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Shutdown to the friday before christmas just two weeks away. It also buys time for talks on a number of thorny issues. John harwood is following the story for us tonight from washington. And john, its not over yet, but at least theres a step towards resolution. Reporter yes. Theyre not going to have a shutdown this week. There are still issues theyve got to resolve by december the 22nd. Most importantly on the republican side, they want a big increase in defense spending, which requires democratic votes to get passed the caps that existed from the obama administration. In return, democrats are...

Berkshire Hathaway Inc shares have become more appealing due to a recent drop in stock price and a surge in book value, largely driven by the rally in Apple Inc shares.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway revealed the name of the company they have been building a secret stake in for the past nine months causing the share price to immediately soar.

Berkshire owned 25.92 million Chubb shares as of March 31, according to a regulatory filing detailing Berkshire's U.S.-listed holdings as of that date.

Berkshire revealed that it had acquired nearly 26 million shares of Chubb which are approximately $6.7 billion. What we know