Warren Buffett, chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., speaks during an interview at Berkshire?s annual shareholder meeting at the Qwest Center in Omaha, Nebraska, U.S., on Saturday, May 2, 2009. Buffett dismissed the importance of the government?s stress tests of major U.S. financial institutions in helping him assess banks he invested in. (Photo by Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Photographer: Bloomberg/Bloomberg
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Buffett takes $5 billion stake in TSMC, sparking surge in shares
Assuming Warren Buffett bought TSMC’s ADRs at the average price for the third quarter, the stake would have cost him $5.1 billion.