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Berkshire’s Muni Insurer Starts Strongly-Buffett
Last Update: 5/3/2008 1:38:52 PM
OMAHA, Neb. (Dow Jones)–Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s (BRKA) new bond insurance
business has started strongly, writing more than $400 million of policies on
municipal debt during the first quarter, Chairman Warren Buffett said at the
company’s annual meeting Saturday.
Most of the policies sold by Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corp. have been written
in [...]

Buffett will look at RBS insurance unit
Berkshire unit buys subprime mortgages, freezes resets
By Alistair Barr, MarketWatch
Last Update: 7:28 PM ET May 4, 2008
OMAHA, Neb. (MarketWatch) — Berkshire Hathaway will consider investing in the
insurance business of U.K. banking giant Royal Bank of Scotland and is close to
buying a medium-sized company in the country, Chairman Warren Buffett [...]

Buffett calls Iscar ‘dream’ acquisition
By Alistair Barr, MarketWatch
Last Update: 12:22 PM ET May 3, 2008
OMAHA, Neb. (MarketWatch) — Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Chairman Warren Buffett said
on Saturday that the company’s acquisition last year of the Israeli firm Iscar
has worked out better than expected.
Buffett said that he had very high expectations when Berkshire struck the deal,
and that [...]