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How Warren Buffett's $25 bn Coca-Cola bet earns him $776 mn in dividends

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is set to receive $776 million in dividends from Coca-Cola in 2024, thanks to a raised quarterly payout, marking a 30-year investment

How Warren Buffett's $25 bn Coca-Cola bet earns him $776 mn in dividends
Updated On : 23 Nov 2024 | 2:22 PM IST

Berkshire bites into Domino's Pizza, dips into Pool as stock retreat

The investments were disclosed in a US Securities and Exchange Commission filing detailing Berkshire's US-listed investments as of Sept 30

Berkshire bites into Domino's Pizza, dips into Pool as stock retreat
Updated On : 15 Nov 2024 | 9:21 AM IST

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway tops $1 trillion in market value

The conglomerate's strength comes as optimism for the economy builds, with the Federal Reserve expected to cut interest rates at its September meeting

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway tops $1 trillion in market value
Updated On : 28 Aug 2024 | 8:04 PM IST

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway trims its stake in China's BYD

Berkshire recently sold 1.3 million Hong Kong-listed BYD shares for HK$310.5 million ($39.8 million)

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway trims its stake in China's BYD
Updated On : 17 Jun 2024 | 8:43 PM IST

Warren Buffet donates Berkshire Hathaway shares to children's foundations

At Thanksgiving I have much to be thankful for, Warren Buffet said in a statement Tuesday, announcing that he had gifted 2.4 million Class B shares of Berkshire Hathaway stock to charitable foundations run by his children. The gifts to The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, The Sherwood Foundation, The Howard G. Buffett Foundation and NoVo Foundation total approximately USD 876 million and are in addition to the regular donations he makes each summer to those foundations and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. This is the second year that Buffett has made additional gifts to the family foundations around Thanksgiving. "My children, along with their father, have a common belief that dynastic wealth, though both legal and common in much of the world including the United States, is not desirable," Buffett said in the statement, adding that after his death, his children would act as trustees of a charitable trust that would inherit 99 per cent of his wealth. The testamentary trust w

Warren Buffet donates Berkshire Hathaway shares to children's foundations
Updated On : 22 Nov 2023 | 11:28 PM IST

Warren Buffett's last lunch auction fetches record $19 million bid

Warren Buffett has cemented his legacy as one of the most expensive lunch guests of all time

Warren Buffett's last lunch auction fetches record $19 million bid
Updated On : 18 Jun 2022 | 9:15 AM IST

Buffett's Berkshire tweaks bank play with $2.9-billion bet on Citi

Buffett, Berkshire's chief executive officer and chairman, his investing deputies have been on one of Berkshire's biggest buying sprees, with about $41 billion of net purchases during first quarter

Buffett's Berkshire tweaks bank play with $2.9-billion bet on Citi
Updated On : 17 May 2022 | 6:34 PM IST

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'

Berkshire Hathaway profit swells to record in Q4, extends buybacks
Updated On : 26 Feb 2022 | 8:53 PM IST

Musk soars past Warren Buffet to become 7th richest billionaire: Report

Tesla chief's fortune rose by $6.07 billion on Friday, following a 10.8% jump in the electric carmaker's stock, Bloomberg News reported.

Musk soars past Warren Buffet to become 7th richest billionaire: Report
Updated On : 11 Jul 2020 | 2:05 PM IST

Will Warren Buffett announce Berkshire CEO on Saturday in his letter?

The new US tax law was a windfall for Berkshire. Analysts at Barclays Plc noted that the lower corporate rate probably added $37 billion in the fourth quarter to book value

Will Warren Buffett announce Berkshire CEO on Saturday in his letter?
Updated On : 22 Feb 2018 | 9:39 PM IST