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Berkshire Q3 profit down 8.6% on Tesco fall
Published Sun, Nov 9, 2014 · 09:50 PM
New York
WARREN Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc said that third-quarter profit slipped 8.6 per cent on investment results, including an impairment on a holding of UK retailer Tesco plc.
Net income fell to US$4.62 billion, or US$2,811 a share, from US$5.05 billion, or US$3,074, a year earlier, the Omaha, Nebraska-based company said last Friday in a statement. Operating earnings, which exclude some invest…
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