Finance Markets (Free subscription) | yesterday
Berkshire Hathaway, the investment group controlled by respected US billionaire investor, Warren Buffett, has recovered from its poor performance in 2008 and announced a surge in net profit. The group said net profit was $3.2 billion (£1.9 billion) in the three months to September, compared to $1.1 billion in the same period a year earlier. Seventy-nine year [...]
GuruFocus Updates (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Bill Freehling. Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway bought about $2.2 billion worth of stock during the third quarter, according to a review of the company's third-quarter report filed this past Friday. Read more » »
Stockpreacher Penny Stock Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Warren Buffett Friday highlighted his rebound from last year’s poor performance as strong stock markets and derivatives gains helped Berkshire Hathaway, his investment vehicle, triple profits in Q-3 to US$3.24B. Berkshire’s earnings were even higher than Q-3 profits at Goldman Sachs, Wall Street’s most profitable bank and one of Buffett’s holdings, and will provide the [...]...
Money Morning (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Horacio Marquez Contributing Editor Money Morning Last year, on Aug 25, I recommended readers start buying shares of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.A, BRK.B) in incremental amounts... Money Morning is here to help investors profit handsomely on this seismic shift in the global economy. Money moves markets. But Money Morning lets you move first.
SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
Ravi Nagarajan submits: Berkshire Hathaway ( BRK.A ) reported results for the third quarter following the close of trading Friday. Operating earnings per share were nearly flat at $1,325 per A share, down slightly from $1,335 in the third quarter of 2008. Operating earnings per share for the first nine months of 2009 declined 11.8% to $3,572 per A share, down from $4,048 per share for the first nine...
Britannia Radio (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
Berkshire Hathaway turns $3.2bn profitThe profit was triple the $1.06 billion, or $682 per Class A equivalent share, reported by the company a year earlierBuffett bets big on America in $44bn rail dealShould you invest like Warren Buffett'US unemployment highest for 26 yearsThe data is being watched closely as economists ponder whether America can sustain recovery without government stimuli
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
Berkshire Hathaway said its net profit was $3.2bn (£1.9bn) in the three months to September, compared to $1.1bn in the same period last year. More on Warren Buffett
Financial Skeptic (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A;BRK.B) piloted by Warren Buffet released results on Friday and had a few interesting tidbits. They claim to release on Friday after market close so as to allow investors and media the weekend to digest. The likelihood of Warren Buffet surprising the market with unanticipated news in their earnings is fairly low. They also come right out and say the press release is inadequate...
Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Burlington Northern's CEO said Berkshire Hathaway is completely liquidating its stakes in rival railroad companies Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific.
Business Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The extension and expansion of the existing homebuyer tax credit programs are positive steps for the nation’s residential real estate market, says Ron Peltier, Chairman and CEO of HomeServices of America, Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway affiliate, and the nation’s second-largest independent residential real estate brokerage (www.homeservices.com). The existing homebuyer...
ABC News (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
BNSF exec says Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway will sell its UP, Norfolk Southern stakes
iStockAnalyst.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (NYSE: BNI) is soon to become a member of Berkshire Hathaway. Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway already owned 23 percent of the railroad, and paid a 31 percent premium over the stock price to secure the rest. [More...]
Climateer Investing (Free subscription) | yesterday
It's not all green. See last week's " Warren Buffett bets on coal and the economy (BNI; BRK.B) " From the Wall Street Journal: Warren Buffett's blockbuster deal this past week for Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. was based partly on the view that railroads are more efficient than trucks when energy prices are high. But another company in Mr. Buffett's portfolio, MidAmerican Energy Holdings...
FutureOfCapitalism.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Over the weekend the Wall Street Journal had an article about the wind energy investments of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway. The Journal article includes an interview with the chairman of a Berkshire-owned utility, MidAmerican, David Sokol, and
Footnoted.org (Free subscription) | yesterday
It’s Q season and footnoted regulars know what that means — lots of crazy things buried deep in the filings. Sonya, Kristen and myself spent much of the weekend in our waders working our way through all sorts of filings. Some of the biggest names — Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), Yahoo (YHOO), Bank of America (BAC) [...]
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