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7 hrs ago | Fort Worth Business Press

Buffet's biggest investment BNSF acquisition means stability for key employer

Familiar with Warren Buffet's laissez-faire investment style, North Texas business leaders expect few changes following Berkshire Hathaway's purchase of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.

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Related Topix: Construction, Berkshire Hathaway, Insurance, Investment Services, Dallas Metro, Fort Worth, TX, Fort Worth Metro, Railroads

15 hrs ago | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Freight trains show path for people, too

Legendary investor Warren Buffett made a $26.3 billion bet on America's future last week.

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Related Topix: Warren Buffett, Railroads, Pittsburgh, PA, Station Square (Pittsburgh, PA), Harrisburg Metro, Philadelphia, PA

23 hrs ago | The Dallas Morning News

Investors hear whistle of railroad profit

Burlington Northern Santa Fe trains line tracks in Saginaw. Railroad companies, tooting their horns about trains' fuel-efficiency, are poised for gains as energy prices rise.

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Related Topix: Railroads, Warren Buffett, Pennsylvania

Tue Nov 10, 2009

UTU News

Buffett hired an engineer, too

Warren Buffett didn't just buy a railroad when he announced his purchase of BNSF, reports Angela Greiling Keane of Bloomberg News.

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Related Topix: Warren Buffett, Dallas Metro, Railroads, Fort Worth, TX, Fort Worth Metro, Berkshire Hathaway, Insurance

Atwater Signal

Dallas Morning News: Warren Buffett's crystal ball

Whenever the legendary Oracle of Omaha tosses his considerable wealth behind an investment, the rest of us should also try to gaze over his shoulder into his crystal ball.

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Related Topix: Warren Buffett, Railroads

The US Market Blog

Burlington Northern: Warren Wants It All

A couple of interesting acquisitions in the past 24 hours; late yesterday a bid for Black & Decker by Stanley Works - apparently finalizing a 28 year courtship ! Stanley agreed to buy Black & Decker for about $3.5 billion in an all-stock transaction, creating a global tool maker worth about $8.4 billion.

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Related Topix: Railroads, Black and Decker, Appliances, Household Products, Stanley Works, Berkshire Hathaway, Insurance, Construction, Investment Services

Mon Nov 09, 2009

Free Republic

Baby Berkshire split may put shares in S&P 500 Index

Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s decision to split its Class B shares could put the company in the benchmark S&P 500 Index, spurring a big round of buying by index funds, analysts said Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Berkshire Hathaway, Insurance, Construction, Investment Services, Railroads, Warren Buffett

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers a...

BNSF executives stand to reap big payoff from company's sale

FORT WORTH, Texas - Matt Rose has been well-compensated since taking over as chief executive of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.

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Related Topix: Fort Worth, TX, Fort Worth Metro, Dallas Metro, Railroads, Warren Buffett, Securities and Exchange Commission, Corporate / Securities Law, Law

CW2 Colorado KWGN-TV

Freight train collides with semi in Denver

Kalamath Street was closed through part of Denver Monday morning after a Burlington Northern freight train struck a tractor trailer.

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Related Topix: Denver, CO, Denver Metro, Railroads

Bloomberg Business News

Buffett Says `Credit Crisis Has Abated' After Berkshire's Profit Triples

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. said a oethe credit crisis has abated,a bolstering the firma s earnings potential after Chief Executive Officer Warren Buffett agreed to pay $26 billion and take on debt to fund his biggest takeover.

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Related Topix: Berkshire Hathaway, Insurance, Construction, Investment Services, Warren Buffett, Railroads, Fort Worth Metro, Dallas Metro

ClipSyndicate

Most U.S. Stocks Rise as M&A Spurs Rally in Industrials: Video

Nov. 3 -- Bloomberg's Deborah Kostroun reports on the performance of the U.S. equity market today.

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Related Topix: Warren Buffett, Railroads, Black and Decker, Appliances, Household Products, Business News, Video

Corpus Christi Caller-Times

Buffett bets big on the railroad

Warren Buffett made his biggest bet ever - and it wasn't in a new Internet company with a goofy name or some newfangled technology.

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Related Topix: Warren Buffett, Railroads, Construction, Berkshire Hathaway, Insurance, Investment Services

Sun Nov 08, 2009

GuruFocus.com

Barry Ritholtz Shreds Warren Buffet

Some great posts this weekend over at "The Big Picture" by Barry Ritholtz; Barry is essentially the "trailblazer" of financial blogging and many a blogger has followed in his footsteps.

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Related Topix: Blog News, Berkshire Hathaway, Insurance, Construction, Investment Services, Railroads, Public Relations, Investment Banking, Financial Services, Goldman Sachs Group

Bloomberg.com

Canadian Stocks Advance on Berkshire Railroad Deal, Rallying Gold Prices

Canadian stocks gained as the purchase of 200 metric tons of gold by Indiaa s central bank boosted mining companies and Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Railroads, Canadian Pacific Railway, Berkshire Hathaway, Insurance, Barrick Gold, Mining, Canada,

The Orange County Register

2 men walking along tracks killed by freight train

Two men were struck and killed by a freight train late Wednesday as they walked along the railroad tracks, police said.

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Related Topix: Train Disaster, Railroads

Los Angeles Times

Father and son killed by a freight train in Fullerton

They'd been a father and son estranged -- going long periods barely speaking -- but who in recent months had begun the path to reconciliation on late-night walks to a nearby Fullerton train yard.

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Related Topix: Railroads

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Salt Lake Tribune

Buffett has bought a $34 billion seat on 'rail renaissance'

Burlington Northern Santa Fe locomotives are seen in a rail yard in Kansas City, Kan.

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Related Topix: Railroads, Kansas City, KS, Berkshire Hathaway, Insurance, Construction, Investment Services, Warren Buffett, Beverages, PepsiCo

Reuters Video

Langone on Buffett and the economy

Nov. 3 - Home Depot co-founder and investor Ken Langone discusses the governmenta s plan to stimulate the economy, Warren Buffetta s purchase of Burlington Northern and the deals he is currently working on.

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Related Topix: Railroads, Video, Business News

Contra Costa Times

Stocks on the move: Cedar Fair, Landry's, Landry's, Technitrol

Shares of the following companies are having unusual moves in U.S. trading this morning.

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Related Topix: Recreation, Cedar Fair LP, Financial Markets, Construction, Railroads, Berkshire Hathaway, Insurance, Investment Services, Warren Buffett

Morningstar

Funds on Warren's Wavelength

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation that it didn't already own for $100 per share in cash and stock.

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Related Topix: Railroads, 9

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