Berkshire Hathaway to buy railroad
Buffett calls Burlington Northern deal a bet on U.S.’ economic future
Posted: November 4, 2009 at 4:33 a.m.
Burlington Northern Santa Fe locomotives sit idle in May in a rail yard in Lincoln, Neb.
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. agreed Tuesday to buy railroad Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. in what he described as an “all-in wager on the economic future of the United States.”
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