Warren Buffett’s Berkshire takes $1.6 billion UnitedHealth stake, trims Apple, exits T-Mobile in Q2Berkshire Hathaway made a surprising $1.6 billion investment in UnitedHealth Group during the second quarter, even as the insurer faced cha...
15 Aug, 2025, 03.05 PM IST
Warren Buffett to step down from Berkshire Hathaway: A look at his $169 billion net worth and investmentsWarren Buffett, the world’s fifth-richest person with an estimated net worth of $169 billion, has announced his retirement as CEO of Berksh...
05 May, 2025, 03.33 PM IST
Warren Buffet adds 3 stocks to Berkshire Hathaway's portfolio: Here are his picksWarren Buffett recently bought shares in Occidental Petroleum, Sirius XM and VeriSign. Berkshire Hathaway now holds over 10% of each of the...
06 Feb, 2025, 10.45 PM IST
In 17 yrs, Warren Buffett pledged over $50 bn to Gates Foundation, other philanthropic organisationsAfter 17 years, Warren Buffett has given over $50.7bn to philanthropic foundations, including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and four ...
24 Jun, 2023, 10.17 AM IST
Berkshire shareholders overwhelmingly vote to keep Warren Buffett chairmanSome shareholders opposed Buffett's reelection as chairman, saying it was better if different people served as chairman and chief executive...
05 May, 2022, 07.25 AM IST
Warren Buffett's Berkshire bought Activision shares before Microsoft takeoverBerkshire said that as of December 31, it owned 14.7 million shares worth about $975 million of the "Call of Duty" maker. Microsoft announc...
15 Feb, 2022, 09.03 AM IST
Warren Buffett's Berkshire bought Activision shares before Microsoft takeoverInvestors monitor Berkshire's investments closely to see where Buffett and his investment managers Todd Combs and Ted Weschler see value.
15 Feb, 2022, 07.09 AM IST
Telecom billionaire, LSE director & eBay chairman: Who are the new board members joining Gates Foundation?Decisions still require both Gates and French Gates to support them, in essence handing them each veto power.
28 Jan, 2022, 08.37 AM IST
By exiting, is Warren Buffett escaping potential messiness of the Gates split between his 2 longtime friends?The divorce put Buffett in an awkward position as tie-breaker for the two exes.
24 Jun, 2021, 11.35 AM IST
Warren Buffett resigns as trustee of Gates Foundation"For years I have been a trustee - an inactive trustee at that - of only one recipient of my funds, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. ...
23 Jun, 2021, 05.24 PM IST
Spooked by geopolitics? Warren Buffett has some brilliant advice for investorsDuring the darkest days of the financial crisis in 2008, Warre wrote an op-ed for the NYT, reminding us that bad things happen all of the t...
30 Aug, 2014, 10.34 AM IST
No solution in sight for Europe's problems: Warren BuffettAmerican business magnate Warren Buffett has said that things are beginning to "slip pretty fast" in Europe over the past six weeks.
12 Jul, 2012, 09.21 PM IST
Warren Buffett's holdings no match for S&P 500 in 2011Warren Buffett's personal holdings at Berkshire lost about $2 billion, even as the S&P 500 index ended unchanged.
04 Jan, 2012, 10.37 AM IST
- My son will replace me: Warren Buffett
The billionaire's son Howard Buffett, 56, farms corn and soyabeans in Illinois and currently serves on the board of directors of Berkshire.
11 Dec, 2011, 09.09 AM IST
- Berkshire's Abel advances into Buffett's 'top 4' after Sokol exit
Buffett disclosed this week that Sokol had purchased stock in Lubrizol while helping to negotiate Berkshire’s takeover of the company.
02 Apr, 2011, 04.33 AM IST
- Rajat Gupta resigns from three corporate boards
Indian-American Rajat Gupta, the former McKinsey head accused of passing insider tips to Galleon Group's billionaire hedge fund manager Raj...
08 Mar, 2011, 10.14 AM IST
- Brandon quits as chief of Berkshire’s General Re
Joseph Brandon, once seen as a possible successor to Warren Buffett at Berkshire Hathaway, resigned as chief executive officer of the compa...
15 Apr, 2008, 01.23 AM IST