Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway ramps up investment in liquefied natural gas

Jul 11, 2023
The U.S. has become a leading exporter of LNG, which is often used to ease energy shortages around the world. That stokes price volatility.
A tanker on its way to deliver LNG to France. The U.S. has become a top exporter of the resource.
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Haven is folding, but there's still an opportunity to change health care

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

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"

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

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 […]

When should a company start thinking about a CEO succession plan?

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 […]

The two very important items Warren Buffett left out of his annual letter

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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For public good, not for profit.

You've read Buffett's letter. Now watch him, live

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?

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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