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- Insurance:The largest component of Berkshire’s portofolio focused on property and casualty insurance, on both a direct and a reinsurance basis (for exaple, GEICO, General Re).- ApparelManufacturing and distribution of a variety of footwear and clothing products, including underwear, active-wear, children’s clothes, and uniforms (for example, Fruit of the Loo, Garan, Fechheimer Brohers, H.H. Brown Shoe, Justin Brands).- Building ProductsManufacturing and distribution of a variety of building materials, and related products and services (for example, Acme Building Brands, Benjamin Moore, Johns Manville, MiTek).- Finance and financial productsProprietary investing, manufactured housing and related consumer financing, transportation equipment leasing, furniture leasing, life annuities and risk management products (for example, BH Finance, Clayton Homes, XTRA, CORT, Berkshire Hathaway Life, and General Re securities).- Flight servicesTraining to operators of aircraft and ships, and providing fractional ownership programs for general aviation aircraft (for axample, FlightSafety, NetJets).- RetailRetail sales of home furnishing, appliances, electronics, fine jewelry, and gifts (for example, Nebraska Furniture Mart, R. C. Willey Home Furnishings, Star Furniture Company, Jordan’s Furniture, Borsheim’s, Helzberg Diamond Shops, Ben Bridge Jeweler).- Grocery distributionWholesale distributing of groceries and nonfood items (for example, McLane Company).- Carpet and floorcoveringsManufacturing and distribution of carpet and floor coverings under a variety of brand names (for example, Shaw Industries).Berkshire also owned an assortment of smaller businesses generating about $3 billion in revenues. Exhibit 2 gives a summary of revenues, operating profits, capital expenditures, depreciation, and assets for Berkshire’s various business segments. The company’s investment portofolio also included equity interests in numerous publicly traded companies, which are summarized in Exhibit 3. In addition, the company owned about $21.4 billion of foreign exchange contracts at year end, spread among 12 currencies, but Buffet had developed serious concerns about the United State’slarge current account deficits, and he hoped that his currency bets would offset the growing pressure on the dollar.
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