Berkshire Reports; TSMC Rises: Verisk Slides
Today's biggest winners and losers in the stock market. On this episode of Stock Movers: - Berkshire Hathaway (BRK) share are up after earnings this weekend. Berkshire Hathaway spent about $4.5 billion to buy back its own shares in the second quarter and purchased nearly $20 billion of equities in the period, signs that Chief Executive Officer Greg Abel is putting more of the firm’s cash pile to work. Operating earnings climbed 16% in the three months through June to nearly $13 billion, driven in part by gains in the conglomerate’s manufacturing, service and retailing division, as…
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