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Buffett’s Berkshire ends deal drought with Dominion bet

His Berkshire Hathaway Inc., which has stayed relatively quiet during the tumult of the coronavirus pandemic, broke its silence at the end of a holiday weekend with its biggest acquisition in more than four years

3 min read6 Jul 2020
Companies

Buffett’s Berkshire reveals its Amazon bet

Buffett’s company has deepened some of its bets on banks in recent monthsWhile Buffett has long admired Jeff Bezos, he’s typically steered clear of technology giants, disclosing a stake in Apple just three years ago

1 min read16 May 2019
Companies

Warren Buffett says trade war would be 'bad for the whole world'

Buffett said the trade dispute has already had an effect on Berkshire's BNSF railroadBuffett nonetheless said the problems will not affect how Omaha, Nebraska-based Berkshire operates

1 min read6 May 2019
Companies

What do Bezos, Buffett and Dimon have in common? Meet Todd Combs

In late January, Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffett and Jamie Dimon announced they were teaming up to form a company, free from 'profit-making incentives' that would seek to lower the cost of covering their employees.

8 min read27 Mar 2018
News

Warren Buffett, Jeff Bezos, others lose $114 billion post market rout

A plunge in US stocks has cut the fortunes of the world's 500 richest people, including Warren Buffett, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos, by $114 billion

1 min read6 Feb 2018
Companies

Warren Buffett calls pessimists about US ‘out of their mind'

Warren Buffett calls people 'out of their mind' when they talk pessimistically about the US's ability to cope with growing tumult in the world

1 min read20 Sep 2017
Market

Warren Buffett's Berkshire boosts American, Southwest airline bets

Warren Buffett's Berkshire said that in the first quarter its American stake grew 8% to 49.3 million shares, while its Southwest stake grew 10% to 47.7 million shares

2 min read16 May 2017
Companies

Warren Buffett says thesis was flawed on IBM, he blew it missing Google

Warren Buffett, who made an ill-fated bet on IBM, said that mistake shouldn't discourage wagers on the broader technology industry

2 min read6 May 2017
News

Warren Buffett says US market system to continue far into the future

Warren Buffett says the market system that has propelled US economic growth for more than two centuries will continue unabated, echoing his optimism about the country

1 min read25 Feb 2017
Market

Berkshire, Twitter and Alibaba share unusual ally: this HFT firm

Global Trading Systems is a member of Wall Street's new guard, a group of market-making upstarts that are changing the nature of trading

11 min read17 Oct 2016