BNSF Railway

...rail corridor King County Executive Kurt Triplett proposed today that the county spend up to $26 million to buy most of the southern part of BNSF Railway's 42-mile Eastside rail corridor for future use. King County Executive Kurt...

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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Warren Buffett's company has lined up an $8 billion loan to help pay for its $26.3 billion acquisition of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. said in documents filed with the Securities and...

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Buffett's Berkshire secures $8B loan for BNSF deal Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 3:58 p.m. OMAHA, Neb. Warren Buffett's company has lined up an $8 billion loan to help pay for its $26.3 billion acquisition of Burlington Northern Santa...

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...officials had said the Geraldine Line was essential for grain farmers in the central part of the state. When BNSF later decided it did not want the line, the state sued and the two sides signed a settlement agreement in 1984. As a...

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Fort Worth's BNSF and RadioShack make headlines for different reasons Posted Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009 Comments (0) Print Share Reprints The Fort Worth business community has been abuzz since the Nov. 3 announcement that legendary investor...

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...sage advice - without the meddling that comes from most owners. Sounds attractive, except that BNSF has done just fine on its own. It makes investments with 20-, 30-, even 40-year horizons, and has no problem raising money. It's...

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...executive compensation. The payoff from the sale to Berkshire might have been even more lucrative for BNSF officials, but in 2006 the company changed its rules for executive compensation if the company were bought. The change limited...

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* Execs says Berkshire move to buy BNSF "positive" * Sees no material impact on itself * Union Pacific shares close down 0.4 percent (Adds executive quotes, details; updates stock; adds byline) By Aarthi Sivaraman Union Pacific Corp...

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...was not expected to attract regulatory scrutiny and Buffett has said he was not interested in buying Union Pacific. The deal to buy BNSF -- the billionaire investor's biggest acquisition -- was unveiled a day earlier. The news has...

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...it would acquire the nation's largest rail company for $44 billion, which includes all existing BNSF debt. Moody's said it may upgrade BNSF's senior unsecured debt rating, which the agency now rates at Baa1. "If Berkshire's stated goals...

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