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...There was a bright spot at a unit that has plagued Berkshire: aerospace parts manufacturer Precision Castparts....
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...Berkshire also warned that it did not expect significant increases in aerospace revenues or earnings in the near term at Precision Castparts, the metals fabrication company in bought in 2016, due to supply...
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...But the fall in demand for aircraft hit aerospace parts manufacturer Precision Castparts, which Berkshire wrote down in value last year amid the pandemic....
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...The 90-year-old investor has led a mostly hands-off approach to managing the dozens of companies Berkshire owns, which includes the insurer Geico, aerospace parts maker Precision Castparts and ice-cream...
...But the earnings of the dozens of companies Berkshire owns outright fell 10 per cent from the previous year to $5.5bn, which included large declines at Precision Castparts, the aerospace parts supplier that...
...On Saturday Berkshire disclosed it was taking a $10bn writedown on Precision Castparts, the aerospace parts manufacturer it bought for $37bn in 2016....
...Advances in batteries may help accelerate the widespread adoption of air taxis, with a shift from lithium-ion to a lighter battery made from pure lithium metal on the horizon....
...Sales at aerospace-parts manufacturer Precision Castparts slid as Boeing suspended the manufacturing of its 737-Max jet and shipments to covid-affected businesses declined....
...It has been more than four years since Berkshire clinched its last major acquisition — the takeover of aerospace components maker Precision Castparts — over which time its cash pile has climbed to a record...
...The company, family-owned for decades, was based in a small metal shack with barely enough space for 10 people....
...The Belfast-based engineers won the 2019 MacRobert Award for the wing that is 10 per cent lighter than standard metal equivalents, which reduces fuel burn and CO2 emissions....
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...The London Metal Exchange’s 143-year-old “Ring” will go silent next week as trading moves fully online for the first time in its history....
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