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Sunday, 7 August 2011

Buffett's Berkshire bids $3.25B for Transatlantic

NEW YORK (AP) -- A unit of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has bid $3.25 billion for insurer Transatlantic Holdings. Berkshire's National Indemnity Co. is offering $52 per share in cash for Transatlantic. That tops the price the company would get in its agreement to be bought by Allied ...


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