Warren Buffett’s firm to pay $896,000 penalty

Published August 20, 2014 9:21pm ET



OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Warren Buffett’s company has agreed to an $896,000 penalty for failing to tell regulators about a December 2013 investment in wallboard maker USG Corp. beforehand.

The Federal Trade Commission said Wednesday that Berkshire Hathaway Inc. should have notified the Justice Department before it converted $325 million of senior USG notes it held into 21.4 million shares of the company.

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