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  • Monday, 22 March, 2021
    Climate change
    Powerful investor group finds net zero pledges distant and hollow

    Berkshire Hathaway among companies that failed to make progress on any measure of climate action

  • Monday, 15 March, 2021
    Berkshire Hathaway opposes shareholder call for climate disclosures

    Warren Buffett’s conglomerate says formal assessment not ‘necessary’ despite growing investor attention

  • Saturday, 27 February, 2021
    Warren Buffett
    Buffett warns of ‘bleak future’ for debt investors

    ‘Bonds are not the place to be these days’ Berkshire Hathaway chief tells shareholders in his annual letter

  • Wednesday, 17 February, 2021
    Berkshire reveals confidential bets on Verizon and Chevron

    Warren Buffett’s conglomerate took multibillion-dollar stakes in companies late last year

  • Monday, 4 January, 2021
    Health Care
    Amazon, JPMorgan and Berkshire end healthcare venture

    Three companies pull plug on joint effort unveiled less than 3 years ago to tackle medical costs

  • Tuesday, 17 November, 2020
    Buffett pulls back on banks and bets on drugmakers

    Billionaire investor’s Berkshire Hathaway put $5.7bn into four US pharma stocks in Q3

  • Saturday, 7 November, 2020
    Berkshire Hathaway rides to $30bn profit on back of investment portfolio

    Returns soften blow of net loss for insurance business, which weighed on operating earnings

  • Tuesday, 20 October, 2020
    Berkshire pays $4.1m fine over Iran sanctions violation claims

    Buffett’s conglomerate given rare US government penalty linked to metalworking subsidiary

  • Thursday, 1 October, 2020
    News in-depthThe Big Read
    SoftBank: technology evangelist or hedge fund?

    Arm sale reflects transition of Masayoshi Son’s company to a global manager of assets

  • Promoted Content
  • Friday, 25 September, 2020
    Due Diligence
    Buffett does a Buffett Premium

    After being eerily quiet during the first few months of the pandemic, the Oracle is making some bets

  • Thursday, 10 September, 2020
    Markets InsightLeo Lewis
    Why Buffett could lead other money managers into overlooked Japan

    Berkshire’s investment in trading houses highlights the case for unearthing cheap stocks

  • Wednesday, 9 September, 2020
    Berkshire Hathaway to invest $570m in Snowflake

    Group will take up stake when cloud computing database group lists on stock market

  • Friday, 4 September, 2020
    Buffett sells another big chunk of Wells Fargo

    His investment company Berkshire Hathaway now owns just 3.3% of a once-favoured US bank

  • Tuesday, 1 September, 2020
    News in-depth
    Why Warren Buffett is gambling on Japan’s distinctive dealmakers

    Changes in culture may be needed in a sector but one marked overdue for re-evaluation

  • Monday, 31 August, 2020
    Instant InsightMichael Mackenzie
    Buffett’s Japan investment is a bet on inflation and volatility

    The country’s trading houses provide exposure to commodities and corporate restructuring

  • Monday, 31 August, 2020
    LexWarren Buffett
    Japan/Warren Buffett: trading places Premium

    Sector is not known for impressive returns but Berkshire Hathaway’s $6bn bet makes sense

  • Monday, 31 August, 2020
    Warren Buffett makes $6bn bet on Japanese trading houses

    Berkshire Hathaway’s investment marks decisive shift from familiarity of home US market

  • Friday, 21 August, 2020
    The Top LineArash Massoudi
    Political knots bind sovereign funds trying to beat the market

    Mixing statecraft and money management can make the day-to-day job of generating returns much harder

  • Friday, 21 August, 2020
    FT AlphavilleJamie Powell
    Stock splits: playing devil’s advocate

    It’s time to admit that a company’s share price matters.

  • Tuesday, 18 August, 2020
    Inside BusinessRobert Armstrong
    Warren Buffett’s trades look like everyone else’s, for once

    Berkshire Hathaway needs to do more than sell banks and buy gold to regain glory days

  • Friday, 14 August, 2020
    Berkshire Hathaway slashes stakes in US banks

    Warren Buffett’s group pares back holdings in Wells Fargo, JPMorgan, PNC and Goldman Sachs

  • Saturday, 8 August, 2020
    Berkshire Hathaway profits surge despite $10bn writedown

    Second-quarter net income at Warren Buffett’s conglomerate rises by 87% on the previous year

  • Friday, 31 July, 2020
    Share buybacks
    US companies cling to share buybacks despite collapse in profits

    So far in second-quarter earnings season, total share counts have fallen, says Credit Suisse

  • Thursday, 23 July, 2020
    Warren Buffett ploughs $800m into BofA shares

    Berkshire takes stake to 11.3% in sign of confidence in US lender

  • Friday, 17 July, 2020
    FTfmJohn Dizard
    Leverage tribe is running out of gas

    People with real cash are on top making deals with pipeline owners as junk finance struggles to work its magic

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