Warren Buffett‘s Berkshire Hathaway Inc.(A)’s cash hoard hit a record as first-quarter profit jumped 51 percent on gains from equity-linked derivatives and insurance operations. Net income climbed to $4.89 billion,，or $2，977 a share,，from $3.25 billion.
今年第一季度，沃倫·巴菲特的伯克希爾·哈撒韋公司由于股票掛鉤衍生產(chǎn)品和保險(xiǎn)業(yè)務(wù)表現(xiàn)不錯(cuò),，利潤(rùn)增長(zhǎng)了51%，現(xiàn)金儲(chǔ)備達(dá)到創(chuàng)紀(jì)錄的高點(diǎn),。凈利潤(rùn)從之前的32.5億美元上漲到48.9億美元,，每股收益高達(dá)2977美元,。(商業(yè)周刊)
就在巴菲特出席股東大會(huì)前一天，伯克希爾·哈撒韋公布了第一季度的財(cái)報(bào),。去年同期,，公司的每股收益是1966美元。第一季度該公司的營(yíng)運(yùn)利潤(rùn)是2302美元,，大大高于華爾街之前預(yù)期的1995.5美元,。
Warren Buffett on Saturday gave the most extensive comments to date about the future of Berkshire Hathaway Inc after he is gone，saying he still expects the conglomerate to be a partner of choice for distressed companies.
5月4日,，沃倫·巴菲特暢談了伯克希爾·哈撒韋公司在他離去后的未來(lái),，表示他仍希望該公司成為困境中企業(yè)的合作伙伴。(路透社)
一年一度的伯克希爾·哈撒韋公司股東大會(huì)4日在內(nèi)布拉斯加州奧馬哈市召開(kāi),，耄耋之年的董事會(huì)主席沃倫·巴菲特和副主席查理·芒格參加了這次股東大會(huì),。
Tens of thousands of investors have arrived，and they’re again expected to pack the arena to listen to what Warren E. Buffett has to say about the state of his conglomerate,，the economy and whatever else crosses his mind.
成千上萬(wàn)的投資者來(lái)到這里,，他們濟(jì)濟(jì)一堂希望來(lái)聆聽(tīng)沃倫·巴菲特談?wù)撍钠髽I(yè)，美國(guó)經(jīng)濟(jì)和他腦海中盤(pán)旋的種種理念,。(紐約時(shí)報(bào))
來(lái)自全球的3.5萬(wàn)多名投資者來(lái)到這個(gè)城市,，參加了長(zhǎng)達(dá)五個(gè)半小時(shí)的股東會(huì),，其中包括來(lái)自中國(guó)的投資者。
“The economy is improving,，not at a rapid clip,，but this country has done well since 2008—certainly compared to the rest of the world，”Buffett said.
巴菲特說(shuō),，美國(guó)經(jīng)濟(jì)正在改善,，不是很快，但是自從2008年以來(lái)和全球其它經(jīng)濟(jì)體相比就一直表現(xiàn)很好,。(今日美國(guó))
分析人士認(rèn)為,，巴菲特的理念是一以貫之的。他認(rèn)為美國(guó)經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展不錯(cuò),，自己看好美國(guó)經(jīng)濟(jì),，但一如既往地不看好黃金,。
Buffett went on to say that despite that uncertainty,，he would bet that stocks in years to come will go“much higher”than they are right now. On Friday，the Dow Jones Industrials hit 15,，000 intraday,，and closed up 142 points at 14，973.
巴菲特堅(jiān)持認(rèn)為,，盡管存在不確定性,，他認(rèn)為在未來(lái)幾年內(nèi)，股票價(jià)格會(huì)比現(xiàn)在高很多,。5月3日,，道瓊斯工業(yè)指數(shù)盤(pán)中沖擊15000點(diǎn)，收盤(pán)時(shí)上漲142點(diǎn),，收于14973點(diǎn),。(福克斯商業(yè)新聞)
Berkshire plans to split Buffett’s job into three parts when he no longer leads the company. The next CEO will run Berkshire,，but two others hired by Buffett in recent years will oversee investments. Buffett wants his oldest son to succeed him as chairman.
當(dāng)巴菲特不再領(lǐng)導(dǎo)公司時(shí),，伯克希爾打算將巴菲特的工作分成三部分：未來(lái)的CEO將領(lǐng)導(dǎo)伯克希爾，近年受雇于巴菲特的其他兩人將掌管投資,。巴菲特希望他的長(zhǎng)子繼承他董事長(zhǎng)的職位,。(福克斯商業(yè)新聞)
48年前巴菲特掌管了伯克希爾·哈撒韋公司,，將一家只有12個(gè)股東的公司打造成全球市值第五的企業(yè),，然而目前巴菲特年事已高，有關(guān)公司未來(lái)接班人的問(wèn)題無(wú)法回避。
Buffett,，82,，also defended his plan to install his son，Howard,，who has little investing experience,，as nonexecutive chairman，saying the younger man‘s role would be to ensure that Berkshire had the right CEO in place.
82歲的巴菲特為任命其幾乎沒(méi)有任何投資經(jīng)驗(yàn)的兒子霍華德作為公司董事長(zhǎng)的決定進(jìn)行了辯護(hù),，表示這位年輕人的作用就是保證伯克希爾有一個(gè)合適的CEO,。(路透社)
有關(guān)公司未來(lái)接班人的問(wèn)題是近年來(lái)股東大會(huì)上的必問(wèn)項(xiàng)目。巴菲特回答說(shuō),，董事會(huì)已經(jīng)確定了接班人,，只是還不能公開(kāi),，公司未來(lái)管理層行事方式可能會(huì)有所不同,，但企業(yè)文化不會(huì)改變。
Short-seller Doug Kass,，invited by Buffett to Berkshire’s annual meeting on Saturday to offer contrarian points of view,，asked whether a successor would have the same heft. Buffett said it would not matter.
做空伯克希爾·哈撒韋公司的對(duì)沖基金經(jīng)理人道格拉斯·卡斯受巴菲特邀請(qǐng)參加了4日的年會(huì)以提供相反的看法，他提出了公司繼承人是否能發(fā)揮相同的重要性,。巴菲特表示這沒(méi)有關(guān)系,。(路透社)
巴菲特表示，關(guān)鍵是保持文化,，選出接班人,，相比我，首席執(zhí)行官應(yīng)充滿智慧,，更具活力,，更有熱情。我們對(duì)接班人人選達(dá)成了堅(jiān)定的一致,。