March 15, 2006 09:01:01 (ET)

 Mar 15, 2006 (BUSINESS WIRE) --  
EVENT: Executives and guests of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. will visit  
       the New York Stock Exchange on Monday, March 20, to celebrate  
       the company's recent acquisition of Business Wire in February  
       2006.  
       In honor of this occasion, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. CEO Warren  
       E. Buffett and Business Wire President and CEO Cathy Baron  
       Tamraz will ring the Opening Bell  
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY (BRKA, Trade)(BRKB, Trade)  
       Berkshire Hathaway and its subsidiaries engage in a number of  
       diverse business activities among which the most important is  
       the property and casualty reinsurance business conducted on  
       both a direct and reinsurance basis.  
BUSINESS WIRE:  
       Business Wire, a Berkshire Hathaway company, was founded in  
       1961 by chairman Lorry I. Lokey, veteran journalist and public  
       relations executive. The company's president and CEO is Cathy  
       Baron Tamraz.  
       The company's multi-channel delivery network, with access to  
       some 60 international and national news agencies, financial  
       information providers and Web-based news services throughout  
       North America, Europe, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East  
       and Africa, provides real-time, simultaneous access to key  
       audiences -- the news media, trade publications, institutional  
       and individual investors, business-to-business decision-makers  
       and consumers.  
       Business Wire electronically disseminates some 1,000 full-text  
       news releases daily to the media, the Internet, online  
       services and databases, and the global investment  
       community in 150 countries in 45 languages. Business Wire  
       has 24 U.S. offices, Paris, Frankfurt, London, Brussels,  
       Tokyo and Sydney offices, and reciprocal offices  
       throughout the world.  
       Berkshire Hathaway, a Fortune 12 company controlled by Warren  
       Buffett, acquired Business Wire in February 2006.  
WHEN/WHERE:  
       MONDAY, MARCH 20, 2006  
       - NYSE - Security Checkpoint at Exchange & Broad Streets  
       9:00 a.m. Media escorted into the building for bell ringing  
       9:30 a.m. The Opening Bell is rung  
       More information on archived and upcoming events at the NYSE  
       can be found in the NYSE Events Calendar:  
       nyse.com.  
CONTACT:  
       Media interested in covering the bell ringing MUST contact  
       Annmarie Gioia at 212-656-5437 in order to obtain entry  
       into the building.  
PHOTO/VIDEO:  
        Photos available via Associated Press/New York (212.621.1902),  
        Reuters America (646.223.6285) and Bloomberg Photo  
        (212.617.3420). The Opening Bell(SM) (starting at 9:25 a.m.)  
        and The Closing Bell(SM) (starting at 3:55 p.m.) feeds are  
        available via fiber line at Waterfront #1630.  
SOURCE: NYSE Group, Inc.

NYSE Group, Inc.  
Annmarie Gioia, +1-212-656-5437  
or   
Business Wire  
Michael Lissauer, +1-212-752-9600  
Copyright Business Wire 2006