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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
(21) Business segment data (Continued)
Other businesses not specifically identified with reportable business segments consist of a large, diverse group of
manufacturing, service and retailing businesses.
Manufacturing Acme Building Brands, Benjamin Moore, H.H. Brown Shoe
Group, CTB, Fechheimer Brothers, Forest River, Fruit of the
Loom, Garan, IMC, Johns Manville, Justin Brands, Larson-
Juhl, MiTek, Richline, Russell and Scott Fetzer
Service Buffalo News, Business Wire, FlightSafety, International
Dairy Queen, Pampered Chef, NetJets and TTI
Retailing Ben Bridge Jeweler, Borsheims, Helzberg Diamond Shops,
Jordan’s Furniture, Nebraska Furniture Mart, See’s, Star
Furniture and R.C. Willey
A disaggregation of Berkshire’s consolidated data for each of the three most recent years is presented in the tables which
follow on this and the following two pages (in millions).
Revenues
Earnings (loss) before taxes
and minority interests
2008 2007 2006 2008 2007 2006
Operating Businesses:
Insurance group:
Premiums earned:
GEICO ........................................ $ 12,479 $ 11,806 $11,055 $ 916 $ 1,113 $ 1,314
General Re ..................................... 6,014 6,076 6,075 342 555 526
Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance Group .............. 5,082 11,902 4,976 1,324 1,427 1,658
Berkshire Hathaway Primary Group .................. 1,950 1,999 1,858 210 279 340
Investment income ................................... 4,759 4,791 4,347 4,722 4,758 4,316
Total insurance group ..................................... 30,284 36,574 28,311 7,514 8,132 8,154
Finance and financial products .............................. 4,947 5,119 5,124 787 1,006 1,157
Marmon * .............................................. 5,529——733——
McLane Company ........................................ 29,852 28,079 25,693 276 232 229
MidAmerican ........................................... 13,971 12,628 10,644 2,963 1,774 1,476
Shaw Industries .......................................... 5,052 5,373 5,834 205 436 594
Other businesses ......................................... 25,666 25,648 21,133 2,809 3,279 2,703
115,301 113,421 96,739 15,287 14,859 14,313
Reconciliation of segments to consolidated amount:
Investment and derivative gains/losses .................... (7,461) 5,509 2,635 (7,461) 5,509 2,635
Interest expense, not allocated to segments ................ — — — (35) (52) (76)
Eliminations and other ................................ (54) (685) (835) (217) (155) (94)
$107,786 $118,245 $98,539 $ 7,574 $20,161 $16,778
* Includes results from the acquisition date of March 18, 2008.
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