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Re:What Happened to GE? by simula67 on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @01:55AM (#39010248)
Berkshire Hathway is also a conglomerate, but it does perform fairly well.
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Re:What Happened to GE? by rTX5CMRXIfFG on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @03:36AM (#39010891)
But it is a holdings company, and their business model is to make returns on equity (and possibly loaning out capital to their subsidiaries) instead of directly managing their subsidiaries' operations and generating revenue.
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Re:What Happened to GE? by SOVIETIC-BOSS88 on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @03:17AM (#39010776)
BH is extremely delegated. Bufett is not in the business of managimg Fruit of the Loom for example.
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Re:What Happened to GE? by Projectiboga on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @02:42PM (#39018012)
Some sizable part of their total equity is in Apple.
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