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Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway avoids S&P rating downgrade

February 19, 2016 by · Leave a Comment 

Standard & Poor's on Friday left its “AA” credit ratings for Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc alone, saying the company's growing diversification and “modest” financial risks meant a downgrade was not necessary. Berkshire had been put on review for a possible downgrade on Aug. 11, on concern about Buffett's decision to deploy a large amount of cash toward last month's $32 billion acquisition of industrial parts maker Precision Castparts Corp. But S&P analyst Laline Carvalho said Berkshire's “consistently strong” operating profitability and “exceptional”…

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Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway avoids S&P rating downgrade

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Witnesses in Shkreli case worried about retaliation: U.S. prosecutors

February 19, 2016 by · Leave a Comment 

U.S. prosecutors said several witnesses in the criminal securities fraud case against notorious former pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli are concerned about retaliation and have received threats from him in the past. Prosecutors cited the concern about witness intimidation in a brief filed late on Thursday…

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