the stake

see burn at the stake.

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Last month Orcel said the stake would rise to around 30 percent by the end of the year, bringing it closer to a possible takeover, which has provoked uproar in Germany.

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If the stake rises above 30 percent UniCredit would be obliged to launch a public share offer.

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Berkshire bought the stake, which originally totaled about one billion shares, mostly from 2016 through 2018, at an average price of $35 a share, based on a disclosure in Buffett’s 2021 shareholder letter.

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The Apple stock sales have come as a mild surprise because Buffett described the stake in a 2021 shareholder letter as one of four pillars that accounted for the bulk of the Berkshire’s value, along with its insurance operations, utility business, and the railroad BNSF.

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Conservative journalist and activist Cassandra MacDonald wrote on X, “I just reviewed my group chats and can confirm i will be burned at the stake if we dont start making an example of leaking traitors.”