Berkshire ups stake in USG: SEC filing
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Billionaire investor Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc.  has increased its stake in USG Corp.  to 19 percent, lifting the building products company's stock nearly 3 percent after the bell closed on Friday.
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US equity mutual funds rose 4.8 percent in the second quarter, twice the rate of the first three months of the year, as record corporate takeovers pushed US stock indexes to new highs.
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U.S. investor Warren Buffett&#39;s  Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N) continued to unload his stake  in top Chinese oil producer PetroChina Inc. (0857.HK), selling  about 92.66 million shares in late August for US$136 million,  according to a regulatory filing in Hong Kong.
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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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Shares of US Airways Group Inc. (UAIR.O: Quote, Profile, Research) jumped on Friday after the air carrier&#39;s pilots union said it was working on a new labor contract and that its
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Shares in Reuters Group Plc, the world&#39;s largest publicly traded provider of financial information, rose as much as 8.4 percent after the company said the number of contracts signed
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Fortress Investment Group LLC on Thursday raised $634 million with an initial public offering, the first such move by a diversified U.S. private equity and hedge fund.
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Warren Buffett&#39;s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. said the US Securities and Exchange Commission requested information on insurance policies that may help companies smooth earnings.
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Sale of Marmon Holdings to Berkshire raises $4.5B now, more later.
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LONDON: US sports tycoon Malcolm Glazer has raised his stake in Manchester United Plc to 27.63% from 25.3%, the Premier League club said yesterday, heightening speculation that he will bid for them.
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Prudential Equity Group raised its earnings estimates for Automatic Data Processing (nyse: ADP - news - people ) after the payroll and data processing services firm reported better-than-expected fiscal first-quarter results.
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Warren Buffettâs Berkshire Hathaway snapped up a 60 percent stake in Marmon Holdings, the Pritzker familyâs  sprawling industrial conglomerate.
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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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Berkshire Hathaway Inc., the holding company run by billionaire Warren Buffett, on Thursday said its General Re insurance unit received a request from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to provide information on some insurance products.
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US-based private equity group Atticus Capital announced on Friday that it had increased its stake in Deutsche Boerse and turned up the pressure on the German stock exchange operator to boost its capital return.
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Private investment bank Lazard Ltd filed with US regulators on Friday to raise as much as $850 million in an initial public offering
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KKR & Co. LP , the prominent  U.S. buyout firm that pioneered the leveraged buyout industry,  filed with regulators on Tuesday to raise up to $1.25 billion  in an initial public offering.