Monday, January 19, 2009

Berkshire's Investments 1985


No. of Shares                                           Cost       Market
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                                                         (000s omitted)
  1,036,461    Affiliated Publications, Inc. .......   $ 3,516    $  55,710
    900,800    American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.    54,435      108,997
  2,350,922    Beatrice Companies, Inc. ............   106,811      108,142
  6,850,000    GEICO Corporation ...................    45,713      595,950
  2,379,200    Handy & Harman ......................    27,318       43,718
    847,788    Time, Inc. ..........................    20,385       52,669
  1,727,765    The Washington Post Company .........     9,731      205,172
                                                     ----------  ----------
                                                       267,909    1,170,358
               All Other Common Stockholdings ......     7,201       27,963
                                                     ----------  ----------
               Total Common Stocks                    $275,110   $1,198,321
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