Will the Berkshire healthcare business struggle from the beginning? Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.A) (NYSE:BRK.B) shocked the market this morning when it announced that the company had teamed up with Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) to tackle rising healthcare costs in the United States.
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Rupert is a committed value investor and regularly writes and invests following the principles set out by Benjamin Graham. He is the editor and co-owner of Hidden Value Stocks, a quarterly investment newsletter aimed at institutional investors. Rupert owns shares in Berkshire Hathaway.
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