- Japan earthquake affect: Warren Buffett's Berkshire may be heading for underwriting loss
Buffett said natural disasters led by the Japan earthquake eroded first-quarter profit at Berkshire.
02 May, 2011, 01.43 AM IST
Buffett praises Jain; adds to Indian-origin successor rumourHe was replying to queries whether Jain would succeed him as chief of Berkshire Hathaway, a US-based investment conglomerate.
23 Mar, 2011, 02.40 PM IST
- Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway to buy Lubrizol in $9.7 bn deal
Berkshire Hathaway will snap up speciality chemicals entity Lubrizol in a USD 9.7 billion-deal, one of the biggest buyouts by the Warren Bu...
14 Mar, 2011, 05.52 PM IST
- Warren Buffett locks in interest rates on new bonds
Berkshire will use money from the new bonds to repay floating-rate notes maturing this year, it said in a regulatory filing.
05 Jan, 2011, 07.42 AM IST
- With huge cash at his command, Buffett may turn hunter again
Warren Buffett, who completed his biggest acquisition in February, is positioned to pursue another elephant-sized deal.
09 Nov, 2010, 09.06 AM IST
- Wary of strategy, Buffett stays off buyout funds
Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway’s billionaire chairman, said he avoids acquiring companies from leveraged-buyout firms because they focu...
09 Oct, 2010, 12.54 AM IST
- Management gurus bag top international projects
Professors of the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIMC), have recently bagged some prestigious international projects in areas as...
23 Aug, 2010, 03.56 AM IST
- Buffett emphasizes BNSF purchase at meeting start
Billionaire Warren Buffett is showcasing his company's recent acquisition of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad at the start of Berk...
01 May, 2010, 08.20 PM IST
- Buffett's Berkshire gets green light to buy railroad
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway said on Thursday that Burlington Northern Santa Fe shareholders have cleared the track for its takeover...
11 Feb, 2010, 10.17 PM IST
- Buffett critical of Kraft but won't sell stake
Warren Buffett said on Wednesday he doesn't approve of Kraft's $19.5 billion acquisition of Cadbury, but he doesn't plan to sell his stake ...
21 Jan, 2010, 05.16 AM IST
- Buffett's equity bets take worst hit in a decade
Warren Buffett recorded his worst performance against stock market in a decade last year after. Gainers: BSE ( A, B ), NSE | Losers: BSE ( ...
05 Jan, 2010, 09.00 PM IST
- Berkshire cuts 21k jobs in '09
The employee count reported by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway was 21,000 lower than its 2008 figure.
28 Dec, 2009, 11.11 AM IST
- Berkshire cuts 21,000 jobs in 2009
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway reported 21,000 fewer employees amid a slump at the firms manufacturing and retail units. Tips for land...
28 Dec, 2009, 12.46 AM IST
- Buffett, Gates tell students worst is behind us
Capitalism is still alive and well, say the world's two richest men, despite lingering shocks from longest recession. Why currency keeps fl...
13 Nov, 2009, 03.14 AM IST
- Buffett cashes in on Goldman shares
Buffett has earned a profit on paper of about $2 billion, a return of more than 40%. Secrets of Buffett's success | Buffett's good & bad be...
24 Jul, 2009, 12.49 AM IST
- Former AT&T CEO to become new GM chairman
General Motors Corp said on Tuesday the former chairman and chief executive of AT&T Inc will become chairman of the reorganized automaker l...
09 Jun, 2009, 09.08 PM IST
- Buffett's company buys more shares in railroad
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett's company has bought another 2.2 million shares of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. stock, increasing...
16 Dec, 2008, 10.46 AM IST