Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway is poised to spend $34 Billion to buy out Burlington Northern Railroad, making it the company’s largest ever acquisition. The deal has been approved by the board of directors of both companies, but will still have to clear a 2/3rds vote of Burlington’s shareholders and antitrust laws. There is no news [...]
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NetJets, which is owned by Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway, is making cuts in its unprofitable plane-leasing business. The company, which is undergoing reorganization under new CEO David Sokol, said in an email that severe economic conditions facing the airline industry have led to a decline in demand for flights. As many as [...]
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