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Google is trying to capitalise on a growing appetite for its homegrown AI chips, known as tensor processing units, or TPUs.

Telcos, Media & Tech

Alphabet plans to raise US$80 billion for AI goals, Berkshire to invest US$10 billion

The deal brings in Warren Buffett’s diversified holding company as a major new investor

The anonymous winner and seven guests will dine with Warren Buffett and Stephen and Ayesha Curry in Omaha on June 24.

International

Warren Buffett, Stephen Curry lunch auction draws US$9 million winning bid

AN ANOYMOUS bidder paid US$9 million for lunch with Warren Buffett, National Basketball Association champion Stephen Curry and actress and entrepreneur Ayesha Curry.

Greg Abel (right), Berkshire Hathaway's vice-chairman at the time, with a shareholder during the company's annual shareholders' meeting, in Omaha, Nebraska, last May.

Companies & Markets

Warren Buffett has stepped aside. Berkshire Hathaway is now Greg Abel’s show

Conglomerate’s size, cash pose challenges for new CEO; stock has significantly lagged S&P 500 since ‘Oracle of Omaha’ announced his departure

Warren Buffett said he has not spoken with Bill Gates since the US Department of Justice released documents in February.

Lifestyle

Warren Buffett will not commit to more donations to Gates Foundation amid Epstein link fallout

Buffett not sorry for past donations, calls Epstein’s actions astounding

Tokio Marine is Japan’s largest property and casualty insurance company.

Global Enterprise

Berkshire Hathaway to invest 287.4 billion yen in Tokio Marine

The two companies will collaborate on reinsurance and global investments including mergers and acquisitions

Legendary investor Warren Buffett has said that frequent trading is good for brokers, but not for investors.

Wealth & Investing

DIARY OF A PRIVATE INVESTOR

Do you trade or invest?

It is important to bear in mind that every trade costs money, and trading too frequently can eat into our overall returns

Berkshire CEO Greg Abel said he would not rush to deploy the conglomerate’s near-record US$373.3 billion cash stake.

Global Enterprise

Berkshire CEO Greg Abel seeks to reassure shareholders after taking baton from Buffett

Q4 operating profit falls 30% to US$10.2 billion as income from insurance operations declined

Berkshire first bought a stake in Amazon in 2019.

Global Enterprise

Buffett cuts Amazon stake, makes bet on The New York Times

Berkshire now owns roughly 2.3 million shares of the online retail giant

Greg Abel, 63, became chief executive on Jan 1, after spending eight years as vice-chairman overseeing Berkshire’s non-insurance businesses.

Companies & Markets

Berkshire Hathaway raises new CEO Abel’s salary to US$25 million

Abel also owns about US$171 million of Berkshire stock

On Dec 31 Warren Buffett, who is 95, will step down as chief executive of America’s ninth-most-valuable company, and its most unique.

Opinion & Features

As Warren Buffett retires, uncertainty looms for Berkshire Hathaway

Sprawling, analogue and fraternal, it is a singular company that long revolved around its singular boss

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