Warren Buffett News

But Wait. Here’s ‘The Rest of The Story’ on Buffett’s Lubrizol

In his firm’s annual report released this weekend, Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett included a side note on one of the companies his conglomerate bought in 2011 for $9 billion, a company called Lubrizol. Lubrizol is an Ohio-based global specialty …

GEICO Gets Progressive, Joins Auto Insurers Offering Telematics

Berkshire Hathaway’s GEICO auto insurer has joined the ranks of carriers using telematics to track and improve driver behavior—after resisting for years. Berkshire Hathaway’s GEICO has been one of the few among the top 10 largest personal auto insurance carriers …

Why Chinese Crypto Entrepreneur Was No-Show for $4.5M Buffett Charity Lunch

Chinese cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun, who cited health issues in postponing his charity lunch with Warren Buffett this week, issued a broad apology to just about everyone for touting the plan to dine with one of America’s richest people, noting …

Buffett Donates $3.6 Billion of Berkshire Stock to Five Charities

Warren Buffett agreed to donate $3.6 billion worth of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. stock to five charities, including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, in his latest disposal since making a pledge to give the shares away. That brings the total …

Cryptocurrency Pioneer Justin Sun Pays $4.5 Million for Charity Lunch with Buffett

Cryptocurrency pioneer Justin Sun bid a record $4.57 million to have lunch with billionaire investor Warren Buffett, who famously referred to Bitcoin as “probably rat poison squared.” The 28-year-old Sun, who launched Tron or TRX token in 2017, submitted the …

GEICO Helps Boost Berkshire Hathaway’s Q1 Profit

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. on Saturday said gains in its stock investments were behind its good first-quarter profit. Better results from its GEICO auto insurer and BNSF railroad units boosted operating results. The conglomerate’s $21.66-billion overall first quarter profit compared with …

Buffett Has Eyes on Competitor Progressive, Not Car Makers Entering Insurance

Berkshire Hathaway Chair Warren Buffett said he isn’t worried about recent assertions by Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk that the electric car maker could offer a more compelling insurance product than traditional auto insurers. “The success of the auto companies …

Berkshire’s Buffett Wants to Do More Business in UK and Europe, Regardless of Brexit

Billionaire Warren Buffett wants to do more business in the United Kingdom and Europe regardless of how Brexit turns out. The Berkshire Hathaway Inc. chairman and chief executive officer said he would “love to put more money in the UK” …

Not All Analysts Still See Berkshire Hathaway As a Buy

Two longtime analysts of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. appear deeply divided over prospects for the company led since 1965 by billionaire Warren Buffett, in reports issued on Monday ahead of this weekend’s shareholder extravaganza. Jay Gelb of Barclays Capital, who rates …

Berkshire P/C Insurance Reported Q4 Loss, Profit for Full Year 2018

In the conglomerate’s annual report published on Saturday, Berkshire Hathaway’s Chair Warren Buffett recommended that readers focus on operating earnings, reviewing a year in which insurance operations contributed $6.1 billion to a $24.8 billion total. While total operating income rose …