Berkshire Hathaway Inc

NYSE: BRK-A
$691,500.00
+$9,030.00 (+1.3%)
Closing Price on October 11, 2024

BRK-A Articles

Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) has been on CNBC this morning and he has an interesting observation about the future of the Euro.  When asked about whether the Euro would...
As of late last week we had many potentially imminent buyouts that could have hit the market.  When we were just finishing the report draft on Friday is when the Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc....
The argument goes that if News Corp. (NASDAQ: NWS) spins off its print businesses, they will be unable to keep their editorial costs at current levels. Some of the properties in this...
At last week’s Rio+20 conference in Brazil, a representative of Standard & Poor’s Latin American office told a panel on sustainable development that “banks and utilities are unlikeloy to...
Moody’s recent downgrade of 15 of the world’s largest banks, along with JP Morgan Chase & Co.’s (NYSE: JPM) multibillion trading loss, make it clear that certain big banks are just not as...
The calls for Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG) to unlock shareholder value are growing. This is a classic defensive stock with a big dividend, but if you eliminate the great recession this stock...
24/7 Wall St. loves companies which send capital back to shareholders via dividends.  With all of the uncertainty in today’s markets and in the fluctuating economy, having a solid dividend policy...
If you have watched the flow of news out of Asia and Europe over the last month, you might have had a reason to think that the world was going to hell in a handbasket.  One week of a market...
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will challenge Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) with its own map service. (Reuters) A Manpower Group survey shows that companies in most parts of the world do not want to add workers....
The three major US stock indexes opened higher this morning despite the refusal of the European Central Bank to lower its interest rates (our story here) and a lower-than-expected rise in US labor...
Lee Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: LEE) is a tiny media company with news and advertising.  It serves midsize and small markets in the United States with 52 daily and 39 Sunday newspapers, as well as with...
Publicly traded companies, by definition, have many shareholders. The company’s management is supposed to be accountable to those shareholders. As it turns out, however, in some cases shareholders...
When Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B)(NYSE: BRK-A) made the acquisition of Burlington Northern Santa Fe, the speculation was that more rail mergers could be expected.  After...
DaVita Inc. (NYSE: DVA) is facing a bit of a drag on its announcement that it is spending some $4.4 billion to acquire HealthCare Partners.  This is a transformative deal because DaVita is the...
The 16-member board of directors of Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. (NYSE: CP) today includes 7 new members nominated by William Ackman and his hedge fund, Pershing Square Capital Management. The new...