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1、BERKSHIREHATHAWAYINC.2008ANNUALREPORTBusinessActivitiesBerkshireHathawayInc.isaholdingcompanyowningsubsidiariesthatengageinanumberofdiversebusinessactivitiesincludingpropertyandcasualtyinsuranceandreinsurance,utilitiesandenergy,finance,manufacturing,servicesandretailing.Inc
2、ludedinthegroupofsubsidiariesthatunderwritepropertyandcasualtyinsuranceandreinsuranceisGEICO,thethirdlargestautoinsurerintheUnitedStatesandtwoofthelargestreinsurersintheworld,GeneralReandtheBerkshireHathawayReinsuranceGroup.Othersubsidiariesthatunderwritepropertyandcasualty
3、insuranceincludeNationalIndemnityCompany,MedicalProtectiveCompany,AppliedUnderwriters,U.S.LiabilityInsuranceCompany,CentralStatesIndemnityCompany,KansasBankersSurety,CypressInsuranceCompany,BoatU.S.andseveralothersubsidiariesreferredtoasthe“HomestateCompanies.”MidAmericanEn
4、ergyHoldingsCompany(“MidAmerican”)isaninternationalenergyholdingcompanyowningawidevarietyofoperatingcompaniesengagedinthegeneration,transmissionanddistributionofenergy.AmongMidAmerican’soperatingenergycompaniesareNorthernElectricandYorkshireElectricity;MidAmericanEnergyComp
5、any;PacificPowerandRockyMountainPower;andKernRiverGasTransmissionCompanyandNorthernNaturalGas.Inaddition,MidAmericanownsHomeServicesofAmerica,arealestatebrokeragefirm.Berkshire’sfinanceandfinancialproductsbusinessesprimarilyengageinproprietaryinvestingstrategies(BHFinance),
6、commercialandconsumerlending(BerkshireHathawayCreditCorporationandClaytonHomes)andtransportationequipmentandfurnitureleasing(XTRAandCORT).McLaneCompanyisawholesaledistributorofgroceriesandnonfooditemstoconveniencestores,wholesaleclubs,massmerchandisers,quickservicerestauran
7、tsandothers.TheMarmonGroupisaninternationalassociationofapproximately130manufacturingandservicebusinessesthatoperateindependentlywithindiversebusinesssectors.ShawIndustriesistheworld’slargestmanufactureroftuftedbroadloomcarpet.NumerousbusinessactivitiesareconductedthroughBe
8、rkshire’sothermanufacturing,servicesandretailingsubsidiaries.BenjaminMooreisaformu
