Silobreaker: Burlington Northern: Warren Wants It All

Silobreaker.com

NEWS SEARCH ANALYSIS INSIGHT

360° SearchNetwork Hot Spots Trends

Advanced Search Options >>

Saturday, November 21, 2009 10:04 PM

Published 11/03/2009 by Seeking Alpha

Burlington Northern: Warren Wants It All

/ BRK.B / SWK

TraderMark

You are currently following TraderMark

Stop Following

You are no longer following TraderMark

About this author:

Font Size:

A couple of interesting acquisitions in the past 24 hours; late yesterday a bid for...

READ FULL ARTICLE

Share this

What others report on the same story

Obama gets Buffett to buy trains

The Wall Street Journal argues that Warren Buffett's purchase of a major freight railroad represents Buffett's sense that the Obama administration's emphasis ... - [11/04/2009 - Ezra Klein]

Buffett Bets On U.S.

Warren Buffett is finally taking his own advice.The billionaire wrote an op-ed piece for The New York Times in October 2008, urging readers to buy U.S. stocks. Oddly ... - [11/04/2009 - Financial Post]

Warren Buffett’s Burlington Deal – Is It Green?

Yesterday Warren Buffett, the world’s second richest but most twinkly man, made what one hedge fund manager described as “his last meaningful deal” - an epic buyout ... - [11/04/2009 - BAD IDEA magazine]

Buffett Bets Billions on Burlington Northern - [11/03/2009 - Portfolio.com: News and Markets]

Berkshire Hathaway Buying Burlington Northern F... - [11/03/2009 - Clusterstock]

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. to Acquire Burlington N... - [11/03/2009 - Street Insider]

Berkshire Hathaway Buying Burlington Northern F... - [11/03/2009 - Business Insider]

Berkshire Hathaway buying out rest of Burlingto... - [11/03/2009 - MarketWatch]

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Board of Directors Appr... - [11/03/2009 - RBC Dain Rauscher]

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. to Acquire Burlington N... - [11/03/2009 - Business Wire via MSN Money]

Quotes

...the nation grows. "...(I)t's an all-in wager on the economic future of the United States" Buffett said...

Burlington Northern: Warren Wants It All [Seeking Alpha - 11/03/2009]

Related Stories

First Reported 11/02/2009 - Updated 11/03/2009 - 33 Documents

Black & Decker Corporation

Stanley Works Agrees To Buy Black & Decker For $4.5 Billion

(The Hartford Courant - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) --The Stanley Works, one of Connecticut's marquee industrial companies, will buy Black & Decker Corp. in an all-stock deal worth about $4.5 billion, the companies said late to ... [Individual.com - 11/03/2009]

Entities: Black & Decker Corporation, Stanley Works, New Britain (Connecticut, United States), Stanley Black

First Reported 11/03/2009 - Updated 11/03/2009 - 19 Documents (in Corporate Deals)

Stanley Works

Black & Decker, Stanley Works CEOs say deal driven by synergy, not recession

s $4.5 billion sale to Stanley Works wasnt driven by the recession, executives from both companies said in a conference call with analysts Tuesday.Instead, the deal was motivated by opportunities to cut costs and grow sales by bringing together two of ... [Baltimore Business Journal - 11/03/2009]

Entities: Black & Decker Corporation, Stanley Works, Synergism, Nolan Archibald, Recession

First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 11/07/2009 - 18 Documents (in Market News)

Berkshire Hathaway Inc

Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway triples profit

Omaha, Neb. - Warren Buffett's company says its third-quarter profit tripled as the improving economy and stock market boosted the value of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s derivative contracts.Berkshire said Friday it generated $3.2-billion (U.S.), or $2,087 ... [Globe Investor - 11/07/2009]

Entities: Berkshire Hathaway Inc, Warren E Buffett, The Coca-Cola Company, Wells Fargo & Company, Omaha (Nebraska, United States)

First Reported 11/02/2009 - Updated 11/03/2009 - 8 Documents (in Corporate Deals)

Stanley, Black & Decker to merge

Black & Decker Corp., the Towson-based toolmaker founded here almost 100 years ago, said Monday that it plans to merge with The Stanley Works in a $4.5 billion all-stock deal that will bring together internationally known brands but reduce the number ... [Baltimore Sun - 11/03/2009]

Entities: Black & Decker Corporation, Stanley Black, Nolan Archibald, USF&G Corp, The Rouse Company

First Reported 11/03/2009 - Updated 11/05/2009 - 28 Documents (in Corporate Deals)

ND: No local impact is expected with Buffett's purchase

Getting purchased by one of the world's most successful investors wins some attention for a company, but BNSF 's new ownership should not have an immediate impact on the railroad.North Dakota Public Service Commissioner Tony Clark said that Warren Buffett's ... [Stateline - 11/05/2009]

Entities: Warren E Buffett, Tony Clark, MidAmerican Energy Co, Coal, Wyoming (Iowa, United States)

First Reported 11/05/2009 - Updated 11/06/2009 - 13 Documents

Warren E Buffett

Warren Buffett's purchase of Burlington Northern anticipates economic recovery

(McClatchy-Tribune Informa) Warren Buffett bought an expensive train set Tuesday, betting $26 billion for Fort Worth's Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad on the hunch that a recovering economy will stoke the nation's appetite for coal and Chinese imports. ... [Individual.com - 11/06/2009]

Entities: Warren E Buffett, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation, Fort Worth

First Reported 11/03/2009 - Updated 11/04/2009 - 10 Documents

Buffett buy steadies ship

NEW YORK Investors sidestepped some of their doubts about the economy Tuesday and bought energy and industrial stocks as commodity prices rose.Stocks ended back-and-forth trading mostly higher as a spike in the price of gold and corporate dealmaking extended ... [Denver Post - 11/04/2009]

Entities: Warren E Buffett, David Darst, Commodity Price

First Reported 11/09/2009 - Updated 11/10/2009 - 6 Documents

Buffett to sell other rail stakes

The chief executive of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp said Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway is liquidating its stakes in rival railroad companies Norfolk Southern Corp and Union Pacific Corp, as Berkshire prepares to close its purchase of BNSF, ... [FT Alphaville - 11/10/2009]

Entities: Warren E Buffett, Matthew Rose, Norfolk Southern Corporation, Union Pacific Corporation, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation

First Reported 11/03/2009 - Updated 11/03/2009 - 12 Documents (in Corporate Deals)

Buffett to buy Burlington Northern in $34 billion deal (Reuters)

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc said it agreed to buy railroad Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp in Buffett's biggest acquisition ever.In a statement, Buffett said railroads are key for the United States' future growth, ... [Easy Bourse - 11/03/2009]

Entities: Warren E Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway Inc, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation

First Reported 11/03/2009 - Updated 11/04/2009 - 15 Documents (in Internet & IT)

US markets end higher on Berkshire-Burlington deal

New York: The S&P 500 and Nasdaq rose slightly on Tuesday as news of a major railroad acquisition helped sentiment, but the Dow edged lower on caution before a Federal Reserve statement on interest rates and the economy.Morgan Stanley’s downgrade of semiconductor ... [Livemint.com - 11/04/2009]

Entities: Stanley Works, Black & Decker Corporation, Standard & Poor's

First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 11/07/2009 - 6 Documents (in Market News)

Berkshire Hathaway generates 3.2bn profit for Buffett

Warren Buffett, the world’s second-richest man, saw third-quarter profits triple at Berkshire Hathaway, his investment vehicle.The conglomerate benefited from gains in its vast stock portfolio to report profit of $3.24 billion (£1.9 billion), or $2,087 ... [Times Online - 11/07/2009]

Entities: Berkshire Hathaway Inc, Warren E Buffett, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation, The Coca-Cola Company, Cadbury PLC

First Reported 11/03/2009 - Updated 11/04/2009 - 9 Documents

Buffett seeks Fannie Mae tax credits

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has joined Goldman Sachs in the investment bank’s bid to buy $3bn in tax credits from government-owned mortgage giant Fannie Mae, reports the WSJ. The report comes amid news of$ Buffett’s $26.6bn purchase of US railroad ... [FT Alphaville - 11/04/2009]

Entities: Fannie Mae, Warren E Buffett, Taxes

Blogs

sort by: Date \| Relevance
Stanley to buy Black & Decker [FT Alphaville - 11/03/2009] Stanley Works has agreed to purchase Black & Decker for $4.5bn in an all-stock tie-up uniting two big US household brands. Stanley, which makes hand tools, will ...
Stanley to buy Black & Decker [FT Alphaville - 11/03/2009] Stanley Works has agreed to purchase Black & Decker for $4.5bn in an all-stock tie-up uniting two big US household brands. Stanley, which makes hand tools, will ...
Stanley's $4.5B Black & Decker Acquisition [Retail Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking ... - 11/03/2009] Zacks.com submits: Stanley Works (SWK) and Black & Decker Corporation (BDK) have entered into a definitive merger agreement to create Stanley Black & Decker, an ...
Stanley and Black & Decker: The Perfect Deal? [DealBook - 11/03/2009] The $3.5 billion Stanley Works purchase of Black & Decker, one of Stanley's main competitors for hardware and hand tools, leaves almost nothing for investors in ...
Black & Deckers Power Tool: Cold Hard Cash [WSJ.com: Deal Journal - 11/02/2009] What drove Stanley Works $4.5 billion acquisition of Black & Decker? Its possible that Stanley wanted to scoop up Black & Decker, the brand name tool company, ...

Audio/Video

sort by: Date \| Relevance
After Hours 11/02/09: Black & Decker's Big ... [Forbes - YouTube Channel - 11/03/2009]
Buffett bets on US economy [Reuters Video: Top News - 11/03/2009]
Buffett bets on US economy [Reuters - YouTube - 11/03/2009]
Warren Buffett's Bet on America [ABC News Video: World News with Charles Gibson - 11/04/2009]
Warren Buffett's Bet on America [ABC News Video: World News with Charles Gibson - 11/04/2009]

Change Password

Log in to Silobreaker

Advanced Search Options

Burlington Northern: Warren Wants It All