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By BEN SHIMKUS, US CONSUMER REPORTER and TILLY ARMSTRONG, US DEPUTY CONSUMER EDITOR Published: 20:23, 4 October 2025 | Updated: 20:23, 4 October 2025 A stock market metric named after legendary investor Warren Buffett is flashing a warning sign. The Buffett Indicator — which compares the total value of US stocks to the country’s economic output — just hit a …

The big move by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway to buy the chemicals business of oil giant Occidental Petroleum for nearly $10 billion is a double win for Berkshire, analysts say, in Buffett’s potential swan song deal before retiring at the end of December. The Oct. 2 deal is the first-ever Berkshire announcement that quotes incoming CEO Greg Abel and doesn’t …

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Comes to the Aid of Occidental Petroleum—Again  The Wall Street Journal Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway set to make its biggest deal in three years  CNN Berkshire buys OxyChem, EV sales hit records, Amazon’s grocery push and more in Morning Squawk  CNBC As Warren Buffett nears retirement, he’s making his biggest purchase in years  MarketWatch A Berkshire Deal for Occidental Chemicals Unit …

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Berkshire Hathaway is buying Occidental Petroleum’s chemical division for $9.7 billion in what may be the last big acquisition involving the consummate dealmaker, Warren Buffett. Buffett wasn’t mentioned anywhere in materials released by Berkshire Hathaway discussing the deal Thursday, potentially signaling a passing of the torch to Vice Chair Greg Abel, to whom Buffett will hand …

Topline Berkshire Hathaway announced Thursday it would acquire Occidental Petroleum’s petrochemical unit, OxyChem, in a deal valued at $9.7 billion, the largest deal by billionaire Warren Buffett’s firm in the last three years. Buffett has said his Berkshire Hathaway would not take complete control of the oil firm. Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. Key Facts Berkshire, which …

KEY TAKEAWAYS Berkshire Hathaway is reportedly close to finalizing a $10 billion deal to buy OxyChem, the petrochemical division of Occidental Petroleum. The deal would be the conglomerate’s biggest since its $11.6 billion purchase in 2022 of insurer Alleghany. Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A, BRK.B) is reportedly close to a $10 billion deal to buy the petrochemical division of Occidental Petroleum (OXY), in what …

Warren Buffett’s ‘Secret Portfolio’ Has 5 Perfect Dividend Stocks for Berkshire Hathaway  24/7 Wall St. The Best Warren Buffett Stocks to Buy With $1,000 Right Now  Yahoo Finance Warren Buffett Just Added Over $400 Million to These 2 Stocks He Plans to Hold Forever  The Motley Fool Wall Street’s 3 Favorite Warren Buffett Dividend Stocks To Own Today  Barchart.com Prediction: These 2 Warren Buffett …

Kraft Heinz, the packaged-food giant created in 2015 by Warren Buffett and Brazilian private equity firm 3G Capital, is officially breaking up. The Tuesday announcement ends one of Buffett’s highest-profile bets—and one of his most painful—as the merger that once promised efficiency and dominance instead wiped out roughly $57 billion, or 60%, in market value. Shares slid 7% after the …

It was the moment Wall Street had been waiting for. Investors have been on tenterhooks since May, when a 13F filing revealed that Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway had been buying mystery stocks. Now, at last, we know what they are. From time to time, prominent investors seek permission from regulators to withhold certain details of their trading activity — a …

UnitedHealth Group Inc. signage on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on April 21, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Stock Chart IconStock chart icon UnitedHealth Friday Shares of UnitedHealth were down nearly 50% for 2025 through Thursday’s close before Buffett’s filing. The largest private health insurer has become the face of public blowback in this …