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Company Description
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (“Berkshire,” “Company” or “Registrant”) is a holding company owning subsidiaries engaged in a number of diverse business activities. The most important of these are insurance businesses conducted on both a primary basis and a reinsurance basis. Berkshire also owns and... More
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- Friday, May 3, 5:32 PM More from Berkshire Hathaway's (BRK.A) 10-Q: Net income (which includes investment and derivatives results) of $4.89B ($2,977/share), up 50% Y/Y. As of March 31, book value up 5.5% Q/Q to $120,525/share; insurance float of about $73B. Berk-enstock begins tonight in Omaha, Neb. 1 Comment [Earnings, Financials]
- Friday, May 3, 5:08 PM Berkshire Hathaway (class A) (BRK.A): Q1 operating earnings of $2,302/share (class A), vs. estimates of $1,995.34. Operating earnings breakdown: Insurance underwriting of $901M; Insurance investment income of $799M; non-insurance businesses, $2.245B; other, -$163M. (10-Q) 2 Comments [Earnings, Breaking News, Financials]
- Friday, May 3, 1:35 PM Charlie Munger (BRK.A) says one would have to be "stark raving mad" to run Berkshire and "not want another Burlington Northern," implying that the company would very much like to pursue further giant acquisitions. Nonetheless, "the prices being paid for businesses are very high" thanks to rock bottom interest rates: "Just because you like it doesn't mean the world will give it to you," Munger counsels. More folksy wisdom to come tomorrow at Berkshire's annual meeting. (Reuters) 2 Comments [Financials]
- Friday, May 3, 11:54 AM "What Cyprus demonstrates is an old truth," says Charlie Munger (BRK.B). "You can't trust bankers to govern themselves ... They are like heroin addicts." High Frequency Trading? Being a long-term investor, he's not too concerned, but calls it "legalized front-running." The jobs number? What's that? The Berkshire annual meeting is tomorrow. 3 Comments [Financials]
- Friday, May 3, 7:31 AM "We would like to get into the commercial insurance business very big time," says Warren Buffett, asked about Berkshire's (BRK.B) hiring of 4 P&C execs from AIG. Buffett says the 4 initiated the move themselves, maybe prompted by AIG's scaling back of coverage in capital-intensive areas. 6 Comments [Financials]
- Wednesday, May 1, 11:04 AM Warren Buffett expands his bet on Israeli manufacturer International Metalworking - also known as Iscar - with Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) agreeing to pay $2.05B for the 20% of the company it doesn't already own. Buffett counts Iscar as among his "powerhouse five" non-insurance operations. Other members are Marmon, Burlington Northern, Lubrizol, and MidAmerican. 1 Comment [Financials]
- Friday, April 26, 11:42 AM AIG loses talent to Berkshire Hathway (BRK.B), the House of Buffett grabbing 4 senior executives experienced with insuring large and unusual risks, reports the WSJ. The hires will help Berkshire develop its "excess-and-surplus" business line, writes The Insurance Insider, historically one of AIG's largest and most successful operations. AIG: "(We have) a seasoned and very deep bench." 3 Comments [Financials]
- Thursday, March 28, 11:30 AM Swiss Re will book a gain of about $100M in Q1 after settling with Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) in a dispute over a reinsurance deal. Berkshire booked a loss of $642M in 2011, claiming it was due to a shortcoming in information provided by Swiss Re. Under the deal, Berkshire's total losses will be capped at $1.05B, down from $1.5B originally. 1 Comment [Financials]
- Tuesday, March 26, 12:46 PM More on Goldman/Buffett: The amended warrant deal looks to make Berkshire (BRK.B) one of the top 10 holders of Goldman (GS), with about a 2% stake - all without costing Berkshire any additional money. For Goldman - under the Fed's watchful eye on capital levels - it''s a far less dilutive deal than what it might have faced. GS -0.2% after an early 1.5% pop. Comment! [Financials]
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Tuesday, March 26, 8:59 AM
Warren Buffett (BRK.B) becomes a long-term investor in Goldman Sachs, agreeing to amend his warrant agreement to accept shares for any difference between the $115 exercise price and the value of the stock on Oct. 1, 2013. Buffett: "We intend to hold a significant investment in Goldman Sachs." GS +1.4% premarket. (PR)
5 Comments [Financials] - Sunday, March 24, 6:00 AM H.J. Heinz (HNZ) has sold $3.1B of junk-rated bonds to help pay for its LBO by Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) and 3G Capital. The amount was well above the $2.1B initially planned and yielded record-low interest rates for speculative-grade debt. Comment! [Consumer, M&A]
- Tuesday, March 5, 6:55 PM Berkshire-owned BNSF Railway (BRK.A, BRK.B), one of the biggest U.S. consumers of diesel fuel, plans this year to test using natural gas to power its locomotives. If successful, the experiment could weaken oil's dominance as a transportation fuel and provide a new outlet for the glut of cheap natural gas in North America. 15 Comments [Energy]
- Monday, March 4, 3:17 PM Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) is starting to look like an index fund, but with greater specific company risk, writes Cullen Roche. He notes the diminishing returns of book value gains relative to the S&P 500 - 14% in Berkshire's first 20 years, 5.6% in the last 20, 3.9% in the last 5. Berkshire is so big, he wonders if it can continue to outperform to a degree outweighing the risks of owning a single holding company. 7 Comments [Financials]
- Monday, March 4, 7:29 AM Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) has dropped 50% on multiple occasions says Warren Buffett, responding on CNBC to a question about Apple (AAPL). "You can't run a business to make the stock price go up every day," he says, though allowing Apple may have too much cash. Update at 9:07: Expanded comments from Buffett on Apple this morning. 20 Comments
- Friday, March 1, 4:30 PM "The risks of being out of the game are huge compared to the risks of being in it," says Warren Buffett (BRK.B) is his annual letter, continuing to pursue elephants after being shut out in 2012 (he's already bagged one this year). He chides his fellow CEOs and the "uncertainty" meme about why they're not investing, noting Berkshire spent a record $9.8B on plant and equipment last year. "Of course the immediate future is uncertain; America has faced the unknown since 1776." 16 Comments [Financials, Breaking News, Top Stories]
- Friday, March 1, 4:17 PM Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A): Q4 operating earnings/share of $1,704 vs. $1,615 in year-ago period. Net earnings/share of $2,757 vs. $1,846 in year-ago period. Total operating earnings of $2.8B, net earnings of $4.55B. Book value of $114.2K/share. Insurance float of $73B. Revenue of $44.7B. (PR) (10-K) 1 Comment [Earnings, Breaking News, Financials]
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