Rodent Regatta

Lots of news has converged around Berkshire Hathaway and the annual meeting in Omaha today. Three key bits:

• Berkshire’s first quarter results are in
• Berkshire is buying Iscar Metalworking Companies
• Berkshire’s meeting is getting blogged by the Omaha World Herald (free registration may be required)

Yesterday’s closing numbers for Berkshire show that an “A” share carries a price of $88,710. Learn more about the company by reading here and here. Just to whet your appetite, the business press is reporting that Berkshire’s first quarter earnings show a 70% increase over the same quarter last year!