Monday, January 19, 2009

Berkshire's Investments 1983

COMPANY
No. OF SHARES     COST     MARKET    
Affiliated Publications, Inc
690,975     $3,516     $26,603    
General Foods Corporation(a)
4,451,544     $163,786     $228,698    
GEICO Common
6,850,000     $47,138     $398,156    
Handy & Harman
2,379,200     $27,318     $42,231    
Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc.
636,310     $4,056     $33,088    
Media General
197,200     $3,191     $11,191    
Ogilvy & Mather International
250,400     $2,580     $12,833    
R. J. Reynolds Industries, Inc.(a)
5,618,661     $268,918     $314,334    
Time, Inc
901,788     $27,732     $56,860    
The Washington Post Company
1,868,600     $10,628     $136,875    
Total
    $558,863     $1,287,869    
All Other Common Stockholdings
    $7,485     $18,044    
Total Common Stocks
    $566,348     $1,305,913    




(a) WESCO owns shares in these companies.