Berkshire Hathaway Acquires 63 Newspapers from Media General (BRK.A, GM, WMT)

Warren Buffett’s investment company Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) has agreed to acquire 63 newspapers from Media General Inc., making it BRK.A’s largest foray into newspapers.

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Greenlight’s Einhorn offers social media stock alternative to Facebook in Charity Conference

At the Ira Sohn charity conference, David Einhorn revealed his longs and shorts. We were privileged to be part of the conference.  Below is a quick rundown of his presentation:

1. Short Martin Marietta Materials. Says stock is overvalued and benefitted from a one-time national fiscal stimulus.  Stock is down 8% after the comments.

2. Long GJF, a stock in Norway. It has a p/e of 9 and a dividend yield of 7% .

3. Social Media Stocks.  He would buy Japanese social media networks which sport single digit p/e ‘s, much lower than Facebook.

4. Long Apple.  Hedge funds own only 5% of Apple.  They are underweight Apple compared to the S&P 500. He thinks Apple can exceed 1 trillion dollar market cap because most Apple customers want more Apple products. Apple monetizes its value through repeated, recurring sales, and should have a higher multiple.  It does not have piracy problems in China as in Microsoft (there are tons of knock-offs in China.  An entire Apple store clone was built in China).

 

 

Micro-Cap on the Move; Premiere Opportunities Group Inc. (PPBL)

Shares of Premiere Opportunities Group Inc. (PINK: PPBL) are up sharply in trading today. At last check, PPBL shares were trading 22.22% higher at $0.0110 on above average volume of 3.31 million. The stock is up 37.5% this week.

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Micro-Cap in News; Triton Distribution Systems Inc. (TTDZ)

Triton Distribution Systems Inc. (PINK: TTDZ) shares have fallen sharply in trading today. At last check, TTDZ shares were trading 19.70% lower at $0.0053 on volume of 5.44 million. Despite the sharp fall in trading today, TTDZ shares are still up more than 130% this week.

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