Berkshire Hathaway third-quarter profits plunge 11% from 2018

Warren Buffett sure could use a stock market buffer.

Berkshire Hathaway, the holding company run by the 89-year-old “Oracle of Omaha,” took a third-quarter pounding, reported The Associated Press.

A single share of stock in the company — which own dozens of popular brands outright, including Duracell,...