Page 4 - Latest Updates on Warren Buffett
Warren Buffett ends drought with Berkshire's $11.6 bn Alleghany purchase
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway struck an agreement to buy insurance company Alleghany Corp for $11.6 bn, weeks after the 91-year-old billionaire bemoaned a lack of good investment opportunities
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Warren Buffett ends drought with $11.6 billion Alleghany purchase
Alleghany, the owner of reinsurer Transatlantic Holdings, would expand Berkshire's large portfolio of insurers
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This Warren Buffett-owned Indian stock has been a wealth destroyer
In September 2018, Buffet's investment arm - BH International Holdings - invested $300 million, or Rs 2,179 crore, for 2.6 per cent stake in PayTM, which had valued the start-up at $10 billion then.
 "This Warren Buffett-owned Indian stock has been a wealth destroyer")
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway stock price reaches $500,000
The Omaha, Nebraska-based company's market value is approximately $731 billion, ranking sixth in the United States
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Warren Buffett still wants deals but can't find any attractive ones
Buffett says his company has benefitted from some extraordinary luck in finding acquisitions, but he hasn't had much of that in recent years, as Berkshire Hathaway's cash pile has grown to $147 bn
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Berkshire Hathaway profit swells to record in Q4, extends buybacks
In his annual letter to Berkshire shareholders, Buffett said buybacks make 'good sense' when alternatives such as buying whole companies or more stocks appear 'unattractive'
Warren Buffett says Berkshire's Activision purchase was 'no bonanza'
Buffett also said Berkshire had 'no prior knowledge' that Microsoft was working on a $68.7 billion takeover of Activision, whose franchises include 'Call of Duty' and 'Candy Crush'
Buffett's Berkshire bought Activision shares before Microsoft takeover
Microsoft announced its plan to buy Activision Blizzard on January 18, in its largest ever acquisition
Warren Buffett's top stock last year was the bank he's been bailing on
Wells Fargo & Co. shares delivered a total return of 61% last year, outpacing every other company listed in the most recent public snapshot of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s portfolio, as of Sept. 30
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Listen to yourself first before you communicate your message: Sunit Tandon
In a Q&A, the Director of the India Habitat Centre says every communication is about pitching it correctly so that it is received well by the listener on whom you want to make an impact
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Larry Ellison's fortune soars $12 billion as Oracle cloud sales jump
Ellison ranks ninth among the world's richest people with a $119.5 billion fortune, according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index
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Warren Buffett's cash pile tops record with $149.2 billion on hand
Buffett has struggled with a high-class problem of having too much money in Berkshire's pockets and not enough chances to put that to work in higher-returning assets.
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Buffett's appetite for Berkshire stock surpasses cash spent on Apple shares
Berkshire spent nearly $20 billion more repurchasing its own stock since the middle of 2018 than it deployed accumulating its Apple stake through the end of last year
Supply chain problems crimp Q3 profit at Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. racked up even more funds, with its cash pile hitting a new record at $149.2 billion even as share buybacks ramped up
Warren Buffett, Goldman Sachs win from fintech gold rush in India
India's digital transactions are expected by PricewaterhouseCoopers to touch $3 trillion by March 2025 from more than $1.3 trillion now
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What are exchange traded funds (ETFs)? - Decoded
What are ETFs: Warren Buffett understands stock picking is not everyone's cup of tea. He says most average long-term investors will benefit from low-cost index funds or ETFs. Here's an explainer
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Berkshire Hathaway operating profit rises 21%, showing signs of recovery
Net income, including gains from common stock investments, rose 7% to $28.1 billion
Cash glut at Warren Buffett's Berkshire may trap tech titans next
Unlike some of his ultra-wealthy peers, Buffett still prefers the nuts-and-bolts businesses of Planet Earth
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Warren Buffett resigns as trustee of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Buffett has contributed more than $27 billion of his own money to the charity over the past 15 years.
Jamsetji Tata tops global list of top 10 philanthropists from last 100 yrs
Hurun Research and EdelGive Foundation today released the 2021 EdelGive Hurun Philanthropists of the Century, a ranking of the world's most generous individuals from the last 100 years
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