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Berkshire Pares Huge Apple Stake As Cash, Operating Profit Set Records

OMAHA, Neb., May 4 (Reuters) - Berkshire Hathaway Inc posted a record quarterly profit on Saturday, boosted by strength in its insurance operations, and appears to have sold a significant number of Ap

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Berkshire realized $11.2 billion of after-tax gains in the quarter from selling investments.</p><h3 id=\"id_576680366\" style=\"text-align: start;\">PROFIT SWELLS</h3><p>First-quarter operating profit rose 39% to $11.22 billion, or about $7,807 per Class A share, from $8.07 billion a year earlier.</p><p>Net income fell 64% to $12.7 billion, or $8,838 per share, from $35.5 billion a year earlier, when Berkshire had large unrealized gains from its stocks.</p><p>An accounting rule requires Berkshire to report those gains with its financial results. Buffett urges investors to ignore the resulting volatility.</p><p>Berkshire also repurchased $2.6 billion of its own stock in the first quarter, and a small amount in the first three weeks of April.</p><p>The results were released ahead of Berkshire&#39;s annual shareholder meeting in Omaha, part of a weekend that draws tens of thousands of people to the city.</p><p>Buffett, 93, has led Berkshire since 1965, transforming it from a struggling textile company into a conglomerate whose dozens of businesses including Geico, the BNSF railroad, Berkshire Hathaway Energy, and Dairy Queen and See&#39;s Candies.</p><p>The diversification has led many investors, not just Buffett fans, to view Berkshire as a stable long-term investment even amid recession fears and concerns about the banking industry.</p><h3 id=\"id_3354714286\" style=\"text-align: start;\">GEICO HELPS POWER EARNINGS</h3><p>Insurance profit soared 80% to $5.2 billion. 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