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Berkshire Hathaway
By admin - Posted on October 2nd, 2008
Tagged: General Electric Co (GE) just announced plans to raise $15 billion, with a little help from Warren Buffett. The company is selling $12 billion of common stock to the public and $3 billion of preferred to Berkshire Hathaway.
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General Electric Co (GE) just announced plans to raise $15 billion, with a little help from Warren Buffett. The company is selling $12 billion of common stock to the public and $3 billion of preferred to Berkshire Hathaway.
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By admin - Posted on September 30th, 2008
Tagged: MidAmerican Energy, 87.4 per cent owned by Mr Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, will buy 225m shares in the Shenzhen-based company for HK$1.8bn ($230m) at a 4.76 per cent discount to the stock's closing price of HK$8.4 last Friday.The purchase marks the first large investment by Mr Buffett in China after Berkshire Hathaway last year sold its entire stake in PetroChina.
MidAmerican Energy, 87.4 per cent owned by Mr Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, will buy 225m shares in the Shenzhen-based company for HK$1.8bn ($230m) at a 4.76 per cent discount to the stock's closing price of HK$8.4 last Friday.The purchase marks the first large investment by Mr Buffett in China after Berkshire Hathaway last year sold its entire stake in PetroChina.
By admin - Posted on September 24th, 2008
Tagged: Famed Investor's Move Is Seen as a Vote of Confidence in Crisis-Stricken Banking System; Old Ties to Firm Paved Way for Deal. Berkshire also will get warrants granting it the right to buy $5 billion of Goldman common stock at $115 a share, which is 8% below the 4 p.m. closing share price Tuesday of $125.05. At Goldman's roughly $50 billion market value, based on that closing price, exercising those warrants would give Berkshire about a 10% stake in Goldman.
Famed Investor's Move Is Seen as a Vote of Confidence in Crisis-Stricken Banking System; Old Ties to Firm Paved Way for Deal. Berkshire also will get warrants granting it the right to buy $5 billion of Goldman common stock at $115 a share, which is 8% below the 4 p.m. closing share price Tuesday of $125.05. At Goldman's roughly $50 billion market value, based on that closing price, exercising those warrants would give Berkshire about a 10% stake in Goldman.
By admin - Posted on August 15th, 2008
Tagged: Billionaire investor Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. announced changes in its investments in US stocks, which totaled $57.88 billion at the end of the second quarter, lower than $66.46 billion of investments as of March 31. In a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday, Berkshire announced new holdings in NRG Energy Inc. while the company reduced its Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc. (BUD: News, Chart, Quote ) stock sharply and eliminated Trane Inc. holdings.
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. announced changes in its investments in US stocks, which totaled $57.88 billion at the end of the second quarter, lower than $66.46 billion of investments as of March 31. In a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday, Berkshire announced new holdings in NRG Energy Inc. while the company reduced its Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc. (BUD: News, Chart, Quote ) stock sharply and eliminated Trane Inc. holdings.
By admin - Posted on August 8th, 2008
Tagged: Devotees of Warren Buffett's investing strategy may need to look no farther for a bargain than the battered stock of the billionaire's Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
``Regardless of what's happening to earnings, the cash is still rolling in and asset prices are down,'' which will help Berkshire add holdings, said Frank Betz, a partner at Warren, New Jersey-based Carret Zane Capital Management, which oversees $800 million, including Berkshire shares. ``It's Buffett time.''
Devotees of Warren Buffett's investing strategy may need to look no farther for a bargain than the battered stock of the billionaire's Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
``Regardless of what's happening to earnings, the cash is still rolling in and asset prices are down,'' which will help Berkshire add holdings, said Frank Betz, a partner at Warren, New Jersey-based Carret Zane Capital Management, which oversees $800 million, including Berkshire shares. ``It's Buffett time.''
By admin - Posted on July 28th, 2008
Tagged: Insight on whether Berkshire Hathaway stock is a value in itself, with Andrew Kilpatrick, Wachovia and Whitney Tilson, T2 Partners.
Insight on whether Berkshire Hathaway stock is a value in itself, with Andrew Kilpatrick, Wachovia and Whitney Tilson, T2 Partners.
By admin - Posted on May 22nd, 2008
Tagged: Ever since Berkshire Hathaway (BRK) reported earnings earlier in the month, a number of people have been abuzz about the “losses” generated from marking-to-market some of the derivatives on the books. Barron’s had a Q&A with short hedge fund manager Doug Kass where Kass said he was short BRK because of Buffett’s “investment-style drift,” which has led him to take large positions in derivatives instruments - which he famously derided as “financial weapons of mass destruction” in his 2002 letter to shareholders.
Ever since Berkshire Hathaway (BRK) reported earnings earlier in the month, a number of people have been abuzz about the “losses” generated from marking-to-market some of the derivatives on the books. Barron’s had a Q&A with short hedge fund manager Doug Kass where Kass said he was short BRK because of Buffett’s “investment-style drift,” which has led him to take large positions in derivatives instruments - which he famously derided as “financial weapons of mass destruction” in his 2002 letter to shareholders.
By admin - Posted on May 19th, 2008
Tagged: Warren Buffett has urged investors to lower their expectations during this queasy economic year. That's not exactly what they want to hear from Buffett, whose $62 billion net worth and excellent long-term track record tends to infect his admirers with overwrought expectations.
Warren Buffett has urged investors to lower their expectations during this queasy economic year. That's not exactly what they want to hear from Buffett, whose $62 billion net worth and excellent long-term track record tends to infect his admirers with overwrought expectations.
By admin - Posted on May 8th, 2008
Tagged: BR Anchor Susie Gharib spent the weekend in Omaha, Nebraska covering the 2008 Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders' Meeting. On tonight's program, she files a detailed report on the event and what Warren Buffett had to say about the state of his company. Susie's broadcast report includes excerpts of an interview she conducted with Buffett.
BR Anchor Susie Gharib spent the weekend in Omaha, Nebraska covering the 2008 Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders' Meeting. On tonight's program, she files a detailed report on the event and what Warren Buffett had to say about the state of his company. Susie's broadcast report includes excerpts of an interview she conducted with Buffett.
By admin - Posted on May 5th, 2008
Tagged: Berkshire Hathaway will consider investing in the insurance business of U.K. banking giant Royal Bank of Scotland and is close to buying a medium-sized company in the country, Chairman Warren Buffett said Sunday
Berkshire Hathaway will consider investing in the insurance business of U.K. banking giant Royal Bank of Scotland and is close to buying a medium-sized company in the country, Chairman Warren Buffett said Sunday
