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Go ahead and call Buffett a Snowflake as he bets on a hot tech IPO

No FOMO here: At a time when Berkshire Hathaway isn't making many other fresh bets, it's buying one of the year's hottest tech IPOs

Warren Buffett looks to Japan, takes 5% stakes in five trading companies

Berkshire Hathaway said it has acquired more than 5% of the shares in five large Japanese companies, marking a departure for Buffett as he looks outside the United States to bolster his conglomerate

Berkshire Hathaway shows signs of appetite ahead of earnings report

Buffett's conglomerate began putting more of its $137 billion cash pile to work after a period of relative silence during the start of the pandemic

Elon Musk, Mukesh Ambani now richer than Warren Buffet: Check top 10 list

Tesla chief's fortune rose by $6.07 billion on Friday, following a 10.8% jump in the electric carmaker's stock, according to media reports

Warren Buffett donates $2.9 bn to Gates Foundation, family charities

In a statement on Wednesday, Berkshire said Buffett's 15th annual donation comprised 15.97 million Class B shares of Berkshire.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire ends deal drought with Dominion Energy bet

The agreement for Dominion Energy's natural gas pipeline and storage assets signaled to the market that Buffett is willing to pounce despite his cautious tone in May about the pandemic, an expert said

Buffett's Berkshire to buy Dominion Energy gas assets for $4 billion

Deal will let Berkshire Chairman Warren Buffett reduce his conglomerate's cash pile while letting Dominion focus on utilities operations.

World's richest in pics: Jeff Bezos to Mukesh Ambani, top 10 billionaires

According to the Bloomberg's Billionaires Index, daily ranking of the world's richest people, Jeff Bezos's wealth soars to record $171.6 billion

In pics: Mukesh Ambani 9th among top-10 richest men. Who are the others?

With RIL's market capitalisation crossing the Rs 11-trillion mark on Friday, its chairman and managing director Mukesh Ambani became the ninth-richest billionaire globally

Covid-19 makes investment mavens miss annual rite as Buffett goes online

Warren Buffett's annual event was held online this year because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Many tuned in to watch and listen, though some wished they could have been there.

Coronavirus cannot stop America or Berkshire Hathaway, says Warren Buffett

Buffett said operating earnings will, through at least this year, be "considerably less" than they would have been had the pandemic not occurred

Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway posts $50 bn loss in coronavirus impact

An accounting rule requires Berkshire to report unrealized stock losses and gains with earnings. This causes huge swings in Berkshire's net results that Buffett considers meaningless

Bill Gates steps down from Microsoft board; former AmEx CEO to replace him

Berkshire knows Chenault well, having long been American Express' largest shareholder, and ending 2019 with an 18.7% stake in the travel and financial services company.

Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway to sell newspaper unit for $140 million

Lee has been managing the papers for Buffett's company since 2018, and Berkshire is loaning Lee the money for the purchase.

Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Q3 profit down 11% on flat investment values

Berkshire is sitting on a pile of more than $128 billion cash because Buffett has struggled to find major acquisitions for the company

Warren Buffett's worst year since 2009 splits investors ahead of Q3 results

Ackman's stake in Berkshire, disclosed in August, is a bullish bet

Warren Buffett donates $3.6 billion of Berkshire stock to five foundations

That brings the total amount of stock he's given the foundations to about $34 billion since he made the pledge in 2006, according to a statement Monday

Warren Buffett drops a fresh hint on Berkshire Hathaway successor

Buffett, 88, was pressed by questions - each greeted with a torrent of applause - about who would succeed him

Berkshire Hathaway finally bought shares of Amazon, says Warren Buffett

The purchase marks a U-turn for Berkshire, where Buffett has long praised the leadership of Amazon Chief Executive Jeff Bezos

Warren Buffett says Berkshire Hathaway overpaid for Kraft Heinz

The comments were a rare admission of error by the 88-year-old billionaire on a major investment at his Omaha, Nebraska-based conglomerate