Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of a breed of black swine with white markings on the nose, feet, and tail.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A breed of pigs which had its origin in Berkshire, England.
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- proper noun A
inland county ofEngland , bounded byOxfordshire ,Buckinghamshire ,Hampshire ,Surrey andWiltshire .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a county in southern England
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY'S AGREEMENT to buy Burlington Northern Santa Fe (ticker: BNI) for $34 billion looks like a good deal, but not a great one, for Berkshire and its CEO, Warren Buffett.
unknown title 2009
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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY'S AGREEMENT to buy Burlington Northern Santa Fe (ticker: BNI) for $34 billion looks like a good deal, but not a great one, for Berkshire and its CEO, Warren Buffett.
unknown title 2009
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Pangbourne in Berkshire is not fazed by Ed Miliband's lifestyle choices
Middle England takes the unmarried unbeliever Ed Miliband in its stride Jon Henley 2010
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Buffett almost never replaces the CEOs of the 76-plus Berkshire companies, short of government pressure in the case of General Re; never sells what he calls Berkshire's "permanent" investments in the likes of Coke and Washington Post, no matter how high the price or how much their prospects have change; and even hangs on to once-great companies such as Fruit of the Loom despite the near-total evaporation of their competitive "moat" and the inevitable decay in their business.
pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator 2008
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A $1,000 investment in Berkshire Hathaway in 1965 was worth $4. 3bn at the end of last year.
Why the Buffett approach adds up Nils Pratley 2010
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If Warren Buffett extracted fees as greedily as a fund manager, investors in Berkshire Hathaway would be much the poorer
Why the Buffett approach adds up Nils Pratley 2010
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Traffic were playing outside their cottage in Berkshire when the local hunt rode past.
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Terry Smith is not the first person to calculate how much poorer shareholders in Berkshire Hathaway would be if Warren Buffett had extracted fees as greedily as a hedge fund manager – meaning a 2% management fee plus 20% of the gains every year.
Why the Buffett approach adds up Nils Pratley 2010
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We called Berkshire Hathaway last week to see if Mr. Buffett would release his 2010 return, but we haven't heard back.
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Child was born in Berkshire, the second of three sisters.
A life in books: Lauren Child Sarah Crown 2010
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