Reuters - Warren Buffett said on Saturday
he wanted to reduce Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s (BRKa.N) (BRKb.N)
cash pile and that there was a small chance he would make an
acquisition that could take up to $15 billion of cash.
Reuters - Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRKa.N)
(BRKb.N), the insurance and investment company run by
billionaire Warren Buffett, said on Friday its first-quarter
profit rose 70 percent, helped by increasing revenue from auto
insurance and gains from a bet the U.S. dollar would fall.
Reuters - New York Attorney General Eliot
Spitzer on Friday charged Liberty Mutual Group, the sixth
largest U.S. property casualty insurer, with rigging bids and
making payoffs to steer business its way.
Reuters - Jewelry retailer Zale Corp.
said on Friday that Mark Lenz, group senior vice president and
chief financial officer, has been placed on administrative
leave until further notice.