Berkshire Hathaway

Berkshire Hathaway {{nyse|BRKa}} is a company headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, USA, that oversees and manages a number of subsidiary companies. The Companys' business activities include underwriting of property and casualty insurance, candy production and sales at retail, newspaper publishing, retailing of home furnishings, sales of encyclopedias, sales of home cleaning units, manufacture and distribution of uniforms, retail jewelry, and manufacture, import and distribution of footwear.

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Omaha - Nebraska - USA - Subsidiary

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The Company averaged a phenomenal 25%+ annual return to its shareholders for the last 25 years while employing large amounts of capital. Bershire has identified utility as the next big area it will invest in. In 2005, Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 was repealed, this allowed utility investors such as Berkshire to have more control over their investments.

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