USG to open sale talks with Knauf
U.S. building products company USG Corp on Tuesday said it agreed to open talks to sell itself to Germany’s Gebr Knauf AG, a sale that could benefit Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc, USG’s largest shareholder. Shares of USG rose to their highest since August 2007. USG had in March rejected a $5.9 billion takeover proposal
