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Thursday, February 09, 2012, 6:58 p.m.

Berkshire Hathaway to buy railroad

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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  • Headline: Berkshire Hathaway to buy railroad
  • Publication: Business, Pages 27 on 11/04/2009
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