secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC (BRK-B)
CIK:        0001067983
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-03-01T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-23-056259
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Berkshire Hathaway full-year 2022 net loss $22.8B; operating earnings rise to $30.8B
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- Net loss attributable to shareholders of $22.8B for 2022 vs profit of $89.8B in 2021; Q4 net earnings $18.2B.
- Operating earnings for 2022 were $30.8B, up from $27.5B in 2021; Q4 operating earnings $6.7B vs $7.3B.
- Investment and derivative losses of $53.6B for 2022, driven by unrealized losses on equity holdings; Q4 gains of $11.5B.
- Share repurchases totaled $7.9B in 2022, including $2.6B in Q4.
- Insurance float reached $164B at year-end, up $17B including $14B from Alleghany acquisition.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067983/000119312523056259/0001193125-23-056259-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067983/000119312523056259/d305559d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-056259

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