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Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Owns Whopping 6% of A-B

The so-called Oracle of Omaha, billionaire investor and second richest man on the planet Warren Buffett revealed to regulators yesterday that his company owns an astounding 44.7 million shares of Anheuser-Busch, much more than many investors had believed when it was revealed by A-B in April that he purchased a "significant stake" through his company, Berkshire Hathaway. (By comparison, note that chairman August Busch III owns about 1.7 million shares).That would put Berkshire's stake in A-B at about 5.8%, certainly

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