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Berkshire Hathaway buys back $9.6 billion of its own stock but its profits declined

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By Sarah Jenkins Senior Technology & AI Correspondent • Published November 7, 2026

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Berkshire Hathaway buys back $9.6 billion of its own stock but its profits declined

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Sarah Jenkins

Sarah Jenkins is an award-winning investigative technology journalist with over a decade of experience tracking artificial intelligence infrastructure, edge computing, semiconductor architecture, and distributed systems. Prior to joining Prime Media, Sarah contributed to leading tech outlets in Silicon Valley and authored research papers on neural network compression. She holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University and an M.A. in Science Journalism from Columbia University.

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