Google gets ‘appreciation note’ from the world’s biggest investor, for the first time ever in 25 years
Berkshire Hathaway has taken a $4.3 billion stake in Google-parent Alphabet, lifting Alphabet’s shares nearly 7% to $293.40 in after-hours trading. The purchase makes Alphabet Berkshire’s tenth-largest U.S. stock holding and marks the conglomerate’s first-ever investment in Google since the company was founded in 1998. The move surprised investors, especially as Warren Buffett has long…