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Berkshire Hathaway to buy reinsurer from ING
MarketWatch | 340 days 4 hours 13 minutes ago
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USG Corporation Announces Agreement to Sell $400 Million of Contingent Convertible Senior Notes [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 10 days 18 hours 37 minutes ago
CHICAGO, Nov. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- USG Corporation


Berkshire Hathaway buying Marmon Holdings
MarketWatch | 342 days 15 hours 20 minutes ago
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Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Extends Expiration of Registered Exchange Offers to December 1, 2008 [Press Release]
Business Wire | 8 days 47 minutes ago
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (“Berkshire”) and Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corporation (“BHFC”) today announced that they have extended the expiration date of three separate registered exchange offers to December 1, 2008. The first is an offer to exchange up to $1,000,000,000 of BHFC’s newly registered 4.60% Senior Notes due 2013 (the “4.60% 2013 Exchange Notes”) for an equal amount of its privately placed 4.60% Senior Notes due 2013 (the “4.60% 2013 Original Notes”). The second is an offer to exch...


Berkshire Net Income Falls 77%
Wall Street Journal, The | 24 days 13 hours 28 minutes ago
Warren Buffett-led Berkshire Hathaway Inc. said third-quarter net income fell 77% as turmoil in the insurance market and investment losses took a toll on the bottom line.The Omaha, Neb., conglomerate posted its fourth consecutive quarterly decline in profits, essentially delivering on the billionaire's glum prediction earlier this year that "the party is over" for insurance earnings. Net income plunged to $1.06 billion, or $682 per Class A share, from $4.55 billion, or $2,942 a share, in last...


Berkshire Hathaway Inc. News Release [Press Release]
Business Wire | 24 days 16 hours 7 minutes ago
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK.A; BRK.B) –


Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Commences Registered Exchange Offers [Press Release]
Business Wire | 40 days 2 hours 22 minutes ago
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (“Berkshire”) and Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corporation (“BHFC”) today announced that they have commenced three separate registered exchange offers. The first is an offer to exchange up to $1,000,000,000 of BHFC’s newly registered 4.60% Senior Notes due 2013 (the “2013 4.60% Exchange Notes”) for an equal amount of its privately placed 4.60% Senior Notes due 2013 (the “2013 4.60% Original Notes”). The second is an offer to exchange up to $1,000,000,000 of BHFC’s newly ...


MidAmerican and Berkshire Hathaway Announce Investment in BYD Company Limited [Press Release]
Business Wire | 66 days 11 hours 39 minutes ago
MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company, a Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRKA) (NYSE:BRKB) subsidiary, today announced it has agreed to purchase 225 million shares, representing approximately a 10 percent interest, in BYD Company Limited (1211.hk). The investment is valued at 1.8 billion HK dollars, or approximately 230 million U.S. dollars. BYD’s corporate focus is researching, developing, manufacturing and selling rechargeable batteries (Li-ion, Nickel batteries), automobiles, electric automobi...


Citi Capital Strategies Advises TMI Custom Air Systems and Miller-Sage, Inc. [Press Release]
Business Wire | 31 days 18 hours 13 minutes ago
TMI is the industry leader in manufacturing and installing highly customized air handling systems sold to the commercial, institutional, and industrial markets; its sister company Miller-Sage provides mechanical contracting and installation for these and other systems. TMI announced today its acquisition by MiTek, Inc. the world’s leading supplier of state-of-the-art engineered connector products, equipment, software, and services for the building components industry. MiTek is a subsidiary of...


Berkshire Hathaway shares fall below $100,000
Boston Globe, The | 18 days 14 hours 59 minutes ago
OMAHA, Neb.—Shares of billionaire Warren Buffett's investment company, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., have fallen below $100,000 for the first time since October 2006.


Berkshire Hathaway shares fall for 4th day
Boston Globe, The | 18 days 7 hours 4 minutes ago
NEW YORK - Shares of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. fell below $100,000 for the first time since 2006 yesterday, dropping for a fourth day after posting a 77 percent profit decline last week.


MidAmerican and Constellation Energy Announce First Merger-Related Regulatory Filing [Press Release]
Business Wire | 60 days 19 hours 22 minutes ago
MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company and Constellation Energy (NYSE: CEG) today announced that Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) filed notification pursuant to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, of MidAmerican’s proposed merger with Constellation Energy.





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Company: Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
Industry: Investment Firms
Website: http://www.berkshirehathaway.com

Berkshire Hathaway is where Warren Buffett, the world's richest man, spreads his risk by investing in a variety of companies, from insurance and building materials to apparel and furniture retailers. Insurance subsidiaries include National Indemnity, GEICO Corporation, and reinsurance giant General Re. The company also owns McLane Company, Dairy Queen, Clayton Homes, and MidAmerican Energy Holdings. In 2006 it bought press release distributor Business Wire, sportswear company Russell, and 80% of ISCAR Metalworking, an Israel-based maker of metal-cutting tools and the first foreign company in which Berkshire has a controlling stake. Buffett owns about a third of Berkshire Hathaway.


Key Numbers

Sales in U.S. Dollars (mil.) 118,245 (2007)
One-year % Growth in Sales 20.0 (2007)
Net Income in U.S. Dollars (mil.) 13,213 (2007)
One-year % Growth in Net Income 20.0 (2007)
Number of Employees 233,000 (2007)
One-year % Growth in Number of Employees 7.4 (2007)
Fiscal Year-End December