Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman Greg Abel, the likely successor to CEO Warren Buffett, bought about $68 million of the company’s shares last Thursday in what appears to be his first purchases of Berk...
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Billionaire Berkshire Board Member David Gottesman Dies at 96
Text size David Sanford “Sandy” Gottesman arrives for a Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting in Omaha, Neb. Daniel Acker/Bloomberg David “Sandy” Gottesman, a Berkshire Hathaway board me...
Dividend yields on preferred stocks have soared. This is how to pick the best ones for your portfolio.
This year nearly every type of security has declined — bad news if you look at your portfolio’s value each day and have difficulty sleeping at night. On the other hand, it’s good news if you’re lookin...
Buffett’s Berkshire Might Have Bought More Occidental Stock After the Dip
A recent decline in Occidental Petroleum share price could have prompted Berkshire Hathaway to add to its large stake in the big energy company. Berkshire Hathaway (ticker: BRK.A, BRK.B) holds 188.4 m...
Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway Could Be Among Top Payers of New Minimum Tax
Listen to article (2 minutes) WASHINGTON—A handful of large companies, such as Berkshire Hathaway and Amazon.com could bear most of the burden from a 15% corporate minimum tax President Biden signed i...
Berkshire Made Big Bets on Citi, HP, and Paramount Stock. They Look Like Losers.
Text size Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, said his company often buys equities before a market hits bottom. AFP via Getty Images When asked about Berkshire Hathaway ’s investment success at...
Berkshire Looks Like a Loser with 3 Big Buys
Text size Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, said his company often buys equities before a market hits bottom. AFP via Getty Images When asked about Berkshire Hathaway ’s investment success at...
Bitcoin Slumps to Lowest Since Late 2020, Ether Tumbles on Fed Jitters
Text size Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, has declined nearly 60% this year. Dreamstime Bitcoin fell Monday and other cryptocurrencies followed it lower ahead of what’s expected to ...
Delta Looks to Improve Margins, Cut Debt as Travel Rebounds
Dan Janki, the finance chief of Delta Air Lines Inc., had to navigate a host of pressures in his first year in the airline industry as travel demand remained below the levels seen before the Covid-19 ...
These quant funds poured nearly $1 billion into Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway last quarter
Some of the biggest hedge funds have increased their stakes in Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway BRK.A, -0.26% BRK.B, -0.39% amounting to over $900 million. The likes of Bridgewater Associates and q...
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway sells off more BYD Co. stock
Warren Buffett’s investment company Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has further pared its ownership in Chinese auto maker BYD Co. after recently disclosing that it had started selling some shares. Berkshire H...
Lucid, SoFi, and 3 Other SPAC Stocks Whose Downturns Might Be Ending
Text size Most SPAC-related stocks, including Virgin Galactic, haven’t been soaring in recent months. Courtesy Virgin Galactic Sometimes the best time to look for new investment ideas are when t...
3M’s Bankruptcy Setback Deepens Earplug Litigation Troubles
3M Co. had good reason to bet that it could use U.S. bankruptcy laws to shield itself from a mountain of personal-injury lawsuits filed over its allegedly defective military earplugs. But after a bank...
Berkshire Hathaway’s Utility Business Highlights the Warren Buffett Magic
Earnings at Berkshire Hathaway ’s big utility business have risen more than 30-fold since Warren Buffett bought the core of that operation in 2000, illustrating the power of the CEO’s patient approach...
These dividend stocks can protect you as the Federal Reserve slows the economy
With Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell set to deliver an important speech Friday, investors may finally begin to take him at his word: The central bank is going to maintain a hawkish stance to co...
3M Is Denied Bankruptcy Shield Against Mass Earplug Claims
A bankruptcy judge declined on Friday to shield 3M Co. from continued litigation involving its military earplugs, a setback for the conglomerate’s attempt to shift the mass injury claims to a friendli...
Berkshire Hathaway Could Owe Billions on Stock Gains Under the New Tax Law
Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, likes holding favorite stocks forever. Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images Text size Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett has long said that his favorite i...
Warren Buffett’s Likely Successor Owns Little Stock in Berkshire Hathaway
Text size Greg Abel, center, during a shareholders shopping day ahead of the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting in April. Dan Brouillette/Bloomberg Ownership of Berkshire Hathaway stock is a big part o...
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Cleared to Buy as Much as Half of Occidental’s Shares
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has the green light from regulators to purchase as much as 50% of Occidental Petroleum Corp.’s shares, after seeking approval for such a transaction in July. In a r...
U.S. Companies on Pace to Bring Home Record Number of Overseas Jobs
U.S. companies are bringing workforces and supply chains home at a historic pace. American companies are on pace to reshore, or return to the U.S., nearly 350,000 jobs this year, according to a report...
Warren Buffett Not Expected to Bid for Control of Occidental Following Stake Boost
Warren Buffett’s bid to boost his big stake in Occidental Petroleum even further isn’t expected to serve as a prelude to a full takeover of the resurgent energy company by the widely watched billionai...
Don’t buy Occidental stock just because Warren Buffett is buying, analyst says
Shares of Occidental Petroleum Corp. continued to outperform its peer group and the broader stock market after the oil- and gas-production company disclosed that Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway In...