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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Toronto Dominion Bank TD.TO, Canada's  second-biggest by assets, said on Thursday it would acquire a  majority stake of U.S.-based Banknorth Group Inc. BNK.N,  while also boosting its dividend and reporting a 17-percent  rise in profits.
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Warren E. Buffett agreed Tuesday to buy a $4.5 billion stake in Marmon Holdings, an industrial holding firm, with the goal of someday owning all of it.
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Bank of America Corp. chairman Chad Gifford has sold about $17 million worth of stock in the bank and used the proceeds to buy even more stock in the North Carolina company, executives said.
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Share prices for a recently spun-off part of Arlington mortgage banker Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Group rose nearly 6 percent yesterday, the firm's debut as a public company.
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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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Bear Stearns is in serious talks to sell as much as 20 percent of the firm, with several individual investors, including Warren E. Buffett, expressing an interest.
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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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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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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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The American millionaire yesterday splashed another Â£17million to buy a further six million shares to add to the Â£45m purchase he made late on Friday.
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A bidder agreed to pay $650,100 to have lunch with billionaire Warren Buffett, surpassing last year's record for the annual charity auction.
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Merrill Lynch & Co Inc , hit by huge subprime mortgage losses, said on Monday it would boost its capital by raising up to $6.2 billion in a private placement with Singapore's Temasek Holdings and Davis Selected Advisors.
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TEFEN, Israel  - Warren Buffett's investment   company Berkshire Hathaway Inc. BRKa.N is interested in   buying further utility firms in the coming years and seeks to   expand abroad, the U.S. billionaire said on Monday.
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M&T Bank Corp. MTB.N, which counts  billionaire Warren Buffett as its third largest shareholder, on  Tuesday said third-quarter profit rose a greater-than-expected  19 percent, helped by growing fees and a drop in bad loans.
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Call option activity in Kraft Foods Inc.  surged on Thursday on speculation that Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc.   is interested in the largest U.S. food company.
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Billionaire Warren Buffett redecorated his portfolio with 8 million shares of Pier 1 Imports Inc., sending the home decorating chain&#39;s stock higher by some 12 percent in trading on Tuesday.