Topic - Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

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  Buffett would profit from Keystone cancellation

  Warren Buffett, whom President Obama likes to cite as a fair-minded billionaire while arguing for higher taxes on the wealthy, stands to benefit from the president's decision to reject the Keystone XL oil pipeline permit.

• Inside Politics

  he House of Representatives has passed a bill confirming the use of religious symbols at military memorials. It was also voting on legislation to order that a prayer issued by President Franklin Roosevelt on D-Day be installed at the World War II Memorial in Washington.

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  Victims of a data breach at the security analysis firm Stratfor apparently are being targeted a second time after speaking out about the hacking.

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  Buffett's Berkshire buying Omaha newspaper company

  Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway said Wednesday that it is buying the Omaha World-Herald Co. and expanding the firm's newspaper holdings despite Buffett's misgivings about the industry.

• Buffett's firm reveals several new investments

  Warren Buffett's company revealed new stakes in Intel, DirecTV, General Dynamics and CVS Caremark to accompany Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s headline-making investment in IBM.

• Buffett's firm buys about $10.7B in IBM shares

  Investor Warren Buffett says his company bought about $10.7 billion worth of IBM stock this year, giving it a stake of more than 5 percent in the technology company.

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  Buffett's firm buys about $10.7B in IBM shares

  Investor Warren Buffett says his company bought about $10.7 billion of IBM stock this year, giving it a stake of more than 5 percent in the technology company.

• Berkshire buys 5 pct of IBM, takes other stakes

  Warren Buffett said Monday that his company has spent $10.7 billion to buy more than 5 percent of IBM's stock this year, a surprising move by the billionaire investor who has long shied away from investing in high technology companies.

• Buffett pursues profitable European acquisitions

  FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Warren Buffett, whose business and investment acumen has made him one of the world's wealthiest men, embarked on a European "deferred shopping tour" yesterday, looking for possible acquisitions for his Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

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• Norfolk Southern on right track

  Norfolk Southern Corp. is chugging along with steady stock value gains and plans for a $2 billion upgrade to its railroad tracks that run through the outskirts of Washington.

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