Burlington Northern Santa Fe News

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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The Amtrak station in Fullerton is one of the most popular places in Southern California for train buffs to congregate.

Warren Buffett's company said Friday that its third-quarter profit tripled as the improving economy and stock market boosted the value of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s derivative contracts.

Last week, we learned that the recession had ended, and on Tuesday, Warren Buffett doubled down on America.