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...
Brazil Reinsurer IRB Resseguros Replaces CEO, CFO on Governance Concerns March 5, 2020 By Paula Laier Brazilian reinsurer IRB Brasil Resseguros SA replaced its chief executive and chief financial officer after its shares plunged nearly 32%...
Buffett Says Combs Likely to Head GEICO Only Temporarily February 24, 2020 By Katherine Chiglinsky Warren Buffett doesn’t expect Todd Combs, one of his two key investing deputies, to be at auto insurer Geico long....
Brooks Brothers and Brooks Running Shoes Clash Over Trademark February 13, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel Brooks, the running shoe and apparel unit of billionaire Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against...