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A video by baslcjsm - Berkshire Hathaway had its annual 2009 shareholders meeting May 2, featuring the dynamic duo of Warren Buffett and Charlie ... revver.com

April 11: Legendary investor Warren Buffett was interviewed today by regulators about the role a Berkshire Hathaway unit played in certain ... video.aol.com

By rss@youtube.com (Blutobilly) Had pizza with Gene, David and Dennis. Took Nick to the hospital--he has strep throat. Warren Buffet announces a loss of 11 billion dollars in Berkshire Hathaway. Things are going to take a long time for President Barack Star to clean up the mess that Bush created!

Investors are eagerly awaiting Berkshire Hathaway's annual report due on March 1 for clues on what the Oracle of Omaha has been betting on. Thomas ... video.msn.com

Berkshire Hathaway CEO, Warren Buffett on his power... www.truveo.com

By rss@youtube.com (AIPACPC2008) American investor Warren Buffett, who purchased an Israeli firm in 2006, discusses Israel's achievements in the last 60 years. On his first visit to Israel, Buffett said that "Berkshire Hathaway and Israel will be here forever, as Israel and the US will be here forever."

Paulson & Co., the hedge-fund firm run by billionaire John Paulson, and Berkshire Hathaway Inc., the holding company run by billionaire Warren Buffett. ...

To many the shrewdest investor on the planet is Warren Buffett, Chairman of financial giant Berkshire Hathaway. Speaking to investors in Germany late last ...

When is the last time you saw a story about a new insurance policy written by Warren Buffett? The answer's probably “never” because virtually all of the ... Berkshire/BNSF deal passes antitrust muster, faces class-action suitProgressive Rail Roading

Few value investors garner the reputation and success of Warren Buffett. The compounded annual returns at Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.A) since Buffett took ...

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway said Monday that the Federal Trade Commission has ended an antitrust review of its proposed deal to acquire the big ... Buffett's Berkshire gets FTC OK for BNSF purchaseBusinessWeek Buffett on saleMoneycontrol.com

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway can now be had for 1.18 times book value, which - depending on how one looks at it - is cheap or expensive. ... Berkshire wins US antitrust OK for BurlingtonReuters BNSF-Berkshire Deal Clears Antitrust HurdleThe Journal of Commerce Online

folks like Alan Greenspan, Paul Volcker, Ron Paul, and Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) Warren Buffett, should have been a wake-up call. ... and more »

Two of the most famous contrarians—Warren Buffett and Anthony Bolton—are examples of the merits of active investing. Shares in Berkshire Hathaway (Buffett's ... and more »

In his 2004 letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders, Warren Buffett wrote that investors “should try to be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when ...

Sokol Imposing Budget Discipline and Culture Change at Berkshire-Owned NetJets Seeking Alpha (blog) As followers of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) know, it is highly unusual for Warren Buffett to send supervisors from outside the subsidiary. ... and more »

Berkshire Schedules Special Meeting for January 20 Seeking Alpha (blog) In addition, the meeting has not been publicized on the Berkshire Hathaway web site and is scheduled for a Wednesday. It is not clear whether Warren Buffett ... and more »

Gates' friend Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is by far the biggest holding, possibly because Buffett may have contributed some of the shares to the ...

Even though Berkshire does not provide detailed results for this small piece of its empire, insiders confirm that Buffett has yet to recover his investment. ... Sokol Imposing Budget Discipline and Culture Change at Berkshire-Owned netjetsSeeking Alpha (blog) all 3 news articles »

Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE: BRK-A) Warren Buffett told Reuters in 2007 that "a progressive and meaningful estate tax is needed to curb the movement of a ... and more »

The Unusual Suspects (AMZN, AAPL, COST, FTR, HUN, SOMX, S, TTWO, WFC, BAC, BRK ... blog) The bank could probably even get Uncle Warren Buffett to get Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) to step in to assist as an investor on top of its ... and more »

Schwab (Nasdaq: SCHW) founder Charles Schwab, and even Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) investing legend Warren Buffett. The takeaway? ... Another Reason Not to Die SoonMotley Fool all 2 news articles »

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Friday set a January 20 shareholder vote on a stock split related to the company's planned ... Warren Buffett Is Breaking the Rules!Motley Fool Buffett and his blemishesNational Post (Blogs) (blog)

By Jeff Matthews(noreply@blogger.com) However, I came out thinking Buffett the Investor may not need to be replaced—because the investment portfolio is so minor relative to the businesses Berkshire now owns—while Buffett the Manager can’t be replaced for the simple reason that nearly all those Berkshire companies are run...

Berkshire Hathaway will acquire Burlington Northern Santa Fe for $100 a share. Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, calls the ... cnbc.com

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Even though Berkshire does not provide detailed results for this small piece of its empire, insiders confirm that Mr. Buffett has yet to recover his ... and more »

David Sokol, a possible heir apparent to Warren Buffett at Berkshire Hathaway Inc, has his work cut out for him in addressing mounting problems at a luxury ... and more »

Warren Buffett owns one-third of the A shares and 10% of the B shares. Per-share voting power of the Bs would be cut to one-tenthousandth that of the As ...

Economic Collapse Update - Warren Buffett Speaks March 2, 2009 Berkshire Hathaway Links for source on the video: ARTICLE: ca.news.finance.yahoo ... www1.weekendgirlz.com

Washington Post… The Last Stable Paper Company (WPO, BRK-A) blog) Warren Buffett has stuck by this one so far in the Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) holdings, despite our notation that he could raise significant cash ...

According to a Bloomberg commentary (by Alice Schroeder, who penned the biography of Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) Warren Buffett, ...

Warren Buffett is definitely not the guy I thought he was. For a guy who claims his first rule of investing is "Never lose money," Warren Buffett doesn't ... Buffett No Choo-Choo for RailroadsTheStreet.com 4 Stocks Berkshire Hathaway Recently BoughtInvestopedia

Owning shares of Berkshire Hathaway BRK.BN is almost like being an investor in a mutual fund run by Mr. Buffett. Berkshire's B-class shares trade under the ... What Warren Buffett knowsOttawa Citizen Warren Buffett instructor releases book on Berkshire Hathaway chiefExaminer.com

Financial News: Global M&A Steams Past $300B On Buffett Deal Several of the year's largest deals have taken place in November, including Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway $35.9 billion bid for railway company ... and more »

All cars on the road will be electric in 20 years, Warren Buffett told a class of business students from Rice University this month. ... Warren Buffett-backed charities getting resultsExaminer.com Looking for Berkshire Hathaway Exposure?Seeking Alpha (blog)

AP Warren Buffett has become one of the world's richest people by demanding good value for the investments he makes for Berkshire Hathaway. ... Warren Buffett: All Cars Will Be Electric in 20 YearsGuruFocus.com Looking for Berkshire Hathaway Exposure?Seeking Alpha (blog)

DSNews.com 24 (Bloomberg) -- Capmark Financial Group Inc., the bankrupt, commercial property lender, agreed to sell its loan- servicing unit to Warren Buffett's ... Warren Buffett group in $468M deal for Horsham's CapmarkPhiladelphia Inquirer

UNP) has risen about 17% since the day before Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRKA, BRKB) said it would buy up Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. ... Giddy-up! Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway Climb Aboard Coal BandwagonHedgeCo.net Berkshire Gets $8B Burlington LoanEmii.com

Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Class B: You could do worseUSA Today Buffett's Berkshire secures $8B loan for BNSF dealThe Associated Press Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway to borrow $8 billion from JP Morgan, Wells FargoExaminer.com

By Jamie Dlugosch Last week, under the guise of betting on America, Warren Buffett and his Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) made an offer to buy all outstanding shares of Burlington Northern (BNI) for a significant premium. Permalink | Email this | Comments

Globe and Mail New Industry Takes Shape as Buffett Sells Other Railroads Seeking Alpha (blog) Following Warren Buffett & Berkshire Hathaway's (BRK.A) announcement of its Burlington Northern (BNI) purchase, we now see that Buffett is set to make ...

Some West Coast port officials say it is too early to speculate whether the purchase of the BNSF Railway Co. by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is good ... New Industry Takes Shape as Buffett Sells Other RailroadsSeeking Alpha (blog)

Short sellers have focused their attention on Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRKA, BRKB), with the number of the ... Warren Buffett To Buy BNSF, Jury Still Out On Impact To PortsCunningham Report Buffett to Sell Stakes in 2 Other RailroadsTheStreet.com

Globe and Mail The chief executive of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. said Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is liquidating its stakes in ... Buffett to Sell Stakes in 2 Other Railroad FirmsNew York Times Warren Buffett to Sell Stakes In Union Pacific & Norfolk SouthernCNBC

By Sheldon Liber Yesterday it was announced very loudly that "my pal Warren" was going to acquire the 77.4% of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (NYSE: BNI) railroad, that Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) does not already own, for $100 per share, offering about a $24 premium to Mondays closing price.

By Alan Schram Berkshire Hathaway just made its largest acquisition ever, buying Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation, a railroad company, for over $35 billion. This is a large... Berkshire Hathaway just made its largest acquisition ever, buying Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation, a railr...

By Mark Fightmaster So, you think you had a rough year? Check out what happened to Warren Buffett, who is ranked the second-richest man in America despite a drop of $10 billion in his personal wealth during the past year. The culprit for Buffet's loss is the 20% decline in Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) stock d...

By The Huffington Post News Team Lunch with Warren Buffett is something we have always had on our 'dream list,'" Wolfe said. But Buffett is also known for his plan to gradually give most of his $36 billion fortune to five foundations over time. The biggest chunk of Buffett's Berkshire stock will go to the Bill & Melinda G...

By Jeff Matthews(noreply@blogger.com) Warren Buffett: —Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Meeting, May 2, 2009 So Andrew Ross Sorkin asked, and Warren Buffett responded to, one of the better questions asked at this year’s Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting. The reason? “News of Buffett Sale.”

 NY In what has become an observation for the ages, Berkshire Hathaway's (BRK.A) Warren Buffett referred to derivatives as "financial weapons of mass destruction." More recently, George Soros argued that one type of derivative, credit default swaps, ...

So did these calls play a role in convincing Durbin to invest his money in Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway? We actually have no doubt that they did. Even if Buffett wasn't actively hawking the shares to lawmakers, many must have been impressed by ...

Washington Post The newspaper business just isn't what it used to be, even Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway concedes that, and he loves his newspapers (including the ... New York Times seeks possible sale of Boston GlobeNECN all 1,891 news articles »

BBC News The newspaper business just isn't what it used to be, even Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway concedes that, and he loves his newspapers (including the NYT). But large legacy costs, diminishing audiences, and a plethora of online competition ...

Warren Buffett's latest annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders contained a warning regarding potential risks to municipal bond insurers which was the subject of an article on this website in March. In a nutshell, Mr. Buffett warns that the ...

In short, there has never been a better time to bet against Warren Buffett..." Lewis isn't the first guy to come to this conclusion. If I remember correctly Doug Kass of thestreet.com actually shorted Berkshire last fall. Kass has been hot lately, ...

By Ravi Nagarajan In 1989, Warren Buffett spent $6.7 million to purchase a corporate jet for Berkshire Hathaway that he named The Indefensible, perhaps being somewhat embarrassed by an expense that nearly any company the size of Berkshire had long ...

It is involved in the same type of business as Berkshire and it is run by management that is just as top-notch (although the wits of Buffett have yet to be matched by anyone). This company also holds a similar philosophy: value orientation with a ...

At the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting, Warren Buffett made a number of bearish statements about the newspaper industry and even went as far as to say that investors should steer clear of the sector and that from an economic perspective, Berkshire ...

The foundation has given away nearly $20 billion the past decade, mostly in global health and development and US education. It has been ramping up its giving since Warren Buffett, head of Omaha-based Berkshire Hathaway, announced in June 2006 that he ...

 MD I am a big fan of Warren Buffett. However, I believe it is more advantageous to follow Buffett's stock picks than own Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) for the following reasons: Paul Krugman, the recipient of the 2008 Nobel Price in Economics, in his new, ...

PacifiCorp is owned by a division of Berkshire Hathaway, the investment company of billionaire Warren Buffett. Removing the dams is seen as key to resolving the area's long-standing trouble balancing the water needs of farms and those who rely on ...

 Canada However, many of best investors are well aware of the company's outstanding performance. Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A, BRK-B) owns it. The "Buffett of Canada," Prem Watsa at Fairfax Financial (NYSE:FFH) owns a lot of it. ...

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Billionaire investor Warren Buffett, chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. in Omaha, Nebraska, suggested that faster inflation was all but inevitable. “A country that continuously expands its debt as a percentage of GDP and raises much of the money ...

By Jeff Matthews(noreply@blogger.com) The irony was supreme, given that Sears happens to be the Berkshire-like investment vehicle for Sears Chairman and hedge fund ace Eddie Lampert, …without, of course, the good businesses, clean balance sheet, and 44 year track record of Berkshire and its Chairman and former hedge fund a...

TopNews United States Video: In-Depth Look - Buffett Increases Stake In Wells Fargo - Bloomberg Bloomberg Does Buffett Follow His Own Advice? NewsReleaseWire.com (press release) Why Warren Buffett would never have gone into private equity Reuters Blogs

 Canada Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE:BRK.A) book value dropped by 9.6% in 2008, only the second negative result in its 44-year history. Despite this unfortunate statistic, Berkshire Hathaway's equity investments hold some interesting potential. ...

Last year, the book value of Berkshire Hathaway dropped 9.6%, its worst showing ever, and only the second decline in its history. The company also lost its AAA rating. As a consequence, the board of directors made Warren Buffett do some time as a ... What Buffett Won't Be Buying Next Motley Fool

 UK Mr. Loeys' views were strongly backed up recently by Warren Buffett, the renowned investor and second-richest man in the world, according to the latest Forbes magazine data. Speaking at the annual shareholders' meeting of his Berkshire Hathaway ...

Mr Buffett, referring to the annual Berkshire get-together in Omaha, Nebraska, said: “We had a record number of netjets planes come out here. But at the Super Bowl, we were down. At the Masters tournament we were down. Overall, even though we've got ...

istockAnalyst.com (press release), OR Despite a good start for the business, Buffett contends that Berkshire is extremely cautious about the business and even goes so far as to say he does not know if it will ultimately prove to be a good business. The rationale behind very low premium ...

 UK Warren Buffett, who is ranked as the second-richest man in the world by Forbes with a fortune of $37 billion, recently saw the book value of his Berkshire Hathaway investment vehicle fall by 9.6 percent. However, his comments at its annual ...

 UK - Adrian Ash The list is said to include Wells Fargo – up 23% on Monday after "Sage of Omaha" Warren Buffett called the bank "fabulous" at the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting. "The challenge for us on the Federal Open Market Committee will be to ...

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.A, BRK.B) Chairman Warren Buffett blasted bankers, insurers and regulators and said their shortcomings caused the worst recession in half a century. As he hosted a record 35000 people at the company's annual meeting ...

 UK Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett criticised the US government's stress tests of the nation's largest banks, arguing that the health of large lenders can't be judged by calculating ratios and adjusting loss expectations on broad asset classes ...

By Ellen Sledge Warren Buffett is here. Warren Buffett is everywhere. He greets you on an airport billboard, stressing the importance of college education. There he is again, on the cover of every book in the bookstore window display. The hotel signs say "welcome Berkshire shareholders." Next to the colleg...

By Mike Hegedus Ah yes, Omaha in the Spring. While the swallows are returning to Capistrano, the Berkshire Hathaway investors, 35,000 of them, are returning to hear the 'Oracle of Omaha' wax about the economy. Warren Buffett is holding court, ice cream cone in hand.

By Alan Schram For example, Buffett estimates that in the event of a major catastrophe, Berkshire would suffer between 3% and 4% of the total, nationwide losses. Even if such catastrophe amounts to $100 billion in total damage (for reference, Hurricane Katrina leveled about $60 billion of losses), Be...

 NY Of course he's talking his book here, but Berkshire Hathaway (BRK) CEO Warren Buffett remains extremely positive on Wells Fargo (WFC), the bank in which he owns a 7.2% stake. Speaking at his annual shareholder meeting, he said that when the company ...

  Canada - Sheldon Alberts On Monday, Berkshire Hathaway chairman Warren Buffett declared the economy had fallen "off a cliff." The nation was also hit with new evidence of the depth of the ongoing recession. Jobless claims grew to 654000 last week in the country, ...

Warren Buffett thinks it is. The American financier invested $230 million in BYD last year. At the time, David Sokol, chairman of MidAmerican, a subsidiary of Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, called the BYD battery "a technology that can really be a game ...

Ironically, Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) should also do just fine without Buffett at the top. Buffett is truly extraordinary, and over the years, he's worked to ensure that Berkshire will manage just fine after he departs. ...

Wells Fargo shares rose as much as 24.3% after Buffett said the fourth-largest US bank will emerge "better than ever" from the nation's credit crisis. Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway held a 7.2% stake in the bank at year's end. (Shares closed up 15.8%. ...

By Jeff Matthews(noreply@blogger.com) Well, Warren agrees with us! In our book, “Pilgrimage to Warren Buffett’s Omaha,” we pointed out that Berkshire Hathaway’s annual shareholder meeting is no longer mainly about Berkshire Hathaway. And Buffett, it turns out, agrees.

By Sheldon Liber Filed under: International markets, Forecasts, Rants and raves, Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), Market matters, Johnson and Johnson (JNJ), Recession, Financial Crisis Would you be interested in seeing Buffett and Roubini appear together on a news show?

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By Sheldon Liber Filed under: Forecasts, Other issues, Rants and raves, Competitive strategy, General Electric (GE), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), Johnson and Johnson (JNJ), Tiffany and Co (TIF), Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Procter and Gamble (PG), Harley-Davidson (HOG), Recession, Financial Crisi...

By Jeff Matthews(noreply@blogger.com) Today, I signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act into law. Unless, however, that “team of managers” consists of two people, Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett and his equally penurious Vice Chairman, Charlie Munger, well, good luck with that, as they say.

By Jeff Matthews(noreply@blogger.com) We have written on these virtual pages, and in a chapter titled “What Would Warren Do?” in “Pilgrimage to Warren Buffett’s Omaha,” about the fact that most of the questions asked by shareholders at Berkshire Hathaway’s famous shareholder meeting—the “Woodstock for Capitalists” of wh...

 NY - But readers will find much more than another book on Warren Buffett. The real story begins in 1998. That’s when Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway bought General ... Dear Mr. Buffett: A Book Review with a Little 'Extra' Seeking Alpha all 2 news articles

By Tom Petruno In the battle of Berkshire Hathaway vs. Atlantic hurricane season in Florida, give Berkshire the win. Billionaire Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. won a $224-million bet that Florida would escape major damage from hurricanes this year.

By Jeff Matthews(noreply@blogger.com) Finally, Berkshire Looks Undervalued By ANDREW BARY The culprit in Berkshire Hathaway’s recent fall from grace—at least in the credit default swap market—may just be the very firm Warren Buffett himself invested in just two months ago. That firm would be Goldman Sachs.

By Jeff Matthews(noreply@blogger.com) Warren Buffett professes never to worry about a position, even if it’s down 50%. After all, who knows more about Berkshire than Warren Buffett? Which begs the question, who is buying credit default swaps in Berkshire Hathaway, and why?

By James Berman When Warren Buffett speaks (which is rare outside his annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting), people should listen. Among all the TV pundits, hedge fund traders, economists, journalists and cocktail party guests, not one has as good an investment record.

By Mumia Abu-Jamal In a 2002 open letter from U.S. financier, Warren Buffett to his Berkshire Hathaway shareholders, Buffett, one of the richest people in the U.S., warned his shareholders to avoid 'derivatives'. which he described as "time bombs, both for the parties that deal in them, and the economic system....

By The Huffington Post News Editors In addition, GE announced that it has reached agreement to sell $3 billion of perpetual preferred stock in a private offering to Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. The perpetual preferred stock has a dividend of 10% and is callable after three years at a 10% premium. In conjunction with this offerin...

By Jon Ogg Filed under: Analyst reports, Wal-Mart (WMT), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), Johnson and Johnson (JNJ), American Express (AXP), MasterCard Inc'A' (MA), Procter and Gamble (PG)Last night there was an interesting edition of MAD MONEY on CNBC. Jim Cramer came out and did a review of many dif...

By Zac Bissonnette A piece in Saturday's New York Times ponders the question, "Is it better to learn about Warren Buffett's investing methods and apply them to your own stock-picking or just buy shares of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)?" Robert Hagstrom, one of the world's foremost investing experts an...