The Fed hasn’t been able to achieve its 2% inflation target in more than five years.
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The chairman of Berkshire Hathaway said the company will deploy capital if there is a bigger decline.
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Buffett’s last charity lunch in 2022 for the nonprofit Glide raised a record $19 million.
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The Berkshire performance is disappointing since the company is arguably the most defensive mega-cap stock in the market.
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Reuters reported Hollub is preparing to retire and that she will be succeeded by Richard Jackson, the company’s chief operating officer. Occidental hasn’t confirmed the report.
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Todd Combs left Berkshire Hathaway, where he was a top investment manager and the CEO of its Geico unit, at the end of last year. He opens up for the first time about his new role at JPMorgan Chase.
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Berkshire and Tokio Marine announced a partnership that involved Berkshire’s National Indemnity reinsurance unit absorbing some of the Japanese insurer’s risks.
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Tokio Marine is a top 10 non-life insurer by market value globally behind companies such as Chubb, Progressive and Allianz.
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The conglomerate also owns stakes of about 10% in five Japanese trading companies
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Chevron and Occidental have been some of the worst-performers in the sector since 2022.
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There’s a better way to fight the short-termism in U.S. stock markets.
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Berkshire employs no complex and incomprehensible compensation formulas for executives.
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Nvidia’s big AI event is this week, Fed’s Powell likely to stay on board if investigation continues, Berkshire’s stock buybacks could reach $50 billion, and more news to start your day.
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Many Berkshire Hathaway holders would like to see it get more aggressive with stock repurchases.
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Oil prices continue to rise, February inflation report won’t help Fed’s next decision, Kevin Warsh’s Fed nomination is stuck, and more news to start your day.
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Insights from hedge fund manager Guy Spier in the wake of his terminal disease diagnosis.
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OxyChem operates 23 manufacturing plants and is a leading producer of caustic potash, chlor-alkali and polyvinyl chloride.
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Berkshire disclosed the buyback for transparency during its leadership transition, a departure from its usual nondisclosure policy.
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Berkshire Hathaway says it has begun repurchasing shares of its common stock under an existing policy.
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Berkshire’s longstanding approach is to mainly provide full-year information.
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New CEO Greg Abel is a fan of net cash flow from operations.
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The company bought back none of its own stock in the period, continuing a trend that began in May 2024.
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Although Greg Abel is doing a TV interview, he didn’t hold a quarterly conference call after Berkshire released its fourth-quarter results Saturday.
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Shares of clean-energy company AES decline after it agrees to be taken private in a $33.4 billion deal.
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Berkshire’s operating profits were down 30% in the fourth quarter.
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