Berkshire endorses Japanese trading houses, could hold them ‘forever’
Warren Buffett on Saturday gave a full-throated endorsement to the five Japanese trading houses in which his conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway has invested. Buffett spoke at Berkshire’s annual shareholder meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, 1-1/2 months after Berkshire said it raised its stakes in Itochu, Marubeni, Mitsubishi , Mitsui and Sumitomo to as high as 9.8%. Berkshire’s…