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  "id": 309346,
  "title": "Berkshire earnings rose last quarter and CEO Greg Abel is starting to deploy Buffett's massive cash hoard",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/berkshire-earnings-rose-last-quarter-and-ceo-greg-abel-is-starting-to-309346",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-08T13:28:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CNBC World",
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    "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/08/berkshire-hathaway-earnings-q2-2026.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Strength across its energy, railroad and manufacturing businesses more than offset weaker insurance results.",
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        "outlet": "CNBC World",
        "title": "Berkshire earnings may prove stock is cheap. And that Abel and Buffett think so too",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/berkshire-earnings-may-prove-stock-is-cheap-and-that-abel-and-buffett",
        "published": "2026-08-07T16:43:36.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Financial Times",
        "title": "Greg Abel finally puts Buffett’s cash pile to work",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/greg-abel-finally-puts-buffetts-cash-pile-to-work",
        "published": "2026-08-08T12:57:56.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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