Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

The 90-year-old billionaire on Saturday admitted he "paid too much" when his Berkshire Hathaway Inc spent $32.1 billion in 2016 to buy aircraft and industrial parts maker Precision Castparts Corp, its largest acquisition.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Saturday said stock market gains fueled a record quarterly profit, while the billionaire signaled investors are undervaluing his company by repurchasing another $9 billion of its stock.

* Q4 NET EARNINGS ATTRIBUTABLE TO BERKSHIRE SHAREHOLDERS $35.835 BILLION VERSUS YEAR-EARLIER $29.16 BILLION PROFIT

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Saturday said quarterly operating income rose 14%, while soaring prices of stock holdings such as Apple Inc led to a higher overall profit.

A BNSF Railway Company train carrying products including coal and gasoline to Houston in Texas was still burning on Wednesday, a day after it collided with a truck near Cameron, causing an explosion in gasoline-carrying carriages.

A BNSF train carrying fuel collided with a truck near Cameron, Texas, on Tuesday, causing a fire in gasoline-carrying cars and prompting an evacuation of the surrounding area.

The Nasdaq closed lower while the S&P 500 was little changed on Wednesday as investors rotated out of technology shares and concerns about inflation added some pressure on stocks.

* Verizon, Chevron jump as Berkshire Hathaway reveals big stakes

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Tuesday announced two major new investments, revealing an $8.6 billion stake in the phone company Verizon Communications Inc and a $4.1 billion stake in oil company Chevron Corp.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Tuesday announced two major new investments, saying it has taken an $8.6 billion stake in Verizon Communications Inc and a $4.1 billion stake in Chevron Corp.

The joint venture of Amazon.com Inc, Berkshire Hathaway Inc and JPMorgan Chase & Co will cease to exist at the end of February, three years after the companies came together hoping to clamp down escalating healthcare cost.

Warren Buffett said on Tuesday the United States is fighting an "economic war," and that Congress must step up quickly to help struggling small businesses that have become "collateral damage" in the coronavirus pandemic.

Warren Buffett said on Tuesday the United States is fighting an "economic war," and that Congress must step up to help struggling small businesses that have become "collateral damage" from the coronavirus pandemic.

The makers of Energizer and Duracell batteries have ended two lawsuits accusing each other of advertising false claims to consumers about battery life.

The chief executive of Brooks Running is projecting double-digit sales growth through 2021 as the coronavirus pandemic spurs more people to run when they're not staying home.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc said on Monday it has begun investing in the stocks of four large drugmakers, betting on an industry that could benefit when the world begins emerging from the coronavirus pandemic.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc reported lower quarterly operating results on Saturday and said the coronavirus pandemic may cause further damage, even as gains in stocks such as Apple Inc fueled a more than $30 billion overall profit.

Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Saturday posted a lower operating profit as the coronavirus pandemic was expected to weigh on some of its businesses, though gains in stocks such as Apple Inc fueled a big quarterly net profit.

Japan's Marubeni Corp <8002.T> has started communication with its new shareholder Berkshire Hathaway Inc <BRKa.N> and plans to talk with the U.S. firm about business collaborations that would bring mutual benefit, its CFO said on Wednesday.