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(15) Business Segment Data (Continued)
Deprec. & amort.
Capital expenditures * of tangible assets
1998 1997 1996 1998 1997 1996
GEICO Corporation .................... $ 101 $ 27 $ 11 $ 27 $ 26 $ 25
Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance Group ..... — — — — — —
Berkshire Hathaway Direct Insurance Group .. 1 1 1 1 1 1
Buffalo News .......................... 2 3 1 2 3 3
Flight services ......................... 213 119 — 58 55 —
Home furnishings ...................... 21 43 22 13 10 10
International Dairy Queen ................ 10 — — 7 — —
Jewelry .............................. 12 9 16 10 10 9
Scott Fetzer Companies .................. 10 6 11 11 11 12
See’s Candies ......................... 15 20 5 5 5 4
Shoe group ........................... 9 11 13 13 12 12
$ 394 $ 239 $ 80 $ 147 $ 133 $ 76
Reconciliation of segment amounts to
consolidated amount:
Corporate and other ................... 5 3 2 4 3 4
Purchase-accounting-adjustments ......... — — — 8 8 8
$ 399 $ 242 $ 82 $ 159 $ 144 $ 88
* Excludes expenditures which were part of business acquisitions.
Identifiable assets
at year-end
1998 1997 1996
GEICO Corporation ................................. $ 8,663 $ 7,683 $ 6,437
Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance Group .................. 36,611 34,781 24,458
Berkshire Hathaway Direct Insurance Group ............... 5,564 5,902 4,061
Buffalo News ....................................... 29 28 27
Flight services ...................................... 1,345 792 733
Home furnishings ................................... 489 457 342
International Dairy Queen ............................. 199 — —
Jewelry ........................................... 234 219 267
Scott Fetzer Companies ............................... 242 256 240
See’s Candies ...................................... 79 65 50
Shoe group ........................................ 336 353 334
$ 53,791 $50,536 $36,949
Reconciliation of segment amounts to consolidated amount:
Corporate and other ................................ 49,682 *2,450 3,283
Goodwill and other purchase-accounting-adjustments ....... 18,764 3,125 3,177
$122,237 $56,111 $43,409
*Includes the assets of General Re’s reinsurance business which will be included as a reportable segment in 1999.