Text size President Biden, who is hurting politically due to high inflation, took a swipe at industry leader Exxon Mobil on Friday. Brandon Bell / Getty Images Exxon Mobil may be making “more than God this year,” as President Joe Biden said Friday in Los Angeles, but it’s far from the most profitable company in … Read more
Text size Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett has recently made big bets on Chevron and Occidental Petroleum, along with other stocks. Drew Angerer / Getty Images Warren Buffett sat out much of the post-Covid-19 selloff to the detriment of Berkshire Hathaway shareholders. But in the first quarter of 2022 — with stocks once again falling … Read more
OMAHA, Neb. — As recently as February, Warren Buffett lamented he wasn’t finding much out there that was worth buying. That is no longer the case. After a yearslong deal drought, Mr. Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. BRK.B -2.55% is opening up the spending spigot again. It forged an $ 11.6 billion deal to buy insurer … Read more
Berkshire Hathaway made a big bet on other stocks in the first quarter, and energy was a favorite. Warren Buffett’s company bought $ 51.1 billion worth of equities in the quarter, according to the company’s 10-Q filing. Among the purchases were billions of dollars worth of Chevron (ticker: CVX) and Occidental Petroleum (OXY). Berkshire also … Read more
BP said Sunday it would exit its nearly 20% stake in Russian oil company Rosneft and that its CEO Bernard Looney would resign immediately from Rosneft’s board. The British oil and gas giant said it has held the 19.75% stake since 2013. In a statement Sunday, BP (ticker: BP) said it expects a material non-cash … Read more