoys playing salesman-in-chief

15 hours, 58 minutes ago

Omaha, Neb.-based Berkshire Hathaway Inc. owns more than 80 companies, including insurance, railroad, utility, manufacturing and retail businesses.

Warren Buffett meets with young entrepreneurs

22 hours, 26 minutes ago

Billionaire Warren Buffett is spending his day listening to business pitches from a select group of kids, but the ideas aren't likely to generate new acquisitions for Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway...

S&P downgrades Berkshire Hathaway's credit rating

4 days ago

S&P said Berkshire's insurance companies, which include Geico and major reinsurance firms like General Re, are riskier than other insurers because their large equity investments that can be volatile.

S&P downgrades Berkshire Hathaway rating

5 days ago

"S&P says the move better reflects Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s dependence on its core insurance operations for most of its dividend income.

Buffett's firm reveals 2 new stock investments

5 days ago

Todd Combs and Ted Weschler are each managing portfolios worth about $5 billion for Berkshire while Buffett continues to make most of the investment decisions for the Omaha, Neb.-based conglomerate.

Fort Worth's Justin Brands buys Maine shoe manufacturer

11 days ago

It is owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, as is Fort Worth-based BNSF Railway, Acme Brick and TTI.

Wal-Mart Stores takes back top spot in Fortune 500

14 days ago

Moving up two spots to No. 5 is Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc., which owns everything from insurers to railroads to newspaper publishers and is in the process of acquiring Heinz Co.

Buffett says bonds are terrible investments today

15 days ago

The head of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. says stocks are generally selling for reasonable prices even with the market at record levels.

Buffett defends structure of $23B Heinz deal

15 days ago

Some people had questioned whether the deal that will give Berkshire a 50 percent stake in Heinz represented a change in investment style for Buffett's conglomerate.

Buffett says Federal Reserve has boosted stocks

15 days ago

Buffett appeared Monday morning on the cable channel CNBC after a weekend full of events for Berkshire Hathaway Inc. shareholders.

Warren Buffett offers advice on investing and life

15 days ago

""We really are in uncharted territory," Buffett said.---BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY'S FUTURE:Buffett said he doesn't expect his successor to make any significant changes to Berkshire Hathaway after the...

Buffett tells shareholders Berkshire Hathaway will still thrive after he's gone

15 days ago

A spokeswoman for the mine, which is owned by a subsidiary of Berkshire's MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co., said the company is committed to a fair solution but won't comment on specific proposals.

What's happening at Buffett's annual meeting

16 days ago

Berkshire has paid cheap enough prices for the newspapers that Buffett expects them to deliver 10 percent returns every year, but he also expects their earnings will keep declining.

Warren Buffett leads annual meeting like no other

17 days ago

Later, Buffett will take the stage alongside Berkshire's Vice Chairman Charlie Munger to answer questions from shareholders, journalists and financial analysts for six hours.

Berkshire Hathaway's earnings jump 51 percent

17 days ago

Berkshire Hathaway's first-quarter profit jumped 51 percent as its insurance companies performed well and the value of its investments soared.

The investor's investor?

17 days ago

Later he called up the bank's CEO and pitched the deal that's earning Berkshire 6 percent interest and gave Buffett's company warrants to buy 700 million shares of stock at $7.14 apiece.

Warren Buffett reassures investors on succession

18 days ago

Berkshire has billions invested in the stock of Coca-Cola, Wells Fargo and IBM, and Buffett says he has no idea who the next CEOs will be.

Warren Buffett says economy still improving slowly

18 days ago

In an interview that aired Friday, Buffett said that business has been picking up at his Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate, but it hasn't been strengthening rapidly.

Copying Warren Buffett harder for investors today

18 days ago

Later he called up the bank's CEO and pitched the deal that's earning Berkshire 6 percent interest and gave Buffett's company warrants to buy 700 million shares of stock at $7.14 apiece.

Buffett says women key to nation's prosperity

19 days ago

Central Thursday that will be broadcast online at Fortune.com.He is getting ready to face more than 30,000 Berkshire Hathaway shareholders this weekend.

Berkshire Hathaway buys the rest of IMC for $2.05B

20 days ago

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is buying the rest of IMC International Metalworking that it doesn't already own for $2.05 billion.

Lee Enterprises refinances $94 million in debt

20 days ago

Newspaper publishing company Lee Enterprises Inc. said on Tuesday that it has refinanced $94 million worth of debt with Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc., avoiding an interest rate increase...

Heinz shareholders OK acquisition

20 days ago

The firms have said that Berkshire is acting as a financing partner while 3G, which is known for its aggressive cost-cutting, will run the company.

Shareholder wants Berkshire to set emissions goals

67 days ago

Berkshire's board opposes the idea of setting goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, because it remains unclear how those emissions will be regulated.

Buffett gives exec raise while his pay stays same

67 days ago

Warren Buffett's total compensation declined 14 percent last year to $423,923 as Berkshire Hathaway spent less on his security, but his salary remained unchanged at $100,000.

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