Berkshire Hathaway A (BRK.AN): Used approximately $345 million to repurchase company shares in the second quarter.

Berkshire Hathaway A (BRK.AN): Net sales of $75.5 billion worth of stocks in the quarter ended June 30.

The fair value of fixed-income securities investments held by Berkshire Hathaway A (BRK.AN) as of the end of the second quarter of 2024 reached US$16.969 billion, of which the fair value of investments in U.S. Treasuries, foreign bonds, and corporate bonds were US$4.517 billion, US$11.020 billion, and US$1.210 billion, respectively.

Berkshire Hathaway A (BRK.AN): As of June 30, 72% of the total fair value of equity investments was concentrated in American Express, Apple, Bank of America, Chevron and Coca-Cola.

Berkshire Hathaway B (BRK.BN) EPS for Q2 2024 was $14.08, compared with $16.52 in the same period last year.

Berkshire Hathaway A (BRK.AN) Q2 2024 EPS was $21,122, compared with $24,775 in the same period last year, and the market expectation was $15,006.

Berkshire Hathaway A (BRK.AN) second-quarter operating income rose to $11.6 billion.

National Hurricane Center: A low pressure system is currently moving across western Cuba and is expected to develop into a tropical storm later today or tonight and strengthen over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico.

Russian Ministry of Defense: In the past 24 hours, Russian troops have attacked two S-125 surface-to-air missile system launchers and fuel depots of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Russian Ministry of Defense: Over the past 24 hours, the Central Forces have continued to advance deep into the defensive forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and caused damage to six Ukrainian brigades. ​

According to AFP: Air France and Pan Asia Airlines said they would suspend flights to Beirut until Tuesday.

National Hurricane Center: A hurricane warning has been issued for parts of the Florida Gulf Coast. The depression is expected to become a tropical storm today or tonight and will strengthen in the waters southeast of Mexico.

National Hurricane Center: Hurricane Carlota has strengthened slightly.

Ukrainian President Zelensky: Russia has used more than 600 guided bombs to attack Ukraine in the past week.

German Geoscience Research Center GFZ: A 6.9-magnitude earthquake occurred in Mindanao, Philippines.

On August 3rd local time, the Israeli army bombed a house south of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, killing five people, including one child and three women.

Somali police said on the 3rd that a beach hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu was attacked by militants from the Al-Shabaab on the evening of the 2nd, killing at least 31 people and injuring 61 others.