Buffett says took 4 pct stake in POSCO in 2006
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POSCO Co. Ltd.  surged as much as 3.8 percent on Friday after U.S. investor Warren Buffett's firm Berkshire Hathaway Inc. said it owned a 4 percent stake in the South Korean steel maker as of the end of 2006.
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Oracle Corp. ORCL.O on Friday  said 61 percent of PeopleSoft Inc. PSFT.O shares were  tendered for its $24-a-share offer, strengthening Oracle's  hostile bid position as it waits to see if PeopleSoft's board  will remove the final barrier to a deal.
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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 US Securities and Exchange Commission to provide information on some insurance
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Procter & Gamble Co. PG.N is close  to an agreement to buy Gillette Co. G.N for more than $54  billion in stock, in a bid to create the world's largest  consumer products company, sources close to the situation said  on Thursday.
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The luxury resort operator reports fourth-quarter and year-end results Wednesday.
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Oracle Corp. ORCL.O said on  Wednesday it has taken control of PeopleSoft Inc. PSFT.O, now  that about 75 percent of PeopleSoft's shareholders have  tendered their shares.
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Warren Buffett's holding company Berkshire Hathaway Inc  bought 1 million shares of insurer UnitedHealth Group  in the fourth quarter of 2006, according to a regulatory filing.
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Buffett said his Berkshire Hathaway holding company made the offer of reinsurance on up to $800 billion in municipal bonds to Ambac, MBIA and FGIC.
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Oracle Corp. (ORCL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Wednesday it has taken control of PeopleSoft Inc. (PSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) , now that about 75 percent of PeopleSoft&#39;s shareholders have tendered their shares.
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- TXU Corp.  said it agreed to be acquired by a group led by private equity firms Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.  and Texas Pacific Group  for about $45 billion including debt.
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Oracle Corp. ORCL.O on Thursday  won the backing of a key public pension fund in its  $8.8-billion takeover bid for PeopleSoft Inc. PSFT.O and  analysts said they expected a majority of shares to be tendered  its way ahead of a Friday deadline.
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U.S. investor Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc  continued to unload his stake in top Chinese oil producer PetroChina Inc. , 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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Texas power company TXU Corp.   has agreed to be acquired by private equity firms Kohlberg  Kravis Roberts & Co.  and Texas Pacific Group   for about $32 billion in the largest leverage buyout in  history, Bloomberg News reported on Monday.
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HARTFORD, Conn., Dec. 13  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- United Technologies Corp.  Board of Directors today authorized a share repurchase program for up to 60 million shares worth approximately $4 billion at current prices.
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Warren Buffett, the world&#039;s  second-richest person, is donating about &#36;37 billion -- more  than 80 percent of his fortune -- to foundations run by his  friend Bill Gates and by the Buffett family.
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Business software maker Oracle  Corp. ORCL.O on Wednesday said it has taken control of rival  PeopleSoft Inc. PSFT.O now that about 75 percent of its  rival's shareholders have tendered their shares.
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Berkshire Hathaway Inc.  has increased its stake in USG Corp.  to 19 percent after acquiring another 1.1 million shares, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday.