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MidAmerican Energy, a Berkshire Hathaway unit, agreed on 28 September 2008 to pay US$230 million for 225 million new BYD shares at HK$8, about 9.89% of the Chinese battery and car maker.

On 16 October 2008, at the height of the financial crisis, Warren Buffett wrote in The New York Times that he was buying American stocks in his personal account and urged investors to be greedy when others are fearful.

On 28 November 2023 Berkshire Hathaway announced that Vice Chairman Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett's partner of more than six decades, had died peacefully that morning in a California hospital, a month short of his 100th birthday.

Berkshire Hathaway has sold all of its BYD shares, reported on 22 September 2025, 17 years after Warren Buffett's MidAmerican paid US$230 million for about 10% of the Chinese carmaker.

On 31 March 2026 Warren Buffett sat down with CNBC's Becky Quick in Omaha for his first interview since stepping down as Berkshire Hathaway CEO, announcing a revived charity lunch auction with Stephen and Ayesha Curry.

On 1 May 2026, the eve of his first annual meeting as Berkshire Hathaway CEO, Greg Abel told CNBC's Becky Quick on Squawk Box about risk management, inflation, the stock portfolio and his runway in the job.

In a CNBC Squawk Box interview on 15 July 2026 Warren Buffett explained why he left the Gates Foundation out of his annual share donations, said he initiated Berkshire's Alphabet investment, and called Kevin Warsh a good choice for the Fed.