1、 BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.2006 ANNUAL REPORT TABLE OF CONTENTS Business Activities.Inside Front Cover Corporate Performance vs.the S&P 500.2 Chairmans Letter*.3 Acquisition Criteria.25 Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.25 Consolidated Financial Statements.26 Selected Financial Da
2、ta For The Past Five Years.53 Managements Discussion.54 Managements Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting.73 Owners Manual.74 Common Stock Data and Corporate Governance Matters.79 Operating Companies.80 Directors and Officers of the Company.Inside Back Cover *Copyright 2007 By Warren E
3、.Buffett All Rights Reserved Business Activities Berkshire Hathaway Inc.is a holding company owning subsidiaries that engage in a number of diverse business activities including property and casualty insurance and reinsurance,utilities and energy,finance,manufacturing,services and retailing.Included
4、 in the group of subsidiaries that underwrite property and casualty insurance and reinsurance is GEICO,one of the four largest auto insurers in the United States and two of the largest reinsurers in the world,General Re and the Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance Group.Other subsidiaries that underwrite
5、property and casualty insurance include National Indemnity Company,Medical Protective Company,Applied Underwriters,U.S.Liability Insurance Company,Central States Indemnity Company,Kansas Bankers Surety,Cypress Insurance Company and several other subsidiaries referred to as the“Homestate Companies.”M
6、idAmerican Energy Holdings Company(“MidAmerican”)is an international energy holding company owning a wide variety of operating companies engaged in the generation,transmission and distribution of energy.Among MidAmericans operating energy companies are Northern and Yorkshire Electric;MidAmerican Ene