Berkshire is a conglomerate that owns a portfolio of subsidiaries as well as a portfolio of investments in outside companies, like its stake in Apple. Although the latter often gets more media attention, the businesses that Berkshire controls are a huge part of its bottom line.

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Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway sold more of its holdings in the second-largest US bank, raising its total haul to nearly $9 billion over the last several months.