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Southside Bancshares Inc is a bank holding company. Through its subsidiary, it operates as a financial institution offering various financial services to individuals, businesses, municipal entities, and nonprofit organizations. These services include consumer and commercial loans, deposit accounts, wealth management and trust services, brokerage services, and safe deposit services. The company's primary market areas are East Texas, Southeast Texas, and the greater Dallas-Fort Worth, Austin, and Houston, Texas.

Berkshire Hathaway is a holding company with a wide array of subsidiaries engaged in diverse activities. The firm's core business segment is insurance, run primarily through Geico, Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance Group, and Berkshire Hathaway Primary Group. Berkshire has used the excess cash thrown off from its operations to acquire Burlington Northern Santa Fe (railroad), Berkshire Hathaway Energy (utilities and energy distributors), and the companies that make up its manufacturing, service, and retailing operations (which include Precision Castparts, Lubrizol, Clayton Homes, Marmon, and IMC/ISCAR). The conglomerate is unique in that it is run on a completely decentralized basis.