Berkshire Hathaway

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Hartford LIfe, which has been bought by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, has 80 employees and reported a profit of €31.5 million in the year to last December. Photograph: Reuters/Rick Wilking
Buffet buys Dublin-based Hartford Life for $285 million

Dublin-based Hartford Life Ltd has been bought by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway for $285 million. The company, which sold variable annuities – a(...)

Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, with Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD in January at Government Buildings, Dublin. The investment has been made via his charitable fund, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill/The Irish Times
Could support of Bill Gates be gateway to success for beleaguered security firm G4S?

When a company is in trouble, savvy directors regularly scour the share register for signs of stake-building by potential predators, or for evidence t(...)

Stocktake: Few nerves as markets hit new highs

US markets have enjoyed their best start to a year since 1999, the Dow Jones last week surpassing 15,000 for the first time. Up 14 per ce(...)

Berkshire Hathaway shareholder Richard Harmon poses in an opening in a wall behind a picture frame held by a photograph of Berkshire chairman Warren Buffet, at the company’s annual meeting in Omaha. Photograph: Reuters/Rick Wilking
Investors dwell on Buffett’s wisdom

Twenty thousand people braved the Nebraska drizzle at the weekend for a seat at one of the events of the investor calendar – t(...)

Berkshire Hathaway chairman Warren Buffett (left) and vice chairman Charlie Munger arrive to begin the company’s annual meeting in Omaha. Photograph: Rick Wilking/Reuters
Warren Buffett maps out hopes for Berkshire

Warren Buffett has given the most extensive comments to date about the future of Berkshire Hathaway after he is gone, saying he still expects t(...)

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