(Source: Bloomberg News, November 2, 2012)
LINCOLN, Neb. — Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. said profit climbed 72 percent in the third quarter as a stock market rally helped improve results in the derivatives book and earnings at BNSF Railway climbed. Buffett’s biggest takeover, BNSF Railway, contributed $937 million to earnings, compared with $766 million a year earlier.
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