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Warren Buffett Takes 8% Stake in Sears Spinoff Seritage (LINK)
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett has taken an 8.02% stake in Seritage Growth Properties Inc., the real-estate company split off from Sears Holdings Corp. earlier this year.
Mr. Buffett disclosed in a regulatory filing Thursday that he has bought 2 million shares in Seritage, a passive stake. At Wednesday’s closing price, the stake would be valued at about $70.5 million.
The filing didn’t detail what he plans to do with the shares. Mr. Buffett took the stake personally, not through his company, Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
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Bofa Reaches Deal With Buffett On Preferred Stake
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Watsa’s Fairfax Becomes Rim’s Biggest Shareholder
Research In Motion Ltd. (RIMM) shareholder Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. (FFH) almost doubled its stake in the BlackBerry maker, making it RIM’s biggest investor and offering a vote of confidence to the ailing Canadian company. Fairfax, an insurer...
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Byd To Sell Electric Car In Us In 2010
BYD, the upstart Chinese car company backed by US investment guru Warren Buffett, said on Monday that it would start selling its e6 all-electric sedans in the US next year, a year ahead of schedule. - Announcing in Hong Kong that the company had nearly...
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