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On 17 January 1956 Ford sold 10.2 million shares at US$64.50 in an offering run by Goldman Sachs, with the Ford Foundation as the only seller, ending 53 years as a privately held company.

Visa priced its initial public offering of 406 million Class A shares at US$44 on 18 March 2008, and began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on 19 March under the symbol V, raising about US$17.9 billion in what was then the largest US IPO.

On 18 November 2010 General Motors began trading on the New York Stock Exchange after a US$33-a-share IPO that raised US$20.1 billion and grew to US$23.1 billion, then the largest offering ever.

On 10 November 2025 Warren Buffett converted 1,800 Class A shares into 2.7 million Class B shares for four family foundations, and in his Thanksgiving letter said he would stop writing Berkshire's annual report.

On 3 February 2026 Novo Nordisk reported 2025 sales up 10% at constant exchange rates to DKK 309.1 billion but guided 2026 adjusted sales and operating profit down 5-13%, citing lower US prices and competition.

Berkshire told the SEC it began repurchasing its own shares on Wednesday 4 March 2026, and CEO Greg Abel disclosed he put his whole take-home pay into Berkshire stock.