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Non-Tech : Berkshire Hathaway & Warren Buffet -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: 249443 who wrote (27)	7/16/2001 7:15:31 AM
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Buffett lowers stake in Dun & Bradstreet WASHINGTON, July 10 (Reuters) - Billionaire Warren Buffett's stake in Dun & Bradstreet Corp. (NYSE:DNB - news) has dropped to 8.6 percent from 14.98 percent, according to a filing Tuesday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Buffett, through his investment vehicle Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRKa - news), held 6,945,400 shares of Dun & Bradstreet common stock, according to the SEC filing. A Dun & Bradstreet proxy statement filed in March with the SEC showed Berkshire Hathaway held 24 million shares. Details of the drop in holdings of the Murray Hill, New Jersey-based financial publisher were not disclosed in the recent SEC filing. Dun & Bradstreet's shares slipped 9 cents to close at $27.95 on the New York Stock Exchange. They have a 52-week high of $28.80 and a low of $13.