Warren Buffett, chairman and chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., center, tours the shopping floor ahead of the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, U.S., on Saturday, May 5, 2018. The rules, which require Berkshire to report unrealized gains or losses in equity investments in net income, helped fuel a $1.14 billion loss at Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. in the first quarter. Photographer: David Williams/Bloomberg
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Berkshire Hathaway spent $12.6bn on stock buybacks — with insight from The Wall Street Journal
"Analysts expect the Omaha conglomerate’s stock repurchases to hold steady in the third quarter," writes Justin Baer of The Wall Street Journal.