Tuesday, November 24, 2009 4:26 p.m.

Berkshire Hathaway to buy railroad

Buffett calls Burlington Northern deal a bet on U.S.’ economic future

Photo by NATI HARNIK / AP

Burlington Northern Santa Fe locomotives sit idle in May in a rail yard in Lincoln, Neb.

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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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This article was published November 4, 2009 at 4:33 a.m.

Business, Pages 27 on 11/04/2009

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