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Berkshire slashes Wells Fargo, JPMorgan stakes- adds Barrick Gold

(Reuters) – Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N) said on Friday it has sold shares of some of the largest U.S. banks, slashing its stakes in Wells Fargo & Co (WFC.N) and JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) and exiting an investment in Goldman Sachs Group I... More »

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European insurer shares fall as row breaks out over dividends

MUNICH/LONDON (Reuters) – Shares in Europe’s insurers fell sharply on Friday after the EU regulator said they should temporarily halt payouts to shareholders during the coronavirus epidemic, although Germany backed Allianz’s decision to go ahead with a dividen... More »

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From quills to qwerty: Lloyd’s underwriters adapt to home working

LONDON (Reuters) – Thousands of London’s underwriters took their stamps and fountain pens home last week, which they use to sign insurance contracts, but they won’t need them. Working at home due to the coronavirus lockdown, they have abandoned the normal tool... More »

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Buffett calls for more accountability for corporate directors

(Reuters) – Warren Buffett on Saturday called on corporate America to make their boards of directors more accountable to shareholders and less beholden to chief executive officers, perhaps by reducing their pay and requiring that they buy more stock. In his an... More »

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Exclusive: Saudi Aramco pursues war cover after attacks – sources

LONDON/RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Aramco is looking to buy insurance against war and terror attacks after a damaging drone and missile attack on some of its oil facilities in September, two sources told Reuters. Aramco, the world’s largest oil company, has been ... More »

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Catastrophes set to drive 2020 reinsurance rates higher

LONDON (Reuters) – Big insurance losses from hurricanes, wildfires and other natural disasters over the past two years are set to push reinsurance renewal rates higher in January, ratings agencies said. After falling for several years due to competition and fe... More »

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Buffett’s Berkshire unveils $861 million Amazon stake

(Reuters) – Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc said it owned $860.6 million of Amazon.com Inc shares at the end of March, after the billionaire admitted to underestimating the online retailer and its Chief Executive Jeff Bezos. The size of the investment ... More »

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Warren Buffett says Berkshire overpaid for Kraft Heinz

(Reuters) – Warren Buffett said on Monday his Berkshire Hathaway Inc overpaid in the 2015 merger that created Kraft Heinz Co, but he had no plans to flee the struggling packaged foods company. Buffett spoke four days after Kraft Heinz took a $15.4 billion writ... More »

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Buffett, the Oracle of Omaha, backtracks on Oracle, the company

(Reuters) – The Oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffett, admitted on Monday he knew less than he thought about Oracle Corp, the company overseen by fellow billionaire Larry Ellison. Investors were flummoxed earlier this month when Buffett’s company, Berkshire Hathaway... More »

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Big claims strain senior living market for U.S. insurers

(Reuters) – Last March, a 103-year-old resident of a Sunrise Senior Living facility in Willowbrook, Illinois, went on a field trip to the movies. Ruth Smith, who used a walker, fell down two concrete steps in the theater and died about six weeks later. Now Smi... More »

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Apple and Buffett saw value, and acted

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Apple Inc (AAPL.O) was not the only one to leap on a chance to buy its stock at a fat discount last quarter as Warren Buffett stepped in to scoop up an additional 75 million shares for Berkshire Hathaway (BRKa.N) at the same time. Bet... More »

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Buffett craves more Apple shares, endorses its buybacks

OMAHA, Neb. (Reuters) – Billionaire Warren Buffett has been buying a boatload of Apple Inc shares and on Saturday suggested he would buy even more shares at the right price. At Berkshire Hathaway Inc’s annual shareholder meeting, Buffett credited Apple with de... More »

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Buffett targets CEO for Berkshire-Amazon-JPMorgan healthcare…

OMAHA, Neb. (Reuters) – Warren Buffett on Saturday said he hoped a chief executive would be found within a couple of months for the healthcare company being set up by Berkshire Hathaway Inc, Amazon.com Inc and JPMorgan Chase & Co. to lower patient costs. Speak... More »

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The wit and wisdom of Warren Buffett, ‘Oracle of Omaha’

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Billionaire investor Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Inc Vice Chairman Charlie Munger are answering five hours of questions from shareholders, journalists and analysts at Berkshire’s annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska. The weekend kno... More »

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Buffett defends doing business with gun manufacturers

OMAHA, Neb. (Reuters) – Billionaire Warren Buffett on Saturday defended his earlier remark that it would be “ridiculous” for the conglomerate not to do business with gun manufacturers, noting that he does not want to impose his political views on Berkshire’s i... More »

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Berkshire Hathaway shareholders reject two proposals

(Reuters) – Berkshire Hathaway shareholders at annual meeting overwhelmingly reject shareholder proposal concerning methane emissions Berkshire Hathaway shareholders at annual meeting overwhelmingly reject shareholder proposal concerning sustainability report ... More »

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Buffett owns 5 percent of Apple. He’d like to own more

OMAHA, Neb. (Reuters) – Warren Buffett said he would be happy if his conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway Inc owned more than 5 percent of Apple Inc’s stock, including if the iPhone maker bought back more of its shares. Buffett made his assessment before tens of th... More »

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Apple hits record high after Buffett’s Berkshire increases stake

(Reuters) – Apple Inc’s stock hit an all-time high on Friday after Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc disclosed it bought an additional 75 million shares of the iPhone maker in the first three months of the year. Buffett’s increased stake, which was confi... More »

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Big pharma, big data: why drugmakers want your health records

FILE PHOTO: A surgery nurse is seen beside the heart beat monitor in the operating theatre of the Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin (UKB) hospital in Berlin, Germany February 29, 2008. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch /File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – Drugmakers are racing to scoo... More »

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Buffett says Berkshire can handle $400 billion mega-catastrophe

FILE PHOTO: Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett waits to play table tennis during the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting weekend in Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. May 7, 2017. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/File Photo (Reuters) – A giant hurricane, earthquake or other conflagra... More »

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Trump tax cut fuels record profit for Buffett’s Berkshire

FILE PHOTO: Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett talks to reporters prior to the Berkshire annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, U.S., May 2, 2015. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/File Photo (Reuters) – Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Saturday reported a record ... More »

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Highlights: Buffett craves acquisitions, flags bond risks in…

FILE PHOTO: Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett visits the BNSF booth before the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, U.S., May 6, 2017. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/File Photo NEW YORK (Reuters) – Below is a selection of comments from Warren Buffet... More »

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Samsung heir Lee says spent year in jail on self-reflection

Samsung Group heir Jay Y. Lee said on Monday he spent his year in jail on "precious" self-reflection and promised to show a better side in future, after a high court suspended his jail sentence in a corruption scandal and set him free. More »

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Buffett succession gains clarity as Berkshire promotes Abel, Jain

FILE PHOTO: Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett talks to reporters prior to the Berkshire annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. on May 2, 2015. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/File Photo (Reuters) – Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Wednesday promoted two of its top executiv... More »

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Japan insurer Sompo sets up fintech base in Tel Aviv

TOKYO (Reuters) – Property-and-casualty insurer Sompo Holdings Inc (8630.T) has set up a fintech hub in Israel, becoming the first Japanese insurer to do so in a country where it hopes to tap local expertise in digital and cyber-security technologies. Sompo, o... More »

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Travelers says it is in `right spot` for cyber insurance exposure

Travelers Cos Inc (TRV.N) plans to stick to its recent growth pace for sales of cyber insurance, which protects businesses against hacking and other liabilities, despite potential to boost it, as the insurer assesses risks in the segment, its head of specialty... More »

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Reuters surveys UK financial services jobs post-Brexit

Around 10,000 finance jobs will be shifted out of Britain or created overseas in the next few years if the UK is denied access to Europe's single market, according to a Reuters survey of firms employing the bulk of workers in international finance. More »

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Trump on Hurricane Irma: `This is some big monster`

U.S. President Donald Trump called Hurricane Irma "some big monster" as it battered the Florida coast, saying he wanted to go to the state very soon and praising emergency officials for their efforts to protect people. More »

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Congress weighs Harvey aid that Trump calls historic

The U.S. Congress started to come to grips on Tuesday with crafting a multibillion-dollar Hurricane Harvey emergency aid package that President Donald Trump suggested could be historically large, without providing specifics. More »

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Sempra snatches Oncor from Buffett with $9.45 billion bid: sources

Bankrupt Texas utility Energy Future Holdings will abandon a deal to sell power transmission company Oncor to Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N) for $9 billion and will accept a $9.45 billion bid for Oncor by Sempra Energy (SRE.N) instead, people... More »

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Bankruptcy fight over Oncor to test Warren Buffett`s discipline

Warren Buffett takes pride in naming his price to buy a company, and not paying a nickel more. But the largest U.S. natural gas distribution utility, an unyielding hedge fund, and a Delaware bankruptcy judge now present one of the biggest challenges to the bil... More »

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Shares in Canada`s Home Capital surge as Buffett rides to rescue

FILE PHOTO – The entry to the Home Capital Group’s headquarters is seen at an office tower in the financial district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada on May 1, 2017. Picture taken using a wide angle lens. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo Warren Buffett’s Berkshire ... More »

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Buffett`s fledgling biBERK pursues online insurance `experiment`

FILE PHOTO: Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett waits to play table tennis during the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting weekend in Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. May 7, 2017. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/File Photo It has been decades since anyone thought of Warren Buffett’s... More »

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Exclusive: Buffett likely voted shares to back Wells Fargo board

Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, speaks at the Fortune’s Most Powerful Women’s Summit in Washington October 13, 2015. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo Wells Fargo & Co’s (WFC.N) largest investor, Warren Buffett, has likely already voted... More »

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AIG board denies CEO 2016 cash bonus after dismal earnings

FILE PHOTO – AIG CEO Peter Hancock speaks during the White House summit on cybersecurity and consumer protection in Palo Alto, California on February 13, 2015. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith/File Photo American International Group Inc’s (AIG.N) board of directors de... More »

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Puerto Rico seen sliding toward bankruptcy as deadline nears

Students of the University of Puerto Rico protest as a meeting of the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico is taking place at the Convention Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico March 31, 2017. Picture taken March 31, 2017. REUTERS/Alvin Baez Ba... More »

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Thousands evacuated in New Zealand amid Cyclone Debbie floods

A landslide caused by rains from Cyclone Debbie is shoveled off the main road between Napier and Taupo on New Zealand’s North Island, April 5, 2017. SNPA/Sarah Lord/via REUTERS Rescue workers used tractors and boats to evacuate thousands of people at the top o... More »

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Warren Buffett adorns Cherry Coke cans in China

File photo: Berkshire Hathaway chairman Warren Buffett drinks a can of Cherry Coke at the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting in Omaha May 1, 2010. REUTERS/Rick Wilking Coca-Cola Co is putting the likeness of Warren Buffett on Cherry Coke cans in China, hoping t... More »

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U.S. financial firms embrace cloud, `fat fingers` notwithstanding

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Amazon is seen at the company logistics center in Lauwin-Planque, northern France on February 20, 2017. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol/File Photo Only two years ago, an outage similar to the one that struck Amazon’s cloud services last month ... More »

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Berkshire Hathaway gains $1.6 billion from its huge bite of Apple

FILE PHOTO – An Apple iPhone 7 and the company logo are seen in this illustration picture taken in Bordeaux, France on February 1, 2017. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau/File Photo Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N) is sitting on more than $1.6 billion of ... More »

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Warren Buffett rails against fee-hungry Wall Street managers

File Photo: Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett plays bridge during the Berkshire annual meeting weekend in Omaha, Nebraska May 3, 2015. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/File Photo Billionaire Warren Buffett, whose stock picks over several decades have enriched generati... More »

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Trump `not wrong on everything`: Berkshire`s Munger

Berkshire Hathaway Inc Vice Chairman Charles Munger speaks at the Daily Journal annual meeting in Los Angeles, U.S., February 15, 2017. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson Charlie Munger, the billionaire vice chairman of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N), sa... More »

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Berkshire takes huge bite of Apple, boosts airline stakes

Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, smiles before speaking with Bill Gates (not pictured), at Columbia University in New York, U.S., January 27, 2017. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N) was an aggress... More »

SEC fraud trial of `Diva of Distressed` Tilton wraps up

New York financier Lynn Tilton, (L) founder of private equity firm Patriarch Partners, exits the U.S. District courthouse with her lawyer Randy Mastro (R) in New York City, U.S., November 1, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid A lawyer for financier Lynn Tilton on ... More »

After Trump win, critic Buffett sees strong stocks, trade hurdles

Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, speaks at the Fortune’s Most Powerful Women’s Summit in Washington October 13, 2015. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo Billionaire investor Warren Buffett defended the stock market’s strength and raised d... More »

Deutsche Bank`s sale of stake in Hua Xia gets watchdog`s nod

The logo of Germany’s largest business bank, Deutsche Bank is seen in front of one of the bank’s office buildings in Frankfurt, Germany, October 27, 2016. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach Deutsche Bank’s (DBKGn.DE) sale of a 20 percent stake in Chinese peer Hua Xia (60... More »

`Diva of Distressed` Tilton takes stand in SEC fraud trial

New York financier Lynn Tilton, (L) founder of private equity firm Patriarch Partners, exits the U.S. District courthouse with her lawyer Randy Mastro (R) in New York City, U.S., November 1, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Financier Lynn Tilton took the stand o... More »

`Diva of Distressed` Tilton to face SEC fraud trial

New York financier Lynn Tilton arrives for an appeal hearing at the U.S. District courthouse in New York, September 16, 2015. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Financier Lynn Tilton is set to go on trial next week before an administrative law judge on U.S. Securities a... More »

Hunt for yield leads U.S. mutual fund managers to private assets

A screen displays stock charts while a trader works at his post on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange, May 30, 2013. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid With traditional dividend-paying stocks such as utilities and telecom companies trading near record highs, U.S. ... More »

Lynn Tilton sues SEC again, calls cases unconstitutional

New York financier Lynn Tilton arrives for an appeal hearing at the U.S. District courthouse in New York, September 16, 2015. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Lynn Tilton, the New York financier accused by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission of defrauding her ... More »

Chinese insurers run ‘Titanic’ risks for titanic returns

HONG KONG Years of breakneck growth for China’s top insurers has been partly fueled by a splurge on risky investment products that could punch multi-billion-dollar holes in their balance sheets if the slowing economy triggers heavy debt defaults. Industry prem... More »

Buffett’s Berkshire invests in Apple

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N) on Monday revealed a new stake in Apple Inc (AAPL.O), in a bet that the stock price could rebound after iPhone sales fell for the first time. Berkshire held 9.81 million Apple shares worth about $1.07 billion as... More »

Can Buffett-backed bid unlock Yahoo growth where others failed?

SAN FRANCISCO Warren Buffett struck media gold with a 2012 investment in debt-laden Media General Inc. Now the famed investor may try to reprise that success by supporting a bid for Yahoo Inc’s Internet assets. The Berkshire Hathaway Inc chairman is backing a ... More »

Fairfax’s Watsa sounds caution on global economy, equities

TORONTO Prem Watsa, the head of Fairfax Financial Holdings (FFH.TO) and a well known contrarian investor, said on Friday he is concerned about the global economy, pointing to record low bond yields and limited policy levers left in the hands of central bankers... More »