MidAmerican Energy Company

...to buy Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. is basically a huge bet on coal, a fuel that powers Warren Buffett's power plants at his MidAmerican Energy utility and plays a major role in the railroad business. While regulatory delays and...

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...acquisition. Some analysts saw Berkshire's Burlington buy basically as a huge bet on coal -- a fuel that powers Warren Buffett's power plants at his MidAmerican Energy utility and plays a major role in the railroad business. Read more on...

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...of Berkshire Hathaway, a Nebraska-based conglomerate built on insurance that has expanded to own businesses such as Fruit of the Loom and MidAmerican Energy, the parent company of Britain's Northern Electric and Yorkshire Electricity.

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...to Bill Bergman, an equity analyst at Morningstar. The railroad operator may also be able to haul more coal to power stations owned by Berkshire's utility unit, MidAmerican Energy. See story on Buffett's coal bet. A The action you...

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There are currently 25 coal-fired power plants under construction in the U.S. Berkshire owns coal plants through its portfolio company MidAmerican Energy, which is not only Iowa's largest utility, but also serves other midwestern states.

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...of power plants, a business built on his acquisition of MidAmerican Energy just before the power industry unraveled following Enron's collapse in 2001. With his hand firmly on the throttle and a full head of steam, Buffett is once again...

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...a Shanghai-based consultancy. MidAmerican Energy, a business controlled by Berkshire Hathaway, the flagship company of the closely watched US investor, paid $230m for a 10 per cent stake in BYD a year ago. Shares in BYD have since risen...

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Last month the company reported third-quarter profit dropped 30 percent to $488 million, or $1.42 per share, as people continued to hold back on purchasing goods from stores and industrial production continued to struggle. NEW YORK...

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...power assets in Iowa MidAmerican Energy Co., the Iowa utility controlled by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, may buy wind-power assets from FPL Group rather than starting from scratch with its own windmill farms. Such a deal would help...

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