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  "id": 451309,
  "title": "Berkshire Hathaway finally started spending its nearly $400 billion in cash — on one stock it knows very well",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/berkshire-hathaway-finally-started-spending-its-nearly-400-billion-in",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-10T08:21:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MarketWatch",
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    "url": "https://www.marketwatch.com/story/berkshire-hathaway-finally-started-spending-its-nearly-400-billion-in-cash-on-one-stock-it-knows-very-well-f9d56389?mod=mw_rss_topstories"
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  "summary": "Berkshire is buying its own stock after years of building up a cash pile. Not everyone is excited.",
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        "published": "2026-08-08T13:43:00.000Z"
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        "published": "2026-08-08T14:00:40.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Fortune",
        "title": "Berkshire Hathaway finally spends massive cash pile, buying $10 billion in Alphabet stock and repurchasing $4.5 billion in shares",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/berkshire-hathaway-finally-spends-massive-cash-pile-buying-10-billion",
        "published": "2026-08-08T14:15:37.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Quartz",
        "title": "Berkshire Hathaway posted higher profit as Greg Abel ramped up buybacks and stock purchases",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/berkshire-hathaway-posted-higher-profit-as-greg-abel-ramped-up",
        "published": "2026-08-10T11:50:31.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CNBC Technology",
        "title": "Iran negotiations, Berkshire's stock purchases, Shein's tariff troubles and more in Morning Squawk",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/iran-negotiations-berkshires-stock-purchases-sheins-tariff-troubles",
        "published": "2026-08-10T12:31:20.000Z"
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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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