Warren Buffett's penultimate quarter as Berkshire Hathaway CEO saw the company's operating earnings soar and its cash pile grow to a fresh record of over $350 billion, but the legendary investor once again struggled to find bargains. Berkshire's third-quarter earnings report on Saturday showed a 34% year-on-year surge in operating income to $13.5 billion, as insurance underwriting income nearly tripled to $2.4 billion.Profits also climbed at the BNSF Railway and in the manufacturing, service, and retailing ...

Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s cash pile soared to $381.7 billion in the third quarter, a fresh record, and operating earnings at Chief Executive Officer Warren Buffett’s conglomerate surged 34%.  That figure hit $13.5 billion, driven by an increase in insurance underwriting profit, in a period that was marked by an unusually low disaster activity, according to filings published Saturday.Buffett sells shares amid lower investment incomeBuffett offloaded $6.1 billion of shares during the period. In spite of that ...

Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s cash pile soared to $381.7 billion in the third quarter, a fresh record, and operating earnings at Chief Executive Officer Warren Buffett’s conglomerate surged 34%.  That figure hit $13.5 billion, driven by an increase in insurance underwriting profit, in a period that was marked by an unusually low disaster activity, according to filings published Saturday.Buffett offloaded $6.1 billion of shares during the period. In spite of that growing cash hoard, the firm’s net investment inc ...

October 31, 2025 05:01 AM GMT China Economics | Asia Pacific Oct PMI: Payback, But Some Greenshoots Key Takeaways Manufacturing PMI held up better than it appears: The sharp drop in Oct manufacturing PMI was mainly due to the timing shift of the Mid-Autumn Festival to October this year, which led to front-loaded production in September. Removing the distortion, Sep-Oct combined manufacturing PMI was at 49.4, the same as the Aug reading. Signs of fiscal pass-through: Both construction and service PMIs underp ...

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China’s factory activity slumped for the longest streak in more than nine years, prompting fresh calls for greater policy support even as the country reached a trade truce with the US. The official manufacturing purchasing managers’ index fell more than expected to 49 in October, suggesting activity dropped the most in six months just before a leaders’ meeting stabilized ties this week. New orders shrank the most since 2023 as demand took a hit from trade barriers and weak sentiment at home. Most Read fr ...

#数据 中国10月官方制造业PMI创6个月低点，综合PMI为2022年12月以来最低。制造业新出口订单指数录得45.9，为4月以来新低。 https://t.co/oKtmwRUwvQ外汇交易员 (@myfxtrader):#数据中国10月官方制造业PMI为49.0，预期49.6，前值49.8；非制造业PMI为50.1，预期50.1，前值50.0；综合PMI为50.0，前值50.6。 https://t.co/pCPXqkhMpT ...

Standex International (SXI) reported $217.43 million in revenue for the quarter ended September 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 27.6%. EPS of $1.99 for the same period compares to $1.71 a year ago.The reported revenue represents a surprise of -0.06% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $217.57 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $1.94, the EPS surprise was +2.58%.While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compar ...

For the quarter ended September 2025, Arcosa (ACA) reported revenue of $797.8 million, up 24.6% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $1.56, compared to $0.91 in the year-ago quarter.The reported revenue represents a surprise of +2.68% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $776.95 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $1.33, the EPS surprise was +17.29%.While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street exp ...

Mueller Industries, Inc. (NYSE:MLI) is included among the 15 Dividend Growth Stocks with the Highest Growth Rates. Mueller Industries (MLI) Posts Resilient Q3 Results; Highlights Robust Cash Flow and Dividend Growth Photo by Viacheslav Bublyk on Unsplash Mueller Industries, Inc. (NYSE:MLI) is an American manufacturer serving a wide⁠ range of industrial markets. In the third quarter of 2025, the company noted that‍ weakness in residential co⁠nstruct‌ion, coupled with an in‌creas‍e in imp⁠orted products ...