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FACTBOX-Berkshire Hathaway's investments at a glance

By: AFX | 03 Nov 2009 | 04:29 PM ET

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Berkshire Hathaway Inc, the insurance and investment company run by billionaire Warren Buffett, is paying $26 billion to buy out railroad Burlington Northern Santa Fe, the company's biggest-ever investment. Buffett, 79, took over Berkshire in 1965 when it was a struggling textile mill. Berkshire now owns close to 80 companies with a total market value of about $153 billion. Holdings of shares in U.S.-listed companies stood at $48.95 billion, at the end of June. The following information about Berkshire's investments is drawn from the company's latest annual report, regulatory filings and its website: SELECTED COMPANIES OWNED: Benjamin Moore (paints) Iscar Metalworking (tools) Borsheim's Fine Jewelry (retail) Marmon Holdings (diverse industrial) Clayton Homes (modular homes) MidAmerican Energy (utility) Fruit of the Loom (textiles) National Indemnity (insurance) Geico (car insurance) Nebraska Furniture Mart (retail) General Re (reinsurance) NetJets (fractional jet ownership) Int'l Dairy Queen (fast food) See's Candies SOME MAJOR U.S. STOCK INVESTMENTS AS OF JUNE 30, 2009: Shares Pct Owned * Company Owned 151,610,700 American Express 12.8 200,000,000 Coca-Cola Co 8.6 64,485,759 ConocoPhillips 4.4 36,914,633 Johnson & Johnson 1.3 138,272,500 Kraft Foods Inc 9.4 96,316,010 Procter & Gamble 3.3 69,039,426 U.S. Bancorp 3.6 1,727,765 Washington Post 18.4 302,609,212 Wells Fargo & Co 6.5 (Reporting by Lilla Zuill and Jonathan Stempel; Editing by Ted Kerr) Keywords: BERKSHIRE/COMPANY (lilla.zuill@thomsonreuters.com;+1 646 223 6281) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2009. All rights reserved.

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