Buffett Extols U.S. Economic Recovery, Laments SPACs, Shrugs Off Tax Hike May 3, 2021 By Jonathan Stempel and John McCrank Warren Buffett said on Saturday that Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is being lifted by a U.S. economy faring far better than...
In His Own Words: Q&A with Applied Underwriters’ Menzies on Buffet, California and ‘Pumping Entrepreneurial Power’ May 3, 2021 By Andrew G. Simpson Steve Menzies, founder and chairman of Applied Underwriters Inc., is a busy man. Since he reacquired his company from Warren...
Berkshire Hathaway Discloses $499M Investment in Marsh & McLennan February 17, 2021 By Jonathan Stempel Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. on Tuesday announced two major new investments, revealing an $8.6 billion stake in the phone...
Amazon, Berkshire, JPMorgan Closing Down Joint Healthcare Venture January 4, 2021 By Manas Mishra The healthcare joint venture of Amazon.com Inc., Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co., will cease to exist at...
Berkshire Hathaway Sues Law Firm It Says Aided $756 Million M&A Fraud October 15, 2020 By Bob Van Voris A unit of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. claims a top international law firm helped German piping component maker Wilhelm...
Berkshire Insurance Units Hold Their Own While Pandemic Slams Other Buffett Firms August 10, 2020 Berkshire Hathaway Inc. had a tough second quarter with the pandemic taking a toll on most of its operating businesses...
TuSimple Launches Self-Driving Truck Network with Berkshire’s McLane, UPS July 2, 2020 By Nick Carey U.S. technology company TuSimple on Wednesday launched a self-driving freight network with UPS and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. supply chain unit...
Berkshire Discloses Q1 Insurance Results; Buffett Talks Coronavirus Impact May 4, 2020 By Susanne Sclafane Berkshire Hathaway’s property/casualty insurance and reinsurance businesses reported a first quarter underwriting profit of $747 million before taxes, nearly double...
Virtual ‘Woodstock for Capitalists’ May Show How Buffett’s Handling Coronavirus May 1, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s annual meeting will be nothing like the extravaganzas of years past, but will give Warren Buffett a...
NYC Comptroller Urges Major Insurance Companies to Cut Ties with Coal Industry April 30, 2020 By Elizabeth Blosfield New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer has called on three multi-national insurance companies to end business ties with the...