EghtesadOnline: Warren Buffett knows how to make a serious point fun. The billionaire injects levity into his accounting lessons by dropping a reference to baseball or sex. Or he makes a self-depreciating joke while admitting to blunders that he hopes not to repeat.

EghtesadOnline: American International Group Inc said it would pay $9.8 billion to National Indemnity Co, a unit of Berkshire Hathaway Inc, to cover most of AIG's U.S. Commercial "long-tail exposures" for accidents that occurred in 2015 and prior.

EghtesadOnline: Warren Buffett is sitting on more cash than ever. His Berkshire Hathaway Inc. had almost $85 billion on its books as of Sept. 30, according to a regulatory filing late Friday. That’s up from the previous record of $72.7 billion on June 30.

EghtesadOnline: Berkshire Hathaway Inc has been sued by a New York bicycle courier company over an alleged illegal scheme to cheat employers buying workers' compensation policies.

EghtesadOnline: Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc is sitting on more than $1.6 billion of gains in its investment in Apple Inc. after shares of the iPhone maker surged.

EghtesadOnline: Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Monday said it has increased its stake in Apple Inc by 55 percent, boosting its bet on the iPhone and iPod maker even as prominent investors like George Soros and Carl Icahn shed theirs.