Share are up 4.5% since last night's closing price of $68.00. From ABC:
"Shares of Berkshire Hathaway Inc surged on Wednesday after Standard & Poor's said it will add the company run by billionaire Warren Buffett to its S&P 500 stock index...S&P late Tuesday said Berkshire will replace Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp in the S&P 500, and the S&P 100 index of big blue-chip companies, on a date to be announced. The addition of Berkshire...follows the Nebraska-based company's 50-for-1 split last week of its B shares...Adding Berkshire to the S&P 500 also forces the portfolio managers who track the index to buy its shares."
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