Monday, January 19, 2009

Berkshire's Investments 1984


No. of Shares                                           Cost       Market
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                                                         (000s omitted)
    690,975    Affiliated Publications, Inc. .......  $  3,516    $  32,908
    740,400    American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.    44,416       46,738
  3,895,710    Exxon Corporation ...................   173,401      175,307
  4,047,191    General Foods Corporation ...........   149,870      226,137
  6,850,000    GEICO Corporation ...................    45,713      397,300
  2,379,200    Handy & Harman ......................    27,318       38,662
    818,872    Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc.      2,570       28,149
    555,949    Northwest Industries                     26,581       27,242
  2,553,488    Time, Inc. ..........................    89,327      109,162
  1,868,600    The Washington Post Company .........    10,628      149,955
                                                     ----------  ----------
                                                      $573,340   $1,231,560
               All Other Common Stockholdings           11,634       37,326
                                                     ----------  ----------
               Total Common Stocks                    $584,974   $1,268,886
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