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Berkshire Hathaway exits Wells Fargo and buys up oil companies, quarterly disclosure shows
Plus, Morgan Stanley’s history with Elon Musk pays off and KPMG refuses to sign off on Adler’s results
First in-person gathering since start of pandemic offers reminder that conglomerate remains the Warren show
Berkshire Hathaway head tells shareholders that Wall Street encouraged traders to treat shares like poker chips
Conglomerate spends $51.1bn putting cash pile to work as financial markets slide
Splitting the conglomerate would enable more scrutiny and allay some investors’ concerns
And déjà vu at Berkshire
Berkshire Hathaway sees industrial logic in dull but steady company
Investment is latest sign the conglomerate is finding value in US stock market
Buffett in same category as Saudi Aramco and China’s largest carmaker on emissions plans
$12bn purchase of ‘mini Berkshire’ Alleghany and $8bn stake in Occidental end quiet spell that had unnerved investors
Warren Buffett dips into company’s $147bn cash pile to agree deal for former railway group
Property and casualty insurer Alleghany even resembles a version of Berkshire
Buffett’s conglomerate is positioned for market regime change
Sage of Omaha warns low interest rates have inflated valuations across financial markets
Berkshire Hathaway discloses holding of video games maker in securities filing
Berkshire Hathaway’s shares have climbed as Ark’s flagship fund is hit by the growth-to-value rotation
Business secretary and MPs criticise response with 500 homes still without power as yet more severe weather hits country
Sprawling conglomerate’s cash pile hits record $149bn even as Warren Buffett increases share buybacks
Reopening boosts investment conglomerate’s housebuilding and railroad businesses
And why doesn’t Warren Buffett like Wells?
Disclosure comes three decades after Berkshire Hathaway first invested in the US bank
Greg Abel has done a lot of Berkshire Hathaway’s big deals but is he a second Sage of Omaha?
Plus: a look at what’s really in it for Spac investors, and Apollo’s vision to turn Yahoo into a sports betting winner
Company’s 58-year-old vice-chair will eventually become CEO
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