Cash holdings hit a record high as billionaire investor dumps $76bn of stocks
The billionaire investor ends nearly two decades of gifts to the Gates Foundation for a new charity led by his children
Exchange investigates ‘technical issue’ just days after brief disappearance of live data for S&P 500
Conglomerate has quietly amassed a $6.7bn stake in New York-listed insurance group
What’s a conglomerate for?
How much does he matter, financially?
Plus, Hollywood heavyweights back Skydance’s Paramount bid and boutique banks make a killing on distressed deals
An FT series explores the company and management team that will one day lead Berkshire into a new era
First Omaha event since Charlie Munger’s death delves into questions of mortality and succession
Billionaire investor dumps stock including shares in the company he has described as one of Berkshire’s ‘four giants’
Canadian executive will face a daunting challenge stepping into the shoes of the celebrated business leader
It is no longer clear the sprawling business remains in the group’s sweet spot as global warming reorders industry
Ajit Jain, 72, leads the insurance arm that underpins the conglomerate but presents his own succession challenge
Plus, the private equity windfall stemming from Viking’s IPO
Ted Weschler and Todd Combs stand to take over a $354bn portfolio from the world’s best-known investor
Settlement resolves second of Berkshire Hathaway’s three big legal entanglements over the past year
Senior minister Benny Gantz’s White House visit lays bare growing tensions within Israel’s war cabinet
Berkshire Hathaway ‘will not knowingly throw good money after bad’, billionaire says as damages pile up
Plus, crisis at Hargreaves Lansdown, European junk bonds, and buzzing urban escapes
Investor warns there are ‘essentially no candidates for capital deployment’ outside US as cash pile hits record high
Share sale follows investor’s admission that an earlier cut to its holding may have been a mistake
Conglomerate averts trial after reaching undisclosed deal for full settlement of lawsuit
Investors wonder whether new generation of executives can provide the same sounding board
Warren Buffett’s sidekick at Berkshire Hathaway offers lessons in creating meaningful wealth
Warren Buffett’s investment acolyte was famous for his quips
