Berkshire Hathaway earnings 2024 Q2

Warren Buffett walks the floor and meets with Berkshire Hathaway shareholders ahead of their annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska on May 3rd, 2024. David A. GroganBerkshire Hathaway's cash pile swelled to a record $276.9 billion last quarter as Warren Buffett sold big chunks in stock holdings including Apple.The Omaha-based conglomerate's...

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Berkshire dumps $2.3 billion of Bank of America in a 6-day sale

Warren Buffett speaks during the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, May 4, 2024.CNBCBerkshire Hathaway dumped more Bank of America shares this week, making it six straight trading days that Warren Buffett's conglomerate has reduced its stake in the bank.The Omaha, Nebraska-based holding company sold another 18.9...

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Berkshire has eliminated 10% of outstanding shares as Buffett values the enduring power of buybacks

Berkshire Hathaway has reduced a sizable chuck of share count through buybacks in recent years as Warren Buffett views the repurchase program as an effective way to reward long-term shareholders. Over the past five and a half years (22 quarters), the conglomerate has repurchased nearly $75 billion worth of...

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Buffett donates another $5.3 billion, says his children will run estate

Warren Buffett speaks during the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska on May 4, 2024. CNBCWarren Buffett on Friday made his biggest annual donation to date, giving $5.3 billion worth of Berkshire Hathaway shares to five charities.The legendary investor, who's turning 94 in August, converted 8,674 of his...

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Warren Buffett buys Occidental shares for 9 straight days, pushes his stake to nearly 29%

Warren Buffett walks the floor and meets with Berkshire Hathaway shareholders ahead of their annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, on May 3, 2024.David A. GroganWarren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has scooped up more shares of Occidental Petroleum over each of the past nine trading sessions, driving his gigantic stake in the Houston-based oil...

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Warren Buffett worried about ‘huge losses’ in booming insurance market

One of the messages that Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway's top insurance executive, Ajit Jain, sent to investors during the company's annual shareholder meeting in Omaha last month was that cyber insurance, while currently profitable, still has too many unknowns and risks for Berkshire, a huge player in the...

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