(Reuters) -Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway ( BRK/A ) said on Saturday it took a $3.76 billion write-down on its stake in Kraft Heinz ( KHC ) during the second quarter, an acknowledgment the decade-old investment hasn't worked out. Berkshire also reported a 4% decline in quarterly operating profit as insurance underwriting premiums fell. The write-down and lower gains from common...

NEW YORK, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway ( BRK/A ) said on Saturday that its consumer goods businesses took a hit from U.S. President Donald Trump's trade policy, which raised tariffs on imported goods. The conglomerate's consumer products group, which includes companies such as Fruit of the Loom, Jazwares and Brooks Sports, posted a 5.1% revenue decline...

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway said on Saturday that its consumer goods businesses took a hit from U.S. President Donald Trump's trade policy, which raised tariffs on imported goods. The conglomerate's consumer products group, which includes companies such as Fruit of the Loom, Jazwares and Brooks Sports, posted a 5.1% revenue decline in the second quarter from a...

SYDNEY, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Google agreed on Monday to pay a A$55 million ($35.8 million) fine in Australia after the consumer watchdog found it had hurt competition by paying the country's two largest telcos to pre-install its search application on Android phones, excluding rival search engines. The fine extends a bumpy period for the Alphabet-owned internet giant in Australia,...