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Global Enterprise

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway to buy Occidental’s chemical unit for US$9.7 billion

BYD’s domestic sales, which make up nearly 80 per cent of its global shipments, fell for a fourth straight month in August.
Banking & Finance

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway exits China’s BYD, filing shows

Kraft Heinz is now contemplating a spinoff of part of its business as it grapples with headwinds including inflation weighing on consumers' spending and people seeking healthier alternatives to its products.
Companies & Markets

Buffett’s Berkshire hit with US$3.8 billion Kraft Heinz charge

The sale of 4.3 million VeriSign shares at $285 each generated gross proceeds of about US$1.23 billion, reducing Berkshire’s ownership stake to 9.6 per cent from 14.2 per cent.
Banking & Finance

Buffett’s Berkshire sells one-third of VeriSign stake for US$1.23 billion

A cardboard cutout depicting Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffet during a shareholders shopping day ahead of the Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholders meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, US, on Friday, May 2, 2025. CEO Warren Buffett might offer thoughts on the direction of earnings at the May 3 annual meeting. Photographer: Dan Brouillette/Bloomberg
Opinion & Features

There won’t be another Warren Buffett because no one will have his advantages

(FILES) Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, attends the 2019 annual shareholders meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, May 3, 2019. Buffett said May 3, 2025, he would retire from leading his Berkshire Hathaway business group by the end of the year and that he would recommend Greg Abel to take over. "The time has arrived where Greg should become the chief executive officer of the company at year end," Buffett told an annual shareholder meeting. (Photo by Johannes EISELE / AFP)
International

Warren Buffett: billionaire investor with simple tastes

Buffett is known most widely for his public stock-picking prowess, and a small group of stocks accounted for some 70 per cent of its US$263 billion stock portfolio.
Global Enterprise

CEOs celebrate Warren Buffett as he calls a close on 5,500,000% run

“I don’t think it’s a good idea to design a world where a few countries say, ha ha ha, we’ve won,” said Warren Buffett.
Global Enterprise

Warren Buffett to step down as Berkshire CEO after 60 years at helm, passes baton to vice-chairman

The US company boosted its holdings in Japan’s five biggest trading houses last month, and Buffett’s annual letter to shareholders in February signalled plans to do so.
Banking & Finance

Berkshire yen bond deal is its smallest ever amid trade war

The potential yen bond deal comes after Buffett’s annual letter to shareholders in February signalled plans to increase holdings in the sector.
Companies & Markets

Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway mandates banks for yen bond deal

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