Monday, January 19, 2009

Berkshire's investments in 1979


No. of Sh.  Company                                     Cost       Market
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                                                         (000s omitted)
  289,700   Affiliated Publications, Inc. ........... $  2,821    $  8,800
  112,545   Amerada Hess ............................    2,861       5,487
  246,450   American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. ...    6,082       9,673
5,730,114   GEICO Corp. (Common Stock) ..............   28,288      68,045
  328,700   General Foods, Inc. .....................   11,437      11,053
1,007,500   Handy & Harman ..........................   21,825      38,537
  711,180   Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. ....    4,531      23,736
1,211,834   Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. ........   20,629      23,328
  282,500   Media General, Inc. .....................    4,545       7,345
  391,400   Ogilvy & Mather International ...........    3,709       7,828
  953,750   SAFECO Corporation ......................   23,867      35,527
1,868,000   The Washington Post Company .............   10,628      39,241
  771,900   F. W. Woolworth Company .................   15,515      19,394
                                                     ----------  ----------
            Total ................................... $156,738    $297,994
            All Other Holdings ......................   28,675      38,686
                                                     ----------  ----------
            Total Equities .......................... $185,413    $336,680
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