Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway operates the dirtiest set of coal-fired power plants in the USThe letter, a document pored over by shareholders, analysts and press every year for insights into the legendary investor's thinking, playf...
15 Jan, 2025, 07.19 AM IST
Warren Buffett's Berkshire halves Apple stake, boosts cash to $277 billion even as operating profit sets recordBerkshire's results suggest the 93-year-old Buffett, one of the world’s most revered investors, is growing wary about the broader U.S. econ...
03 Aug, 2024, 09.08 PM IST
How will Bill Gates fight climate change by making new-generation nuclear power plants? Know about sodium-based nuke plantsMicrosoft founder Bill Gates has set up TerraPower which will revolutionize the way electricity is generated. It will use sodium instead of...
11 Jun, 2024, 10.22 PM IST
Buffett reassures about Berkshire's future, praises Apple even as he sells itWarren Buffett paid tribute to his late business partner Charlie Munger at Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting on Saturday, while reassurin...
05 May, 2024, 09.48 AM IST
Warren Buffett's Berkshire pares huge Apple stake as cash, operating profit set recordsBerkshire Hathaway Inc's record profit driven by insurance operations included a significant Apple share sale, increasing cash to $189 bill...
04 May, 2024, 08.39 PM IST
Warren Buffett's PacifiCorp faces $30 bln new wildfire claimsA utility owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is facing $30 billion in new claims blaming it for causing Oregon wildfires in 2020,...
30 Apr, 2024, 07.06 PM IST
Berkshire shares ends in red as US threatens to sue unit over wildfire costsThe investment conglomerate had warned on Saturday that the parent of PacifiCorp and one of Berkshire's biggest businesses outside insuranc...
27 Feb, 2024, 08.08 AM IST
US equities close slightly lower as focus shifts to data"The jobs report is another week away so eyes are kind of turning Thursday to PCE price index rather than anything else. There is a lot mor...
27 Feb, 2024, 07.54 AM IST
'Built to last' Berkshire nears $1 trillion valuation after record profitWarren Buffett-led Berkshire Hathaway crept closer to a $1 trillion market value on Monday, a milestone that would put it among a rarefied ...
26 Feb, 2024, 09.24 PM IST
US President Joe Biden announces $3.5bn for projects nationwide to strengthen electric grid, bolster resilienceThe Biden administration has allocated $3.5 billion for 58 projects aimed at strengthening the resilience of the electric grid in the face ...
19 Oct, 2023, 04.58 PM IST
US regulators approve largest dam demolition plan in history for Klamath RiverThe Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) voted Thursday to approve the largest dam demolition plan in history. It would restore hund...
19 Nov, 2022, 12.26 AM IST
US regulators to vote on largest dam demolition, Klamath Basin in historyThe Klamath Basin watershed covers more than 14,500 square miles (37,500 square kilometres) and the Klamath itself was once the third-large...
17 Nov, 2022, 01.11 PM IST
Buffett's Berkshire posts record annual profit, extends but slows buybacksBerkshire also signaled renewed confidence in its own stock, repurchasing $6.9 billion in the quarter, and boosting total buybacks in 2021 ...
27 Feb, 2022, 09.33 AM IST
- Google debuts in high-grade bond market with $3 bn deal
Google hit the US bond market with its high grade market debut, announcing a $3 billion sale of 3-year, 5-year and 10-year notes.
17 May, 2011, 01.48 AM IST
- Buffett says Fed avoided chaos in Bear bailout
Warren Buffett said on Saturday said the U.S. Federal Reserve avoided financial market "chaos" in coordinating the March bailout of Bear St...
04 May, 2008, 04.10 AM IST
- Buffett buys Marmon for $4.5 bn
Billionaire Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway will pay $4.5 billion for 60% of Marmon Holdings, adding another family-run company that pr...
27 Dec, 2007, 03.52 AM IST
- Buffett gets it wrong
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett, stung by $955 mn in losses from foreign-currency investments in 2005, slashed his bet against the doll...
05 Aug, 2006, 12.00 AM IST