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Haven is folding, but there's still an opportunity to change health care

by Erika Beras
Jan 5, 2021
The company created by Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan clashed with the existing infrastructure of health care.
A health care worker helps organize drive-through COVID-19 testing in Florida. The industry has dealt with new pressures in the past year.
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Warren Buffett's Berkshire acquires natural gas assets from Dominion Energy

by Andy Uhler , Kimberly Adams and Alex Schroeder
Jul 6, 2020
Dominion Energy also just announced it's giving up on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline joint project with Duke Energy.
Berkshire Hathaway Energy's acquisition of Dominion Energy's natural gas storage and transmission business is valued at close to $10 billion.
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Buffett's exit from newspaper business a "negative signal"

by Jack Stewart
Jan 29, 2020
Berkshire Hathaway is selling dozens of daily and weekly newspapers.
Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, speaks to the press as he arrives at the 2019 annual shareholders meeting in Omaha, Nebraska.
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Gawande named to lead health care company for Amazon, JP Morgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway

by Dan Gorenstein
Jun 20, 2018
Earlier this year, corporate titans Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffett and Jamie Dimon announced they would team up to form a new health care company. Their mission: Improve health and save a few bucks for the 1 million people who work for Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase. Today we learned that Atul Gawande will lead […]
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When should a company start thinking about a CEO succession plan?

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Jan 10, 2018
Despite his fondness for Cherry Coke and Oreos, Warren Buffett is fine. At 87, he’s still going strong. He also says he’s not going anywhere. Still, Buffett’s holding company, Berkshire Hathaway, has promoted two of its executives and put them on the board. That instantly makes them front-runners to succeed Buffett. With that, Berkshire gets […]
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The two very important items Warren Buffett left out of his annual letter

by David Brancaccio
Mar 1, 2017
The Washington Post's Allan Sloan discusses why Buffett didn't praise Berkshire Hathaway's two largest stock investments.
 Billionaire investor Warren Buffett speaks at an event called, 'Detroit Homecoming' September 18, 2014 in Detroit, Michigan. 
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You've read Buffett's letter. Now watch him, live

by Ashley Milne-Tyte
Mar 7, 2016
Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting in April will be live-streamed for the first time.
Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, speaks during the Fortune summit on 'The Most Powerful Women' in Washington, DC. This year, Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting will be live-streamed for the first time, available to a global audience of Warren Buffet freaks.
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Is Buffett's economy growing for everyone?

by Tracey Samuelson
Feb 29, 2016
The billionaire CEO says the economy is growing and times are good. But gains aren't being spread around.
Warren Buffett performs onstage at FORTUNE Most Powerful Women Summit on October 15, 2013 in Washington, DC. His letter to investors released over the weekend had a positive outlook on the American economy. 
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Warren Buffett's annual shareholder letter is out tomorrow

by Tony Wagner
Feb 26, 2016
Revisit our conversation with the billionaire investor.
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett and Microsoft founder Bill Gates at the opening of a new "Dairy Queen" branch in Beijing in 2010.
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What's behind the M&A mania

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Aug 10, 2015
Mergers and acquisitions are surging this year. Here's why.
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