Berkshire Hathaway

My own company, Berkshire Hathaway, might have been the last to fall, but that distinction provided little solace.

To see how this can be done, consider the case of Berkshire Hathaway, the holding company run by the legendary Warren Buffett.

Buffett and his investing company, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRKA, BRKB), have had a mixed record on investments in recent years.

Among those who seem to have reached a similar conclusion is Warren Buffett, the wealthychairman of Berkshire Hathaway.

Proceeds from the sale of a farm were converted into shares of his father's company, Berkshire Hathaway.

So far, Berkshire Hathaway's underwriting standards, and estimates of potential loss, have been strong.

The company's shareholders include Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffet's investment vehicle, which owns just under 10 per cent of the company.

Berkshire Hathaway will receive perpetual preferred shares in Goldman, which will pay a 10 annual percent dividend, or $500 million a year.

Mr Buffett was speaking a week after announcing that Berkshire Hathaway had sold its entire stake in PetroChina, the Chinese oil group.

All of these purchases have caused Buffett to dispose of many stocks to replenish the coffers at Berkshire Hathaway.

Warren Buffett at the annual shareholders meeting of his Berkshire Hathaway investment group this year.

If you want to duplicate the creativity of the master, Buffett, buy shares of his company, Berkshire Hathaway.

Ajit Jain, the head of Berkshire Hathaway's highly profitable reinsurance business, also has been mentioned as a possible successor.

Berkshire Hathaway has put a lot of its cash to work over the past two years.

"We were on a binge before, " the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway told "Good Morning America" in an exclusive interview.

For the last part of the trip, I joined Warren Buffett, Charlie Munger and other Berkshire Hathaway board members.

At Berkshire Hathaway we do not like to compete against Chinese manufacturers.

Berkshire Hathaway has also become the General Electric after a loss of the highest credit rating of the United States star enterprise.

Buffett, the book reveals, isn't al - ways the calm, calculating figure we know as head of the storied investment firm Berkshire Hathaway.

"Goldman Sachs is an exceptional institution, " said Mr Buffett, chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway.

His letter to his daughter (and almost identical letters to his sons) is available on the Berkshire Hathaway website.

The Berkshire Hathaway chairman warned the public against buying Chinese stocks at their currently inflated values.

Berkshire Hathaway's slumping share price soared after its board decided to buy back some of the firm's own stock.

Millions of people read Warren Buffett's books and follow every move of his company, Berkshire Hathaway.

Well, he said it to me and 40, 000 other people at the 2003 Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting.

Buffett said in his annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders Saturday that he still believes America's best days are ahead.

"Here's the smartest guy on the block, and his firm, Berkshire Hathaway, is down like most other stocks this year. "

Mr Market is a silly old fool who occasionally makes assets available to Berkshire Hathaway below their fundamental value.

Prof Kay illustrates this by reference to the 20 per cent average compound rate of return earned by Mr Buffett at Berkshire Hathaway.

Buffett in charge since 1965 as the core business of the insurance company Berkshire Hathaway.

Two American icons, General Electric and Berkshire Hathaway, lost their triple-A credit ratings.

He has publicly admitted defeat in Berkshire Hathaway's withdrawal from the credit card business after substantial losses.

Pretax underwriting profit at Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance Group, which sells catastrophe coverage, dropped 95 percent to $29 million.

The US investor already owns 3 per cent of Swiss Re and its latest investment is pure Berkshire Hathaway.

Berkshire Hathaway will enjoy a handsome 12 per cent coupon on its Swiss Re "perpetual convertibles" .

Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA) boosted its holdings as others fled, and by 1996 had accumulated 51% of its stock.

Republicans are playing a dangerous game by refusing to raise the debt ceiling, according to Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett.

It worked for the holders of B shares in Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway.

He lost $25 billion in the past year as shares in his company, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. , dropped nearly a third in value.

At Buffett's invitation, Weschler later came to the 2011 Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA) annual meeting, held last spring.

Berkshire Hathaway's funding base has grown steadily since then.

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No one knows exactly what a share in Berkshire Hathaway is really worth.

Berkshire Hathaway has increased book value per share by 135, 000 per cent over the same period.

Berkshire Hathaway owns about $11 billion worth of Wells Fargo stock.

So I trust Berkshire Hathaway while 78-year-old Mr Buffett remains at the helm.

Berkshire Hathaway has accumulated about $1. 8 billion worth of the stock.

He is the second of three managers to join Berkshire Hathaway's insurance portfolio.

His investment firm, Berkshire Hathaway, is a big shareholder in Kraft.

Berkshire Hathaway resembles a conglomerate. If you disagree, how do you explain?

Anyone who held a $10, 000 stake in Berkshire Hathaway at the start of 1965 has about $80 million today.

So it's intriguing that Berkshire Hathaway stock today trades at $128, 000, or just 1. 3 times that book value. Stifel's Mr.

Berkshire Hathaway's A-class shares were down 1 per cent on Monday to $101, 300.

An auction to dine in the city with Warren E. Buffett, the chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, raised a record $2, 626, 411 on Friday.

Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B) is 81 years old today and many are paying tribute.