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What: Berkshire Hathaway's bid to buy Lubrizol
So what: Exactly. "So what?" Just because Warren Buffett believes Lubrizol is worth 12.3 times earnings doesn't mean NewMarket is worth that much. But it's probably no coincidence that this is almost precisely the price investors are now paying for NewMarket in the wake of Lubrizol's news.
Now what: Time for a logic check, folks. If 12.3 times earnings is the "right" price for chemicals concerns, this would imply that DuPont
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