Berkshire Hathway

Warren Buffett's Berkshire nears deal to buy OxyChem for $10 billion

After years spent refraining from large deals and progressively unwinding big holdings like his stake in Apple Inc., Buffett appears to be back on the offensive

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway fully exits BYD after 17-yr investment

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has sold its entire stake in Chinese EV maker BYD, ending a 17-year investment that grew more than 20 times in value

A legend retires: Berkshire Hathaway will continue to be closely followed

Mr Buffett started investing as a schoolboy with the earnings from delivering newspapers. He learnt the theoretical structure of valuation at Columbia Business School in the 1950s

Berkshire investors anticipate new era as Buffett hands over the baton

Following Buffett's surprise announcement on Saturday that he would step down as chief executive by the end of the year, Berkshire shareholders and fans said the Omaha

'US fiscal policy scares me': Buffett as he hands over Berkshire to Abel

Buffett said during the meeting he was concerned about the US deficit and thought the United States faced problems that need to be solved, including bureaucracy

Warren Buffett to step down following six-decade run atop Berkshire

Greg Abel, the vice chairman for non-insurance operations, will take charge of the conglomerate upon board approval, Buffett, 94, said Saturday at the company's annual shareholder meeting

Why Warren Buffett's cash pile is growing, and what it means for markets

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is holding a record $300 billion in cash, raising questions about his investment strategy and market outlook as stock valuations remain high

Berkshire's cash hits $277 bn as Warren Buffett pulls back from stocks

Q2 operating profit rose 15 per cent to $11.6 bn, about $8,073 per Class A share, from $10.04 bn year earlier, with nearly half coming from underwriting, investments in Berkshire's insurance business

Warren Buffett's Berkshire trims its HP stake, exits bet on General Motors

The conglomerate's retreat from Activision completes Buffett's arbitrage play amid the video-game maker's prolonged effort to merge with Microsoft Corp.

Buffett's Berkshire trims stake in China's BYD, a holding since 2008

Buffett's company had acquired 225 million BYD shares in 2008, giving it a 7.73% stake, equal to the 20.49% stake in H shares, according to BYD's annual report

Warren Buffett ends drought with $11.6 billion Alleghany purchase

Alleghany, the owner of reinsurer Transatlantic Holdings, would expand Berkshire's large portfolio of insurers

Warren Buffett's top stock last year was the bank he's been bailing on

Wells Fargo & Co. shares delivered a total return of 61% last year, outpacing every other company listed in the most recent public snapshot of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s portfolio, as of Sept. 30

Warren Buffett's cash pile tops record with $149.2 billion on hand

Buffett has struggled with a high-class problem of having too much money in Berkshire's pockets and not enough chances to put that to work in higher-returning assets.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire gets more cautious on stocks and buybacks

Buffett has struggled in recent years to keep up with Berkshire's ever-gushing cash flow

RIL to pare stake in Hathway Cable; to launch Rs 442-crore OFS on April 26

Sebi rules prescribe that promoters cannot hold more than 75 per cent in a company

Stock gains power higher Berkshire profit, Buffett presses on with buybacks

Berkshire's fourth-quarter buybacks boosted the company's overall stock repurchases to $24.7 billion in 2020, five times the record from a year earlier

Berkshire scoops up its own stock as pandemic hits business in Q3

Berkshire's recently been expanding its hunting horizons, with its $6 billion bet on Japanese trading houses and even a stake in the newly public Snowflake Inc.

Not a good sign: Warren Buffet does away with bank shares, bets on gold

Buffett, the fifth-richest person in the world, has loved few things more in his life than sweets, soda and compound interest - but banking stocks have come pretty close

Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway Q2 profit up 87% despite near-$10 bn writedown

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. said Saturday that it earned $26.3 billion, or $16,314 per Class A share, during the second quarter

With a fortune of $68 bn, Mukesh Ambani now richer than Warren Buffet

Shares of Ambani's conglomerate have more than doubled since a low in March as its digital unit got more than $15 billion in investments from companies including Facebook and Silver Lake