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Berkshire Hathaway Inc – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/09 – ‘EX-101.SCH’

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 3/01/10  Berkshire Hathaway Inc            10-K       12/31/09   51:6.2M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   1.51M 
10: 10-K        PDF of the Form 10-K -- d10k1                        PDF    514K 
 2: EX-3.(I)    Articles of Incorporation/Organization or Bylaws    HTML     43K 
 4: EX-21       Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     50K 
 5: EX-23       Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     17K 
 3: EX-12       Statement re: Computation of Ratios                 HTML     33K 
 6: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
 7: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
 8: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     16K 
 9: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     16K 
41: XML         IDEA XML File -- Definitions and References          XML     97K 
47: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML     81K 
45: XML.R1      Document Information                                 XML     39K 
46: XML.R2      Entity Information                                   XML    156K 
28: XML.R3      Consolidated Balance Sheets                          XML    395K 
33: XML.R4      Consolidated Statements of Earnings                  XML    441K 
39: XML.R5      Consolidated Statements of Earnings Parenthetical    XML     95K 
38: XML.R6      Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows                XML    479K 
50: XML.R7      Consolidated Statements of Changes in                XML    320K 
                Shareholders' Equity                                             
22: XML.R8      Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income      XML    147K 
37: XML.R9      Significant accounting policies and practices        XML     75K 
20: XML.R10     Significant business acquisitions                    XML     32K 
19: XML.R11     Acquisition of Burlington Northern Santa Fe          XML     33K 
                Corporation                                                      
27: XML.R12     Investments in fixed maturity securities             XML     75K 
43: XML.R13     Investments in equity securities                     XML     67K 
29: XML.R14     Other Investments                                    XML     64K 
30: XML.R15     Investment gains and losses                          XML     47K 
35: XML.R16     Receivables                                          XML     44K 
51: XML.R17     Inventories                                          XML     35K 
25: XML.R18     Goodwill                                             XML     34K 
17: XML.R19     Property, plant and equipment                        XML     55K 
32: XML.R20     Derivative contracts                                 XML     74K 
42: XML.R21     Supplemental cash flow information                   XML     42K 
23: XML.R22     Unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses           XML     65K 
40: XML.R23     Notes payable and other borrowings                   XML     60K 
31: XML.R24     Income taxes                                         XML     87K 
49: XML.R25     Dividend restrictions - Insurance subsidiaries       XML     31K 
44: XML.R26     Fair value measurements                              XML    124K 
34: XML.R27     Common stock                                         XML     40K 
36: XML.R28     Pension plans                                        XML    101K 
18: XML.R29     Contingencies and Commitments                        XML     59K 
21: XML.R30     Business segment data                                XML    188K 
24: XML.R31     Quarterly Data                                       XML     50K 
26: XML.R32     Schedule I - Condensed Financial Information         XML    102K 
48: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports (.xls)            XLS    163K 
11: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- brka-20091231                       XML   1.20M 
13: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- brka-20091231_cal               XML    120K 
14: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- brka-20091231_def                XML    240K 
15: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- brka-20091231_lab                     XML    459K 
16: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- brka-20091231_pre              XML    305K 
12: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- brka-20091231                         XSD     84K

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