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Warren Buffett invested $232 million in BYD (BYDDF), a Chinese auto maker during the financial crisis, as reported by Reuters. As of December 2010 Buffett's 225 million shares were worth $1.18 billion. In 2009, the shares were valued at just under $2 billion. So from 2009 to 2010, Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) lost about 40% of his investment.

But that is just the beginning. Now there is criticism surrounding the new Chinese car, dubbed the hybrid car F3DM.They center around two major areas, authenticity of the design and the overall workmanship of the car itself.

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Now here's an eye opener. Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) has decided to split its shares 50 for 1. This would drop the price of the company's cheapest stock down from about $3,247.00 per share to $65. The class A shares, never split, still trade at about $97,500.

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Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>Berkshire to split 50 for 1BerkshireToSplit50For1BNIBRKABuffetinthenewsWarren BuffetWarrenBuffetTue, 19 Jan 2010 13:20:00 EST<![CDATA[The battle for Dow Jones continues to heat up]]>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/06/18/the-battle-for-dow-jones-continues-to-heat-up/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/06/18/the-battle-for-dow-jones-continues-to-heat-up/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/06/18/the-battle-for-dow-jones-continues-to-heat-up/#commentsFiled under: , , , , , , ,

Late Friday, Dow Jones & Co (NYSE: DJ) said that Financial Times publisher Pearson Plc (NYSE: PSO) has been trying to find partners to pursue an acquisition of Dow Jones, people familiar with the matter said. Shares of Dow Jones & Co. jumped 3% on the news.

It's amazing what can happen over a weekend.

Today's Wall Street Journal, owned, of course, by Dow Jones, reported that General Electric (NYSE: GE) and Pearson are talking about a joint-bid for Dow Jones that would allow the Dow Jones's controlling Bancroft family to maintain a minority interest. The joint-bid would combine GE's CNBC, the Financial Times and Dow Jones into a privately-held joint venture, owned in three equal parts by the three companies. The potential new company would also control Barron's, half the Economist magazine, MarketWatch.com and interests in various business newspapers around the worldwide

Sound like a business news monopoly? Hum.

Another name recently floated as a potential suitors for Dow Jones was billionaire Ron Burkle, who has teamed with the union representing the employees of Dow Jones, and Philadelphia newspaper executive Brian Tierney. Warren Buffet last month said it was "very, very unlikely" that his Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) would bid for Dow Jones, citing the $5B bid from Rupert Murdoch's News Corp (NYSE: NWS).

Wait. Does that mean that the Oracle of Omaha considers News Corp's $5 billion bid too much? Jonathan Berr of BloggingStocks believes that Murdoch wants the Journal so badly that he's willing to pay an "outrageously high price." Peter Cohan, also of BloggingStocks, thinks the GE/Pearson bid could prevail.

Regardless of Mr. Buffet's opinion, the "lamest bidding war ever," as coined by CNNMoney's Paul R. La Monica, has just started to heat up.

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