Yahoo!Finance is reporting:
Warren Buffett's conglomerate
Berkshire Hathaway posted a record profit in 2013, jumping 31 percent
over the previous year, the company said in its annual report, released
on Saturday.
Profit for the full year rose to $19.5 billion from $14.8 billion in 2012.
Net
income rose to $4.99 billion in the fourth quarter, or $3,035 per Class
A share, from $4.55 billion, or $2,757 per share, a year earlier.
Quarterly
operating profit advanced to $3.78 billion, or $2,297 per share, from
$2.81 billion, or $1,704 per share in the year-earlier quarter.
Analysts
on average expected Berkshire to report operating earnings per share of
$2,203.91, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
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