Berkshire Hathaway

Fintech regulation must be calibrated

Fintechs have leveraged the gaps in traditional financial institutions and processes to provide increased efficiency and productivity. They have been a vehicle of financial inclusion

Warren Buffett won't pay even $25 for all Bitcoin in the world

As Bitcoin hovers in the range of $38,000-$40,000 per digital coin, billionaire Warren Buffett has said that he will not even pay $25 for all the Bitcoin in the world.

Buffett says inflation an issue for Berkshire, 'swindles almost everybody'

Buffett said it was "extraordinary" how much inflation had been seen in Berkshire's own businesses

Warren Buffett back in buying spree with deals worth $41 bn in Q1: Report

Bloomberg reported that the purchase provided a boost to its Chevron Corp stake that vaulted the investment into Berkshire's top four common stock holdings

Berkshire meeting: Buffett defends investments and slams Wall Street

Buffett, 91, who is Berkshire's chairman and chief executive, and Vice Chairman Charlie Munger, 98, fielded questions in a downtown arena in Omaha, Nebraska

Thousands likely at Warren Buffett's meeting but not all are happy

Most attending the company's first in-person meeting since the pandemic want to be there just for the chance to hear from the 91-year-old Buffett and his 98-year-old investing partner, Charlie Munger

Warren Buffett to auction off one last private lunch for charity

Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway's CEO, held the lunch auction once a year for 20 years before the pandemic began to raise money for the Glide Foundation, which helps the homeless in San Francisco

HP stock jumps nearly 18% after Warren Buffett's company buys over 11%

Berkshire Hathaway Inc said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it now owns nearly 121 million HP shares, giving it control of 11.5% of the company

Warren Buffett ends drought with Berkshire's $11.6 bn Alleghany purchase

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway struck an agreement to buy insurance company Alleghany Corp for $11.6 bn, weeks after the 91-year-old billionaire bemoaned a lack of good investment opportunities

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway stock price reaches $500,000

The Omaha, Nebraska-based company's market value is approximately $731 billion, ranking sixth in the United States

Warren Buffett still wants deals but can't find any attractive ones

Buffett says his company has benefitted from some extraordinary luck in finding acquisitions, but he hasn't had much of that in recent years, as Berkshire Hathaway's cash pile has grown to $147 bn

Berkshire Hathaway profit swells to record in Q4, extends buybacks

In his annual letter to Berkshire shareholders, Buffett said buybacks make 'good sense' when alternatives such as buying whole companies or more stocks appear 'unattractive'

Warren Buffett says Berkshire's Activision purchase was 'no bonanza'

Buffett also said Berkshire had 'no prior knowledge' that Microsoft was working on a $68.7 billion takeover of Activision, whose franchises include 'Call of Duty' and 'Candy Crush'

'Made me quite sad': Musk recalls billionaire who said Tesla would fail

Elon Musk has revealed that billionaire investor and Vice President of Berkshire Hathaway Charlie Munger once told him that Tesla would fail

Buffett's Berkshire bought Activision shares before Microsoft takeover

Microsoft announced its plan to buy Activision Blizzard on January 18, in its largest ever acquisition

Berkshire, Softbank Paytm bets sour after digital payment firm's stock rout

The plunge in shares amid a global equity selloff has cast a shadow over the prospects for technology firms preparing to go public in the Indian market.

Supply chain problems crimp Q3 profit at Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. racked up even more funds, with its cash pile hitting a new record at $149.2 billion even as share buybacks ramped up

Berkshire Hathaway operating profit rises 21%, showing signs of recovery

Net income, including gains from common stock investments, rose 7% to $28.1 billion

Paytm makes offer for sale ahead of planned IPO; AGM on June 30

The board of One97 Communications Ltd, which owns Paytm, has given an in-principle approval to the offering plan

Warren Buffett says Greg Abel is his likely successor at Berkshire Hathaway

He also said that if anything happened to Abel, it would be Ajit Jain, who oversees Berkshire's insurance businesses, would become chief executive