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Berkshire Profit Rises 40 Pct
Sat Mar 5, 4:55 PM ET Business - Reuters
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Berkshire Hathaway Inc., the holding company run by billionaire Warren Buffett (news - web sites ), said on Saturday that quarterly profit surged 40 percent, helped by a $1.63 billion gain on a successful bet the U.S. dollar would fall.