
Berkshire’s Alphabet stake—consisting of the search giant’s voting and nonvoting shares—rose about 80% in the quarter to 106 million shares, reflecting a purchase directly from Alphabet in June and open-market buys, based on a 13-F report with the Securities and Exchange Commission late Friday. Berkshire was a seller of part of its sizable stake in Bank of America cutting it by 30 million shares to 483 million shares now worth about $31 billion.










