Berkshire hathaway

• Your Board is equally enthusiastic about my successor as CEO, an individual to whom they have had a great deal of exposure and whose managerial and human qualities they admire. (We have two superb back-up candidates as well.
(Yahoo Finance)
• Warren Buffett, the 81-year-old chairman and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., says Berkshire's board has found his successor as CEO, though he says he's in excellent health and doesn't plan to go anywhere yet. See full story.
(Marketwatch)
• New York, Feb 25 (PTI) Showering praise on one of his most trusted people Ajit Jain, famed investor Warren Buffett today said the Indian-origin executive has added a great many billions of dollars to the value of Berkshire Hathaway.
(MSN India)
• Saturdays announcement that Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRKA, BRKB) has chosen a likely successor to Chief Executive Warren Buffett will only add to the mystery of who will fill the billionaire investors shoes some day.
(NASDAQ)
• Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK/A) was dismissed from a lawsuit filed in Indiana by a former manager at its Forest River unit who said he was fired after complaining about illegal transactions. U.S. District Judge James T.
(Bloomberg)
• OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- Billionaire Warren Buffett wants Berkshire Hathaway shareholders to know that the company has someone in mind to replace him eventually, but hes emphasizing that he has no plans to leave.
(Yahoo Finance)
• Feb 25 (Reuters) - Berkshire Hathaways (Symbol : BRK/A) fourth-quarter profit fell sharply, in part on an underwriting loss in its reinsurance business related to life insurance, the company said on Saturday. Berkshire said it earned $3.
(Inside Fidelity)
• LONDON -(MarketWatch)- Cookson Group PLC , a materials science company, Thursday said it has entered into an agreement to sell its U.S. Precious Metals business to Richline Group Inc., a unit of Berkshire Hathaway Inc (NYSE:BRK.A) . -U.
(Marketwatch)
• Transatlantic Holdings Inc opened talks with a unit of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc, on Friday, over a $3.2 billion takeover offer, adding a new twist in the battle for the reinsurer.
(Deccan Herald)