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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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- Thursday, June 6, 5:43 AM The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has blocked Heinz's (HNZ) proposed acquisition of organic baby food supplier Rafferty's Garden due to antitrust concerns. The deal would have resulted in "highly concentrated markets where barriers to entry and expansion are high," the regulator said. 2 Comments [M&A, Consumer]
- Monday, June 3, 9:23 AM Heinz (HNZ) announces the receipt of all regulatory approvals for its sale to Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) and 3G Capital. The transaction is expected to close on or about June 7. (PR) 1 Comment [Consumer, M&A, Financials]
- Wednesday, May 29, 4:28 PM NV Energy (NVE) +22.4% AH after agreeing to be acquired by Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A, BRK.B) subsidiary MidAmerican Energy for $23.75/share, a 23.2% premium to today's closing price. Upon completion of the deal, MidAmerican will have assets of ~$66B and its regulated electric and gas utilities will serve 8.4M customers. 3 Comments [Energy, M&A, On the Move]
- Tuesday, May 7, 4:57 PM DaVita (DVA) enters into a standstill agreement with Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) limiting ownership to 25% of DVA's outstanding stock, putting the kabosh on rumors of a takeout. Speculation had been stoked late last year that the 'Oracle of Omaha' might be looking to buy the dialysis operator, after Berkshire disclosed that it had accumulated nearly 13% of DVA's outstanding stock. 2 Comments [Healthcare, M&A]
- Thursday, February 14, 8:41 AM Heinz (HNZ) is the only food company that can boast 30+ quarters of organic food growth, director Nelson Peltz tells CNBC, commenting on the acquisition. "I think there are many deals coming," Peltz says noting the negligible cost of money, which he notes explains his stake in Lazard (LAZ). "The M&A market is just getting rolling." 4 Comments [M&A]
- Thursday, February 14, 7:52 AM Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) to buy H. J. Heinz Company (HNZ) for $72.50/share, or $28B. Shares +20.2% premarket to $72.70. Update: Confirmed. 27 Comments [Breaking News, M&A, Consumer, On the Move, Top Stories]
- Thursday, January 31, 1:08 PM Warren Buffett continues his bet on print media with Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) picking up for undisclosed terms the Greensboro News & Record from Landmark Media Enterprises. The community paper has daily circulation of 58K, 86K on Sunday. Comment! [Financials, M&A]
- Tuesday, January 29, 8:32 AM HomeServices of America - the JV bet on a housing recovery between Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) and Brookfield Asset Management (BAM) - stays busy, completing its 2nd acquisition of the year with the purchase of Missouri brokerage Prudential Gaslight Realtors. Comment! [U.S. Economy, M&A]
- Monday, January 28, 11:40 AM Warren Buffett made a late-2012 play for NYSE Euronext (NYX), according to sources who say "Company A" in an ICE filing (S-4) about a competing bid was Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B). Buffett reportedly bid less than ICE and conditioned the buy on the sale of NYSE's European derivatives business at a certain price. 1 Comment [Financials, M&A]
- Wednesday, January 2, 8:37 AM Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A, BRK.B) subsidiary MidAmerican Energy agrees to acquire the 579 MW Antelope Valley Solar Projects, two solar power plants in Kern and Los Angeles counties in California, from SunPower (SPWR) for an undisclosed sum. The two combined projects would form the world's largest permitted solar photovoltaic power development. 2 Comments [Energy, M&A]
- Friday, November 2, 2012, 7:52 AM Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) inks a deal to buy direct marketing toy and party supply company Oriental Trading. Terms were not disclosed, but the WSJ reports the price at about $500M. The sale marks a nice payday for Oriental's largest shareholder KKR, which helped bring the company out of bankruptcy 18 months ago. 1 Comment [Financials, M&A]
- Tuesday, October 23, 2012, 7:01 AM Berkshire Hathaway's (BRK.B) National Indemnity Unit gets the regulatory green light to close its purchase of Israel's Clal Insurance U.S. operations. The $221M deal was originally announced in August. Comment! [Financials, M&A]
- Monday, October 1, 2012, 9:35 AM IBM is thinking of making a bid for ResCap's mortgage-servicing assets in partnership with Ocwen Financial (OCN) on Oct. 23, the NY Post reports. That could put Big Blue in competition with Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A, BRK.B), believed to be partnering with a smaller firm. Some think Warren Buffett is only involved to get another bidder, Fortress Investment (FIG), to raise its offer, thereby allowing Berkshire to obtain more for its ResCap debt holdings. (previous) 4 Comments [Tech, M&A, Financials]
- Monday, October 1, 2012, 9:28 AM Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) raises its stake in DaVita (DVA) to about 10.8% of the dialysis clinic operator. The House of Buffett bought another 282K shares last week, bringing total holdings to about 10.2 shares. DaVita closed at a 52-week high of $103.61 on Friday, up 22% since the February disclosure of a Berkshire position. Comment! [Healthcare, Financials, M&A]
- Tuesday, July 24, 2012, 12:16 PM Nationstar Mortgage (NSM -9.6%) plummets as Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) emerges as the front-runner in the battle to buy not just ResCap's mortgage portfolio, but its entire operation, reports the NYPost. Nationstar - the mortgage arm of hedge fund giant Wesley Eden - had originally hoped to get all and then at least part of the package. 2 Comments [Financials, M&A, On the Move]
- Friday, June 22, 2012, 4:19 PM Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) adds to its stable of local newspapers, buying the Waco Tribune-Herald and its daily circulation of 34K. The acquisition is a footnote to May's deal to buy 63 newspapers from Media General (and a stake in the company), as well as the disclosure of a stake in Lee Enterprises. 3 Comments [Financials, M&A]
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Saibus Research
Berkshire Hathaway's Newspaper Investments Part I http://bit.ly/11jwtmF $BLC $BRK.A $GCI $MEG $WPO $BRK.B - View all 0 replies
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Berkshire Hathaway Is Still Undervalued By 20-25 Percent http://bit.ly/14yAODh $NVE $BRK.B $BRK.A - View all 1 replies
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Do Performance Comparisons To S&P 500 Matter To Dividend Investors?.http://bit.ly/13U2dNL $PG $JNJ $MCD $BRK.B $BRK.A - View all 0 replies
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Saibus Research
Berkshire Hathaway Is Still Undervalued By 20-25 Percent http://bit.ly/14yAODh $NVE $BRK.B $BRK.A - View all 1 replies
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weed: The pres. can order them back to work. Buffet will get his money's worth. -
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Chris DeMuth Jr.
$BRK.A / $BRK.B holders from all online communities are welcome to an unofficial gathering on May 3, 2013 in Omaha: http://yellowbrkers.com - View all 2 replies
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Niksurfs: Your welcome, thanks for your generous spirit and extraordinary due diligence in sharing the details. -
Niksurfs: I don't normally push my wares but here are two spec buy candidates, my money is where my mouth is, TROV and SNFCA. The latter check the 10K
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lovepao
Berkshire 2012 Letter to shareholders from Warren Buffett http://bit.ly/YLSVRs $BRK.A $BRK.B - View all 1 replies
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Chris DeMuth Jr.: If you're interested in further reading, Buffett just finished reading this and recommends it in his letter: http://seekingalpha.com/a/qg1x.
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Saibus Research
Berkshire Hathaway likes BNY Mellon, We Like State Street Better! http://seekingalpha.com/a/oa93 $STT $BK $BRK.B $C $NTRS - View all 1 replies
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neobliviscar: Thats it boys n girls. Idiot allocations hitting..drive up the price at close. Pop'em up like prairie dogs, and we'll put .223 through them
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neobliviscar
$BRK.B Covering morning short from $89.60 -> $89.15. Missed the earlier bottom. Pocketing the $890 and going to lunch. - View all 2 replies
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neobliviscar: Berkie is one of the few I daytrade now and then for fun. It trades more on PR mood sentiment spikes and drops than anything else.
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neobliviscar: Purely instinct trade, as haven't done the math. Shorts & Berkheads would drive this over whatever number, so looked for buying fatigue.
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SA Editor Samir Patel
Orders placed for some more $INTC and $BRK.B at the open tomorrow. Last shopping trip until post-fiscal-cliff-resolution. - View all 1 replies
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Micah: Nice work - Long both those stocks. Looks like Todd from Berkshire was right selling Intel last quarter though.
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Bakken Crude:$OIL Buffet's Railroad Beats ONEOK's Pipeline. $BRK.A $BRK.B $CLR $EOG $OKS $PSX $WLL http://seekingalpha.com/a/mcdj - View all 1 replies
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Michael Fitzsimmons: thanks for the plug. keep an eye out for an upcoming article on Halcon Resources (HK). you may find it interesting.
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Saibus Research
words of wisdom from Buffett. Sounds so simple, but so hard to be disciplined. http://bit.ly/XTJGPd__source=yahoo|headline|quote|text|&par=yahoo $BRK.B - View all 3 replies
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Duke67: There is not much people who can afford staying underwater even a few years. -