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S&P may downgrade Berkshire, upgrade Burlington NEW YORK - Standard & Poor's warned Wednesday that Warren Buffett's bid for Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. could sap the liquidity and capital position of the legendary investor's insurance...

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...wager" on the U.S. economy, Buffett said. After the deal was announced, Standard & Poor's said it may cut Berkshire's AAA ratings on concern the deal will use up a chunk of its large cash hoard. Berkshire said Friday that it had $23.84...

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...bet big on the U.S economic recovery. The S&P/TSX composite index climbed 147.55 points, or 1.36%, to 11,025.90, while the TSX Venture Exchange added 37.13 points, or 2.88%, to close at 1,326.75. Gold was up US$30.90 to US$1,084.90 an...

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...questioned. First, credit rating agency Standard & Poor's threatened to remove Berkshire's triple-A credit rating, saying that the "transaction will decrease the liquidity and capital adequacy of the insurance operations". A shareholder...

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Standard & Poor's warned that Warren E. Buffett's bid for Burlington Northern Santa Fe could sap the liquidity and capital position of the investor's insurance operations at Berkshire Hathaway, jeopardizing the company's AAA rating.

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...5, 2009 Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is more likely to be stripped of its AAA rating by Standard & Poor's after the company agreed Tuesday to pay $26 billion to acquire railroad Burlington Northern Santa Fe. "This transaction...

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...November 05 2009 Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is more likely to be stripped of its AAA rating by Standard & Poor's after the company agreed yesterday to pay $26bn (EUR17.5bn) to acquire the shares in railroad Burlington Northern...

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...Northern Santa Fe Corp., making a $34 billion bet on the future of the U.S. economy. S&P may downgrade Berkshire, which is being sued by investors Billionaire investor Warren Buffett's acquisition of railroad giant Burlington Northern...

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