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Buffett boosts Berkshire Hathaway’s IBM stake by $400 million

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Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Annual Shareholders Meeting
Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. chairman and chief executive officer, left, talks with Matthew "Matt" K. Rose, chairman, chief executive officer and president of Burlington Northern Santa Fe. Corp., (BNSF), center, and Virginia "Ginni" Rometty, chief executive officer of International Business Machines Corp. (IBM), ahead of the Berkshire Hathaway Inc. annual shareholders meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, U.S., on Saturday, May 2, 2015. More than 40,000 people are expected Saturday at the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting, which marks Warren Buffett's 50th year running the company. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesPhotograph by Daniel Acker — Bloomberg via Getty Images
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Warren Buffett isn’t backing away from his big bet on IBM. In fact, he is leaning in.

In the first quarter, Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA), Buffett’s investing and insurance conglomerate, added nearly 2.6 million shares of the computer giant. Based on IBM’s average price of around $160 per share during the quarter, Buffett beefed up his investment in IBM (IBM) in the first quarter by roughly $400 million. At the end of the first quarter, Berkshire held 79.5 million shares of the company, for a stake worth nearly $13 billion.

IBM’s shares were down by 14% last year, and some have questioned Buffett’s bet on the company. IBM has aggressively used cash to buy back its stock, a move Buffett has often criticized companies about. At Berkshire’s recent annual meeting, during the near day-long question and answer session, Buffett was pressed on his IBM investment. Buffett’s long-time investment partner Charlie Munger responded that IBM is a wonder company and that many of Berkshire’s best investments have had reversals in the past.

At this year’s Berkshire annual meeting, where Buffett’s many companies display their wares, often for sale, attendees could challenge IBM’s Watson to a game of Jeopardy, or taste food that was prepared using recipes created by the super computer.

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