Warren Buffett's Berkshire Boosts Google

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway company has acquired 106 million shares of Google's parent company Alphabet, with an 83% increase.

Berkshire purchased $5 billion of Class A and $5 billion of Class C shares from Alphabet through a $10 billion private placement. Alphabet's second-quarter profit, combined with $44.9 billion in capital…