Berkshire Hathaway logged a loss for the first quarter of the year, hit by what Chairman and Chief Executive Warren Buffett already had flagged would be the weight of new accounting rules. The rules cover unrealized investing losses. Berkshire reported a first quarter net loss of $1.14 billion from a gain
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The accounting change required Berkshire to report $6.2 billion unrealized losses in its marketable stock portfolio, which totaled $170.5 billion at year end, regardless of whether it planned to sell those stocks. Buffett has called the new rule a “nightmare” that would produce “truly wild and capricious
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the NRA annual meeting in Dallas, Texas, on May 4. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg. LISTEN TO ARTICLE. 3:23. Share. Share on Facebook · Post to Twitter · Send as an Email. Print. Two months before he makes a controversial trip to London, U.S.
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Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger discuss changes to the accounting rule. Yahoo Finance Video• May 5, 2018. Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger discuss changes to the accounting rule. Munger: Questioner doesn't understand his own profession.
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