Berkshire Hathaway Inc
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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...
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Alibaba will buy back 20% of its shares held by Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO). The consideration Yahoo! will get is $7.1 billion. That sum is “composed of at least $6.3 billion in cash proceeds and up to...
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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...
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It is no secret that the newspaper business has not been a good sector over the last decade. Subscriptions declined about as fast as the number of smokers did in the 1990s. The business model of...
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Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released their most recent U.S.-listed equity holdings for the Berkshire Hathaway empire. This cut off date is as of March...
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Coty, which had made a $10.7 billion offer to buy Avon Products (NYSE: AVP), withdrew its bid. It said the the Avon board had failed to react to its offer by a Monday deadline. Avon’s shares will...
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Coalition talks in Greece have broken down and are not likely to resume. This means new elections are almost inevitable. That will delay the ability of the European Union and IMF to know what the...
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Avon Products (NYSE: AVP) said it will take a week to decide whether it will negotiate a new, sweetened deal from Coty. Coty has just gotten financial support from Warren Buffett’s Berkshire...
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Ingersoll-Rand Plc (NYSE: IR) is often overlooked as a key company despite a nearly $13 billion market value. The news is out that Nelson Peltz has taken a 7.1% stake in the company via his...
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Warren Buffett hosted the Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) over the weekend and this Monday morning he gave a long interview to CNBC. In the interview Mr. Buffett noted how he still thinks...
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Voters in Greece and France turn away from German austerity measures set for the region’s weakest nations. (Reuters) AT&T (NYSE: T) moves into the home monitoring market. (Reuters) Ally...
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Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A), during the firm’s annual meeting, claimed that he looked at a huge buyout recently, which would have cost $22 billion. Buffett says he...
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This weekend has perhaps the most widely followed annual meeting from any public company in America as Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) will have its shareholder meeting in Omaha,...
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Several CEOs and founders of well-known American companies have complete control over their companies. Through voting power, they control the boards and strategic decisions of these corporations. The...
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Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) will be in the news quite a bit now that the world’s most famous investor, chairman Warren Buffett, has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. We...
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