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Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway liquidated its positions in a number of high-profile companies during the fourth quarter, but the Oracle of Omaha has hung on to his huge stake in Coca-Cola. And Coke's nearly 4% drop is a weight on Buffett's portfolio.

A hot topic on Wall Street last week was who would potentially replace the Oracle of Omaha at Berkshire Hathaway when he leaves. The latest candidate? Li Lu, a relatively unknown fund manager whose portfolio has averaged a 24% annual return.

Questions about whether Goldman Sachs Group chairman and CEO Lloyd Blankfein can stay in his job are mounting. Could Buffett step in?

If you always wished you could invest in Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, but couldn't swing the $3,400-plus share price, now's your chance. Shareholders have approved a 50-to-1 split of the company's Class B shares, meaning the price will drop to about $67 a share on Thursday.

For years, the price of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)'s Class A and Class B common stock has been priced out of the range of what most retail investors can afford. A share of the less expensive of the two classes, the B, trades at about $3,300. Berkshire, run by Warren Buffett, announced on Tuesday...

Warren Buffett likes railroad stocks. One of his largest positions has been in Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNI). It turns out that he likes the company so much that his Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) will buy the 77.4 percent of Burlington Northern that it does not already own. And at a price of $100...

Warren Buffett might have slowed his stock purchases of late to focus on providing financing to certain distressed companies, but that doesn't mean the Oracle of Omaha's portfolio has been stagnant. Berkshire Hathaway's (BRK.A) equity portfolio rose to $48.95 billion according to an SEC filing,...

Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A, BRK.B), the conglomerate built by legendary investor Warren Buffett, reported its earnings after market close on Friday. Operating earnings of $1.78 billion were down 21.6 percent from the comparable quarter in 2008, although reported GAAP earnings per share were aided by...

In 2001, I reported on television about Motion Computing's new Tablet PC. It was billed as the PC of the future, and the future was then, they said. Here we are eight years later, still using laptops with keyboards. How 1990s of us. On Wednesday, Amazon (AMZN) is holding a press conference at Pace...