Things have not been great lately for Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA) shareholders. BRK stock has dropped more than 20% since December and large Buffett holdings in the financial services area such as American Express, Wells Fargo, Moody's, and U.S. Bancorp are hurting his equity portfolio.

I don’t watch CNBC, at all, but I do have their Buffett Watch in my RSS aggregator, so I know when they do interviews with him, which has been fairly often in the past year. CNBC is 99% noise, but when they do pieces on Buffett, you can usually pull up some valuable nuggets.

Mars Inc. and Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. were close to a pact to acquire Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. for more than $22 billion, according to people familiar with the matter, in a deal that would remake the global confectionery landscape...

Mars Inc and Berkshire Hathaway Inc were close to an agreement to buy Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co for more than $22 billimn, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.