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  • Wednesday, 12 February, 2020
    Charlie Munger
    The gospel according to Munger: lower your expectations

    Warren Buffett’s right-hand man is downbeat on the news business — and the future

  • Friday, 31 January, 2020
    The Top LineTom Braithwaite
    Warren Buffett’s lesson for companies: keep candid

    Apple, Facebook and Microsoft are among the groups depriving investors of information

  • Wednesday, 29 January, 2020
    Buffett shifts newspaper investment strategy

    Berkshire lends $576m to Lee Enterprises after it buys his local papers

  • Saturday, 25 January, 2020
    Financial fraud
    Couple plead guilty to swindling Berkshire Hathaway

    Victims of $1bn Ponzi scheme included veteran investor Warren Buffett’s company

  • Wednesday, 8 January, 2020
    Due Diligence
    Warren Buffett: New year, new deal? Premium

    Welcome to Due Diligence, the FT’s daily deals briefing

  • Wednesday, 1 January, 2020
    Warren Buffett
    Warren Buffett spurned Tiffany as deal drought continued

    Berkshire shares underperform as investor passes on big deals, balking at prices

  • Monday, 23 December, 2019
    Buffett puts protégé in charge at car insurer Geico

    Investment manager Todd Combs appointed chief executive at Berkshire Hathaway unit

  • Thursday, 19 December, 2019
    Buffett’s power division takes flak for coal plant closures

    Berkshire Hathaway Energy’s switch to renewables is under scrutiny in Wyoming

  • Friday, 15 November, 2019
    Occidental Petroleum Corp
    Icahn suffers Occidental legal blow as Buffett buys in

    Shale driller has been under pressure from activist alleging mismanagement over Anadarko deal

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  • Thursday, 14 November, 2019
    Fund management
    Berkshire Hathaway stake boosts shares in upscale furniture retailer RH

    Warren Buffett’s investment group also reports holding in Occidental Petroleum

  • Saturday, 2 November, 2019
    Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway increases cash pile to $128bn

    Sage of Omaha has struggled to find large acquisitions to boost returns

  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2019
    Warren Buffett loses lieutenant Tracy Britt Cool

    Berkshire Hathaway boss’s protégé plans to launch her own investment group

  • Friday, 6 September, 2019
    Corporate bonds
    Berkshire Hathaway leads bumper day for yen bonds

    Domestic and international companies respond to demand from yield-starved investors

  • Wednesday, 14 August, 2019
    Bill Ackman buys stake in Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway

    Activist hedge fund manager has often styled himself after Oracle of Omaha

  • Monday, 5 August, 2019
    LexWarren Buffett
    US stocks/Buffett: hunter’s stew Premium

    Berkshire’s cash holdings make it more formidable than most private equity funds

  • Saturday, 3 August, 2019
    Berkshire Hathaway’s cash pile hits $122bn

    US stock surge lifts Warren Buffett’s equity portfolio but operating earnings fell

  • Friday, 26 July, 2019
    Warren Buffett investment raises hope for LCF bondholders

    Berkshire Hathaway stake in North Sea assets could unlock funds for UK retail investors

  • Tuesday, 4 June, 2019
    Behind the Money podcast27 min listen
    Warren Buffett's cash dilemma

    Over the past 54 years, shares in Berkshire Hathaway have outpaced the broader marke…

  • Saturday, 1 June, 2019
    Warren Buffett
    How much? Bidder pays $4.6m for lunch with Buffett 

    Investment guru’s annual charity auction nets a record sum

  • Wednesday, 29 May, 2019
    FTfmMichael Mendelson
    Maybe this time the Sage should have held his tongue

    Warren Buffett’s arithmetic is right but he forgets why pensions and endowments exist

  • Wednesday, 15 May, 2019
    Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway reveals $861m Amazon stake

    The group also increased investments in JPMorgan and Delta

  • Tuesday, 7 May, 2019
    Occidental Petroleum Corp
    Anadarko board backs Occidental’s $55bn bid for oil group

    Decision adds pressure on Chevron and angers some of potential acquirer’s shareholders

  • Sunday, 5 May, 2019
    Analysis
    Investors get glimpse of Buffett successors 

    Spotlight on Abel and Jain as investors question conglomerate’s shifting strategy  

  • Saturday, 4 May, 2019
    Warren Buffett
    Buffett pledges further buybacks as faithful look for answers

    Billionaire investor faces critical questions over strategy and partnerships

  • Saturday, 4 May, 2019
    Warren Buffett
    Berkshire Hathaway profit surge to $22bn marred by Kraft

    Warren Buffett notes ‘unusual’ absence of results for struggling consumer group investment

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