Buffett boosts stake in Burlington Northern to 17.6 percent
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- Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc   further increased its stake in Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp  this week to about 17.6 percent.
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The deal, for $17.50 per share, continues a recent trend of networking and telecommunications firms being bought by private equity firms.
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NEW YORK/AMSTERDAM  - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc, in its second acquisition this week, agreed to buy the NRG NV reinsurance unit of ING Group NV  for about 300 million euros ($441 million).
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Bear Stearns is in serious talks with several outside investors, including Warren E. Buffett, about selling as much as 20 percent of the firm, people briefed on the discussions said.
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CHICAGO, Dec. 25 -- Warren E. Buffett's investment company, Berkshire Hathaway, said Tuesday that it will pay $4.5 billion for 60 percent of Marmon Holdings, a private company that includes more than 125 manufacturing and service businesses.
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M&amp;T Bank Corp. , which counts  billionaire Warren Buffett as its second-largest shareholder,  on Wednesday said quarterly profit rose 8 percent, helped by  rising mortgage banking revenue.
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Vornado raised its bid to $56 a share in cash and stock, or $41 billion, topping a bid of $54 a share from the private equity giant Blackstone Group.
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Bear Stearns  is in serious  talks with several outside investors, including Warren Buffett,  about selling as much as 20 percent of the firm, according to a  report in The New York Times online edition on Wednesday.
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Berkshire Hathaway discloses a few more stock purchases.
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Shares of Nortel Networks Corp. NT.N  rose 3.7 percent before the bell on Thursday after the telecoms  equipment maker put a specific date, Jan. 10, on when it will  start filing its much-delayed restatement of financial results.
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New York Times Co.  shares rose as much as 7.5 percent on Wednesday and options traders cited unusual call volume on speculation billionaire investor Warren Buffett could build a stake in the company.
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NEW YORK -- Blackstone Group LP, the investment firm known for making billion-dollar bets to buy huge companies and take them private, jumped almost 20 percent Friday in its debut on the New York Stock Exchange.
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The FTSE 100 climbed above 6,000 on Tuesday afternoon as dealers digested the latest developments in the banking sector.
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Toronto-Dominion Bank TD.TO made a  much-anticipated push into U.S. retail banking on Thursday,  announcing it would acquire a majority stake in Banknorth Group  Inc. BNK.N for $3.8 billion.
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Shares of closely held casino operators rose on Wednesday after the investment firm owned by billionaire Kirk Kerkorian said it plans to raise its stake in MGM Mirage Inc.  to as much as 61.7 percent.
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New York Times Co. shares rose as much  as 7.5 percent on Wednesday and options traders cited unusual  call volume on speculation billionaire investor Warren Buffett  could build a stake in the company.