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	Buffett and Soros invest in cable, satellite TV providers - Feb. 15, 2005
		Filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission show Buffett's company, Berkshire Hathaway (Research), doubled its holdings in Comcast Corp. (Research), the nation's largest cable operator to 10 million shares, during the fourth quarter, while it dumped its shares in hospital operator HCA (Research) and slashed its holdings in athletic apparel manufacturer Nike (Research).
		Berkshire Hathaway also bought a stake of 375,500 shares of dairy Dean Foods (Research) during the quarter after having no stake in the company three months earlier.
		Berkshire also made more modest changes in some of its holdings, including adding about 3 percent to its holdings in apparel retailer Gap Inc. (Research) to 15.4 million shares, and 1 percent in IT services firm Comdisco Holdings (Research).
	money.cnn.com /2005/02/15/news/fortune500/buffett_investments (602 words)

	Talk:Berkshire Hathaway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The annual meeting of Berkshire Hathaway and the baseball College World Series are said to be the two largest events held annually in Omaha and two major keys to its economy.
		Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is a holding company owning subsidiaries engaged in a number of diverse business activities.
		Berkshire’s finance and financial products businesses primarily engage in proprietary investing strategies (BH Finance), commercial and consumer lending (Berkshire Hathaway Credit Corporation and Clayton Homes), transportation equipment and furniture leasing (XTRA and CORT) and risk management activities (General Re Securities).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Berkshire_Hathaway (680 words)

	Berkshire Hathaway raises railroad stake - Boston.com
		Berkshire Hathaway Inc. revealed its three latest railroad stock purchases in documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission late Monday.
		Berkshire Class A shares, which are the most expensive U.S. stock, lost $850 to close at $119,000.
		Berkshire Class B shares lost $29.50 to close at $3,965.50.
	www.boston.com /business/articles/2007/08/27/berkshire_hathaway_raises_railroad_stake (476 words)

	Berkshire buys more Burlington options - Boston.com
		The legendary investor's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. reported in a SEC filing late Thursday that it has call options to buy 392,378 more shares of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., the nation's second-largest railroad.
		Berkshire has until Oct. 3 to exercise the options, but it can extend that date to Nov. 2 by paying an additional premium.
		Berkshire owns furniture, insurance, jewelry and candy companies, restaurants, natural gas and corporate jet firms and has major investments in such companies as The Coca-Cola Co. and Wells Fargo amp; Co. Buffett has said he was slow to realize what a good investment railroads are because of past poor performance in the industry.
	www.boston.com /business/articles/2007/09/20/berkshire_buys_more_burlington_options (386 words)

	Mary's Remnant Boycotts for Life - Berkshire Hathaway
		Thus, contrary to all that Berkshire has experienced in the past, its ownership is now harming a new subsidiary, even though this company anticipated that association with Berkshire would help rather than hurt its employees and sales field.
		Berkshire recognizes that many of its shareholders will regret the loss of this program, but feels that the action it is taking is in the best interest of the company.
		Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and its subsidiaries engage in a number of diverse business activities among which the most important is the property and casualty insurance business conducted on both a direct and reinsurance basis.
	www.marysremnant.org /Boycott/BHathaway.html (1036 words)

	Top Company Profiles - Berkshire Hathaway, Incorporated Class A - Portfolio.com
		Berkshire Hathaway was technically born in 1955, when two textile operations, the Hathaway Manufacturing and Berkshire Fine Spinning Associates, merged.
		Berkshire is also responsible for the Woodstock of Capitalism, also known as the annual shareholders’ meeting, when the Qwest Center, in Omaha, Nebraska, fills with more than 20,000 stockholders and reporters, who come to worship at the altar of the Oracle of Omaha.
		But this strength is also a weakness: Many investors have criticized Berkshire Hathaway for being slow to invest in new technology (Buffett mostly sticks with old-line industries such as textiles and apparel.) They worry that a refusal to change with the times will eventually hurt returns.
	www.portfolio.com /resources/company-profiles/778 (637 words)

	2002 News Menu
		Berkshire Hathaway Files Registration Statement on Form S-3
		Berkshire Hathaway Issues First Ever Negative Coupon Security
		Berkshire Acquires Additional 12.7% Interest in Shaw Industries, Inc.
	www.berkshirehathaway.com /news/2002news.html (51 words)

	Berkshire Hathaway 2005 Annual Meeting Comments
		Otherwise, Berkshire would be “vulnerable to extinction.” Buffett gave examples of some of the insurance Berkshire has written, such as policies covering cancellation of the NCAA Final Four basketball tournament and the Grammy Awards, and excess coverage for a large international airport.
		Buffett replied that Berkshire owns some securities that he wouldn’t buy at today’s prices—and this is related to the quantities they own of these securities, plus taxes and transactions costs.
		Munger added that although Berkshire’s last few purchases were relatively small (though still in the billions), these investments have performed as well as any, and he didn’t see their present difficulty making large purchases as a permanent state of affairs.
	www.jvbruni.com /Berkshire2005annualmeeting.htm (6860 words)

	Buffett Said 'Not Briefed' on AIG - March 30, 2005 - The New York Sun
		Berkshire Hathaway Incorporated said its chairman, Warren Buffett, was unaware of how American International Group Incorporated intended to use reinsurance transactions under investigation by American regulators and prosecutors.
		Berkshire said it was cooperating with investigators and didn't expect to restate its financial reports.
		Berkshire is among the biggest sellers of the non-traditional reinsurance products that regulators are concerned might function as disguised loans, according to Fox-Pitt Kelton Incorporated analyst Gary Ransom.
	www.nysun.com /article/11375 (488 words)

	Warren Buffett Says He Hopes His Bet Against the American Dollar Fails - March 7, 2005 - The New York Sun
		Berkshire Hathaway Incorporated's Warren Buffett, who made $1.63 billion on foreign currencies in the fourth quarter, said he'd prefer if his bet against the American dollar failed.
		Buffett increased Omaha, Neb.-based Berkshire's position in foreign currency forward contracts - agreements to purchase an asset at a future date - to $21.4 billion in the fourth quarter.
		Berkshire's net income rose 40% to $3.34 billion, or $2,171 a share, as the dollar slumped 7.5% against major currencies, spurring a gain.
	www.nysun.com /article/10160 (396 words)

	Berkshire Hathaway 2004 Annual Meeting Comments
		Comment: Although Berkshire’s current size suggests that most of its best years (in terms of percentage growth) are behind it, it’s a tribute to Buffett’s abilities as an investor that he has done so well in recent years — even as Berkshire’s assets have grown to dozens of billions of dollars.
		Buffett responded that “we never recommend Berkshire.” He also stated that “a low-cost index fund will do better than 90% of the people around you,” especially if one’s money is put to work over a period of years.
		Based on growth in Berkshire’s book value since the end of 1999, the $45,000 price at the time of Buffett’s buy back remarks would correspond to a price of approximately $60,000 in 2004.
	www.jvbruni.com /berkshire.htm (4310 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Programmes \| From Our Own Correspondent \| Meet the world's second richest man
		The 19,500 shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway, crowded into a vast basketball arena for their annual meeting - swarming over a town as middle of the Midwest as you can get - are shaking hands and rejoicing in their good fortune.
		The main hand being shaken belongs to Warren Buffett - worth about $42.9bn (£23.5bn) - whose company Berkshire is - and who has increased the share price from $175 (£97) each in 1978 to the current $93,390 (£52,000) per share now.
		It had a stall at the shareholders' meeting and on show was a celebratory pair of boots made of leather, tooled into ornate patterns and inlaid with lashings of gold, silver and 525 gems, including diamonds and rubies.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/3685763.stm (1080 words)

	CNN.com - Buffett to give away billions - Jun 25, 2006
		Buffett, who amassed his $44 billion fortune over the last three decades through his control of Berkshire Hathaway, will start transferring his stock in the company over to five foundations this year.
		Berkshire stockholders have nothing to worry about, he said, because the potential sale of his stock by the foundations will not drag down the price.
		Buffett told Fortune that he was making just $50,000 a year when he bought control of Berkshire in the early 1970s, using $15 million earned when he disbanded a partnership.
	edition.cnn.com /2006/BUSINESS/06/25/buffett.fortune/index.html (649 words)

	The National Commission on Writing - Press Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		OMAHA, Neb. - Today the National Commission on Writing for America's Families, Schools, and Colleges honored Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Incorporated, for his outstanding contributions to the art and craft of writing.
		Citing his authorship of Berkshire Hathaway's "highly acclaimed and respected" annual report to shareholders, the Commission commended Buffett for his exemplary accomplishments as a writer in the field of business.
		Presenting Buffett with the award were Commission chair Bob Kerrey, president of New School University and former U. Senator from Nebraska, and Gaston Caperton, president of the College Board and former governor of West Virginia.
	www.writingcommission.org /pr/buffett.html (516 words)

	Fun_People Archive - 22 Mar - WhiteBoardness - 3/20/96 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		In his annual letter to shareholders mailed this weekend, the 65-year-old Buffett said he and Berkshire Vice Chairman Charlie Munger no longer felt the shares in their company were undervalued.
		Even at Monday's reduced price of $34,400, Berkshire shares are far and away the most expensive in the United States.
		Buffett's own 479,202 shares of Berkshire were worth $16.5 billion, down from $17.6 billion Many investors are drawn to Berkshire's shares primarily because of Buffett's prominence as the nation's most famous stock picker.
	www.langston.com /Fun_People/1996/1996ANM.html (176 words)

	CNN.com - Buffett: 'There are lots of loose nukes around the world' - May 25, 2005
		Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett
		The insight the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway shares, reaches well beyond the world of business and economics, to politics and society itself.
		And right now Berkshire Hathaway has a portion of its assets in foreign exchange contracts.
	www.cnn.com /2005/US/05/10/buffett/index.html (2960 words)

	wedding reception site in atlanta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		ATLANTA (AP) -- Governor Perdue is set to sign a sweeping immigration bill into law today taht advocates from both sides say will make Georgia's laws among the toughest in the nation.
		NEW YORK Atlanta-based Russell Corporation -- which makes sweat shirts, workout clothes and sporting goods -- has agreed to be acquired by (b) billionaire investor Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Incorporated for nearly 600 (m) million dollars.
		Russell Corp. will be acquired by Berkshire Hathaway Inc., the company run by billionaire CEO Warren E. Buffett.
	traditional-weddings.com /wedding-reception-site-in-atlanta (513 words)

	Air Charter Services \| Berkshire Hathaway \| NetJets
		Executive Jet Management is a NetJets company owned by Berkshire Hathaway.
		And we log more than 35,000 flight hours and over 15 million miles per year, with a safety record and commitment to customer service that continues to set industry standards.
		Buffett attend National Business Aviation Association's annual convention and announce the purchase of 161 new business jets, an order that was valued at over $3 billion.
	www.executivejetmanagement.com /about_us/default.asp (649 words)

	FindLaw Business Contracts : By Contract Type : Business Planning : Merger Agreements : 1-800 Attorney Inc., 21st ...
		Agreement and Plan of Merger - Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and Flightsafety International Inc. (Oct 14, 1996)
		Agreement and Plan of Merger - Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and International Dairy Queen Inc. (Oct 21, 1997)
		Agreement and Plan of Mergers - Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and General Re Corp. (Jun 19, 1998)
	contracts.corporate.findlaw.com /type/planning/merger.html (7441 words)

	WIBW \| Nebraska Furniture Mart Opens in Kansas City
		The official grand opening is scheduled one week from Friday.
		It will feature billionaire Warren Buffet who owns Furniture Mart's parent company, Berkshire Hathaway Incorporated.
		If an election has candidates you don't know, how effective are TV political ads?
	www.wibw.com /news/headlines/417527.html (136 words)

	ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES INCORPORATED - Anheuser-Busch Welcomes Berkshire Hathaway \| newratings.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES INCORPORATED - Anheuser-Busch Welcomes Berkshire Hathaway
		Thursday, April 21, 2005 9:55:33 AM ET PRNewswire
		Hathaway Inc. has become a significant shareholder, based on information
	www.newratings.com /analyst_news/article_788603.html (200 words)

	Iko shingles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Asphalt shingles dominate in US and Canadian steep-slope applications, and these two countries.
		ATAB NV, see IKO Group Berkshire Hathaway Incorporated.
		We recommend the use of "premium" asphalt shingles that can provide extended.
	www.selectphysician.com /iko+shingles.html (283 words)

	Prefabricated Housing in the USA to 2009 and 2014
		- Clayton Homes Incorporated, see Berkshire Hathaway
		- Karsten Homes, see Berkshire Hathaway
		- Oakwood Homes Corporation, see Berkshire Hathaway
	www.wood-info.com /1045.htm (510 words)

	GEICO - Corporate Ownership
		The companies market collectively under the trademark GEICO
		GEICO is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.
		HomeServices of America, a subsidiary of MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company
	www.geico.com /about/background/investorRelations.htm (51 words)

	US Nonwoven Fabrics with forecasts to 2009 & 2014
		- Hof Textiles Incorporated, see Textilgruppe Hof AG
		- Johns Manville Corporation, see Berkshire Hathaway
		- Reemay Incorporated, see BBA Group plc
	www.textile-info.com /1487.htm (714 words)

	CTBINC.com
		We serve the poultry, hog, egg production, and grain industries.
		Founded in 1952, we have been a Berkshire Hathaway company since 2002.
		We operate from facilities located around the globe and through a worldwide network of independent distributors and dealers.
	www.ctbinc.com (143 words)

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