Finally, our insurance business - the cornerstone of Berkshire - had an excellent year.
我们的保险业务——波克夏的基石——去年表现非常完美。
「Until the banks start financing, the amount of planes on the market will continue to grow, 」 said Richard Santulli, chief executive of Netjets, a private jet company owned by Berkshire Hathaway.
波克夏·哈撒韦公司旗下的奈特介私人飞机制造公司首席执行官,理查德·山图里说:「市场上的待售飞机数量会一直增加,这种情况不会改变,除非银行开始贷款。
If the 「premium」 between book value and the intrinsic value doesn「t swing that much from year to year, one might conclude that Berkshire is looking a little cheap.
如果帐面价值与内在价值间的“溢价」每年的变化没有那么大,你或许可以得出结论,认为伯克希尔的股价是有点儿便宜了。
Lenox, in the Berkshire Hills of Western Massachusetts, draws vacationers and retirees with its natural beauty.
西马萨诸塞州的伯克希尔山中雷诺·克斯的自然美吸引了度假者和退休人员。
At least we have the aftermath of the Berkshire shareholders」 meeting to look forward to.
至少我们还有伯克希尔股东大会的结果可以期待。
Our main focus was a visit to BYD, an incredible company in which Berkshire owns a 10 percent stake.
我们的主要目的是访问BYD,一个神奇的企业,伯克希尔持有它10%的股份。
Even if prices should rise, moreover, the terrible timing of my purchase has cost Berkshire several billion dollars.
即使价格可能上升,此外,我在极其错误时期的买进已经造成Berkshire数十亿美元的损失。
Napoleon was a large, rather fierce-looking Berkshire boar, the only Berkshire on the farm, not much of a talker but with a reputation for getting his own way.
拿破侖是一头威风凛凛的伯克夏公猪,也是庄园里唯一的伯克夏猪,不太说话却凭借其人格魅力获得了声誉。
Berkshire said last week that quarterly profit plunged 64 percent to the lowest since 2005 as the company marked down the value of derivative contracts.
伯克希尔上周的季报中称其利润因公司降低衍生合约的价格而下滑64%,降至2005年以来的最低点。
The electric car and battery maker「s shares have soared this year to over HK$63 (US$8.13) a share from the HK$8 a share Berkshire paid.
今年以来,比亚迪股份的股价一路飙升至超过63港元(约合8.13美元),而伯克希尔当时支付的价格是每股8港元。
Buffett also offered Berkshire shareholders few new details about how the company would function once he is no longer running it.
巴菲特同时也为伯克郡股东提供了关于当他不能掌管公司时如何运作的新的细节。
So yes, the governance issues at Berkshire are clearly spelled out, but the question for investors should be about the future.
因此,是的,伯克希尔的公司治理问题已经说得很明白了,但投资者的问题是关于未来。
Berkshire is distinct from some other big corporations in that it holds a substantial investment portfolio at the parent level whose success has a high influence on the company」s performance.
伯克希尔不同于其他一些大公司的地方在于,它在母公司层面持有大量投资组合,这些组合的成功与否对公司业绩有很大影响。
The issues with Berkshire「s (BRKA) governance should not be news to investors in Berkshire stock.
伯克希尔的治理问题对于其股票投资者而言应该不是什么新闻。
But Berkshire outperformed the index over the lion」s share of the credit crisis, since losses in 2008 were far lower than the broader market's.
不过伯克希尔在信贷危机大多数时候的表现好于标普指数,因其2008年的损失远低于整体市场。