MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company

...things that can't travel on highways, like hazardous chemicals. Buffett's Berkshire already owns major utilities that rely on coal through its MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co. Analysts say he is looking for an investment that will reap...

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...pretax loss on asset writedowns and other ``downsizing costs,'' the filing said. NetJets announced more than 750 job cuts after MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co. Chairman David Sokol replaced Richard Santulli, the CEO who sold the aviation firm...

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...million vehicles this year. BYD, one of China's most dynamic automakers, has also benefited from the high-profile investment from Warren Buffet's MidAmerican Energy Holdings, which owns a 10 percent stake. "Buffett put his Midas touch on...

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...Fe Corp." The WSJ takes a look this morning at another of Buffett's successful investments in his portfolio, MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co., which is trying to crack the Midwest's clean tech market, mainly through wind power. "Iowa has...

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But another company in Buffett's portfolio, MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co., also is making a "green" bet, building windmills and investing in high-tech batteries in one of the most significant pushes by a regulated utility in clean energy.

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The utility serves 1.6 million customers in Oregon, California, Washington, Idaho, Utah and Wyoming, and is owned by MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co., a unit of Warren Buffett's Omaha, Neb.-based Berkshire Hathaway Inc. "When the...

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