Berkshire Hathaway's profits rise 17% as Warren Buffett prepares to step down as CEO

Berkshire Hathaway’s profits rise 17% as Warren Buffett prepares to step down as CEO

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The profits of Warren Buffett‘s company improved 17% thanks to a relatively mild hurricane season and more paper investment gains this year as Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B, BRK-A) continues to prepare for the legendary 95-year-old investor to relinquish the CEO title in January. But last month’s $9.7 billion investment in OxyChem won’t…

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Caterpillar, Deere count the costs of tariffs as soft demand limits pricing power

Caterpillar, Deere count the costs of tariffs as soft demand limits pricing power

By Shivansh Tiwary and Nathan Gomes (Reuters) -Industrial machinery makers are being battered by steeper costs from U.S. President Donald Trump‘s sweeping tariffs, with sluggish demand and high interest rates leaving little room to pass those expenses onto customers. Caterpillar and Deere, both sector bellwethers, have flagged hefty tariff-related hits this year, most of which…

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Berkshire Hathaway's Class A shares fall after $3.8 billion write-down, operating profit weakness

Berkshire Hathaway’s Class A shares fall after $3.8 billion write-down, operating profit weakness

(Reuters) -Class A shares of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A) fell 3% in afternoon trading on Monday, as investors fretted over a $3.8 billion write-down and a dip in quarterly operating profit that the firm disclosed on Saturday. The write-down of Berkshire Hathaway’s 27.4% stake in Kraft Heinz, its second for the company, reflects a…

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