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...Phil Spencer, head of Microsoft’s Xbox gaming division, said on Twitter that the companies had signed “a binding agreement to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation following the acquisition”....
...Kim Dong-myung, head of the advanced automotive battery division of Korea’s LGES, says that producing them is “too costly” and there will be “very limited applications”....
...In a sign of the potential, last year BHE announced it would develop a manufacturing site powered by renewable energy, with Berkshire-owned metal components group Precision Castparts agreeing to be the first...
...A full opinion detailing her reasoning was filed under seal....
...Tianjin Saixiang’s “nanoknife” may be a form of precision surgery, but it is indicative of a broad trend that is reshaping China’s economic relationship with the rest of the world....
...As former world number one Lee Westwood quipped: “Well just like that @TigerWoods seals the 2022 PiP”, followed by a series of laughing emojis....
...Although operating revenues for its railroad division were up 11.8 per cent from a year ago to $4.59bn, Berkshire acknowledged the business “experienced higher materials, freight and other input costs”,...
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...Sales at Precision Castparts dropped 36 per cent, a trend Berkshire said would persist even as domestic air travel increased....
...The company took a $9.8bn writedown on the division in the second quarter....
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...The indictment against Mr McAfee had been filed in June but had remained under seal until his arrest....
...(Wall Street Journal) Buffett’s blunder Shortly after Berkshire Hathaway bought Precision Castparts, a little-known German manufacturer, Warren Buffett’s conglomerate received an anonymous tip....
...That desire is compounded by worries over missed opportunities and the knowledge that some of their rivals are able to seal face-to-face deals in countries less affected by travel restrictions....
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...He has not been back since, but he seeks out envelops bearing the stamps and seals of the co-called Nicaragua route....
...Meanwhile Merck is buying ArQule because of its advances in precision medicine for cancer, which includes a leukaemia drug in the early stages of clinical development....
...Fraser even led improvements at Citi’s sprawling and sometimes embattled Latin American division. If she can work her magic on Citi’s consumer division, Fraser is likely on the way to the top job....
...Sartorius Stedim Biotech Sector: Pharmaceuticals / HQ: Aubagne, France The French company was born out of a merger of Stedim and Sartorius AG’s biotech division in 2007....
..., which sells valves and seals to the power and oil industries....
...They are drawn to it, however, because it carries the Berkshire seal of approval, an asset that is impossible to value but that can calm investors’ or regulators’ nerves....
...The new capex target still includes some New Energies spending, albeit spread across the various divisions....
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...Alongside the strength of its industrials business, which includes Precision and Lubrizol, Berkshire reported higher pre-tax earnings from its divisions that focus on homebuilding and consumers — the latter...
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