Wells Fargo, another bank in which Berkshire has a significant stake, was up 2.2%.
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Berkshire has two women on its board of directors but none in the C-suite.
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Berkshire has actually been in the news business since 1977, when it bought The Buffalo News.
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The eviction of 40 Gypsies living on land in Berkshire has been suspended by the High Court.
He keeps selling, now Berkshire has only about half a million shares left.
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The idea of a new hospital near the M4 in Berkshire has been "warmly received", an MP has said.
It is the first time in nearly 20 years that Berkshire has not been the largest investment in the Fund.
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Berkshire has the where-with-all to buy two or three more Burlington Northerns.
The number of free school meals taken by children across Berkshire has risen by a third over two years, Department for Education figures reveal.
Berkshire has acquired 28 daily newspapers over the past two years.
To some extent, Mr. Buffett's defense of Goldman and Moody's could be expected: Berkshire has invested billions in financial firms including Goldman, a close partner for decades.
Berkshire has paid cheap enough prices for the newspapers that Buffett expects them to deliver 10 percent returns every year, but he also expects their earnings will keep declining.
An 82-year-old man from Berkshire has been arrested on suspicion of sexual offences as part of a probe related to the Jimmy Savile inquiry, the Metropolitan Police have said.
Berkshire has been acquiring Viacom (VIAB) since the first quarter of 2012 and has a total holding of about 7.6 million shares, with no new purchases in the fourth quarter.
In assessing the performance of Berkshire Hathaway he counts, not the price appreciation for the companies in which Berkshire has big stakes (like Coca-Cola), but Berkshire's pro rata share of their net.
Berkshire has identified internally, but not publicly named, another person as the top candidate to take over for Mr. Buffett when he gives up the CEO role, a move that isn't expected to be imminent.
Mr Barnes, from near Reading in Berkshire, has been described as "highly skilled" and "a good guy".
He told BBC Berkshire he has been doing his best to give the coaches some tips on his former club.
Berkshire also has stock investments in a myriad of major companies, including American Express (AXP), Coca-Cola (KO), Conoco-Philips (COP), Wal-Mart Stores (WMT), and Wells Fargo (WFC).
Safaa Pate, 31, from Bray in Berkshire, has no feeling in her left leg and foot after the incident at the High Wycombe branch of House of Fraser.
Berkshire Bank has sued a group of large banks that sets a key global interest rate, saying it was cheated out of interest income through alleged rate manipulation.
The question of who will succeed Warren Buffett when the 81-year-old Oracle of Omaha steps back from his duties running Berkshire Hathaway has been debated for years.
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Berkshire Hathaway has a prodigious appetite for dividend-payers in its investment portfolio, but the Oracle of Omaha himself has long refused quarterly or annual payments to shareholders and only recently repurchased stock.
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Berkshire already has a stake in MidAmerican Energy Holdings , which "delivers our largest stream of non-insurance earnings" and will soon carry 8% of the natural gas in the U.S., he disclosed in this year's annual report.
Not only is this one of the only times, if not the only time Berkshire Hathaway has partnered with a private equity firm to take on debt and acquire a company, but Mr. Buffett has expressed disdain for the private equity model itself in the past.
This question has lingered around Berkshire for years and the answer has been that there is a plan and details have not been revealed.
Mr. Buffett has said one of Berkshire's subsidiary managers has been identified to be its next chief executive and has sought to assure shareholders of an orderly leadership transition.
West Berkshire Council already has on-street parking schemes in Station Road, Newbury and in Hungerford High Street.
Berkshire, which has partnered on deals with Leucadia before, has a large balance sheet and can raise new capital at relatively low costs.
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