Berkshire Hathaway
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Corcoran’s exit from Paddy Power sends stock tumbling
- Markets
- August 7, 2017, 18:47
European markets were more or less steady on Monday following Friday’s surge. Strong performances from miners boosted London’s blue chip index DUBLIN(...)

Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway stumbles on insurance missteps
- Financial Services
- August 6, 2017, 18:37
Losses in his main insurance business sapped profits at Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, which posted its second consecutive quarterly earnings de(...)

Berkshire Hathaway sets up specialist insurer in Dublin
- Financial Services
- August 1, 2017, 17:30
Berkshire Hathaway has established a speciality insurance business in Ireland aimed at winning a share of the commercial insurance market here . The c(...)

PTSB shares lose 2.4% amid negative commentary
- Markets
- July 31, 2017, 19:01
Weakness among tobacco stocks and some broker downgrades weighed on European shares, sending them lower on the final trading day of July as analysts d(...)

Jeff Bezos moved into philanthropy with a single tweet - followed by 42,000 more
- Companies
- June 22, 2017, 17:36
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos has remained largely invisible in the world of philanthropy. That changed last week in a single tweet - followed by 42,000 more. (...)

Qatar Airways seeks major stake in American Airlines
- Transport & Tourism
- June 22, 2017, 14:27
Qatar Airways, one of three Persian Gulf carriers that large US carriers have criticized for unfair competition, is seeking to acquire a major stake i(...)

General Motors’ investors reject hedge fund restructuring proposals
- Motors
- June 6, 2017, 17:19
General Motors Co shareholders on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected proposals by hedge fund Greenlight Capital to restructure the company’s stock and re(...)

Jeff Bezos of Amazon has the last laugh – and he’s earned it
- Retail & Services
- May 16, 2017, 07:40
Twenty years ago this week, Amazon. com">Amazon.com went public. Sceptics of Jeff Bezos, the company’s founder, have spent the better part of the p(...)

Cream pies, eggs and Macronomics
- Economy
- May 12, 2017, 06:25
In numbers: Rich pedantry $110 million Finance raised in a funding round by Grammarly, the company that claims to have “the world’s most accurate on(...)

Ken Early: Liverpool are a long way from socialism these days
- Soccer
- May 8, 2017, 06:00
Tradition has it that Liverpool FC stands for socialism, even while many of the legends who bestrode the Anfield turf quietly voted Tory because they (...)