secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC (BRK-B)
CIK:        0001067983
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-08-07T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-23-204791
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Berkshire Hathaway Q2 net earnings $35.9B vs year-ago loss; operating earnings up 6.6%
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- Net earnings attributable to shareholders: $35.9B in Q2 2023 vs loss of $43.6B in Q2 2022.
- Operating earnings rose to $10.0B (Q2) from $9.4B; insurance-underwriting nearly doubled to $1.25B.
- BNSF earnings declined to $1.26B (Q2) from $1.66B; Berkshire Hathaway Energy flat at $0.79B.
- Share repurchases: $1.4B in Q2, bringing six-month total to $5.8B.
- Insurance float reached ~$166B at June 30, up ~$2B from year-end 2022.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067983/000119312523204791/0001193125-23-204791-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067983/000119312523204791/d531572d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-204791

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