Berkshire to Buy Burlington Northern for $26.3 Billion, in Long-Term Bullish Signal BY SCOTT PATTERSON AND DOUGLAS A. BLACKMON Warren Buffett made the biggest bet of his career, agreeing to buy Burlington Northern Santa Fe... [read full story]
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Intrinsic Value and Warren Buffett's BNSF Purchase 1 comment by: Jae Jun November 06, 2009 | about: I’ve been hearing a lot about Buffett’s recent purchase of Burlington Northern Santa Fe . Whether the choice of a partial stock...
Warren Buffett has just closed the largest deal of his spectacular career with an agreement to purchase the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad for $26.3 billion. Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway already owned 23 percent of the...
Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) announced on Tuesday that it was buying railroad company Burlington Northern Santa Fe (NYSE: BNI) for $44 billion. Motley Fool media maven Chris Hill recently had a chance to talk...
Stay up to date with the Warren Buffett Watch blog. BNSF CEO: Buffett's Bid for Railroad "Warmly Received" In Washington Published: Friday, 6 Nov 2009 | 11:56 AM ET Burlington Northern Santa Fe CEO Matt Rose says the railroad's...
"It's far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price." If you can grasp this simple advice from Warren Buffett, you should do well as an investor. Sure,...
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway investment company has purchased America's second largest railroad, the Burlington Northern Santa Fe, for $34 billion. Berkshire Hathaway had already owned 22% of the carrier. Buffett called...
Buffett's trains: a big punt on economic recovery? Warren Buffett has just "struck the biggest deal of his life", said the FT. He's forking out $26.6bn (£16.2bn) for 77.4% of Burlington Northern Santa Fe. The firm is one of the...
by: Greg Feirman November 06, 2009 | about: Some analysts have been puzzling over the high price Buffett agreed to pay for Burlington Northern Santa Fe . He paid $100 a share for a company that has earned $5.38 over the last 12...
By Mitchell Schnurman | The Fort Worth Star-Telegram Feel better yet? The worst may not be over for the economy — just review the unemployment rate and consumer confidence — but for a while, Buffett is changing the narrative....
by: David Fessler November 06, 2009 | about: Last Sunday morning, I embarked on a spirited 60-mile bike ride with a few like-minded 50-somethings. When it came to freight and passenger transportation in the United States,...
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