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...TPL has nominated Don Cook, 72, a retired four-star general of the US Air Force who has served on six boards of directors, including the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad, USAA Federal Savings Bank and...
...I’ve already announced a reduction in our corporation tax rate to 18%....
...The investment guru’s conglomerate, Berkshire Hathaway, runs Burlington Northern, owner of a train carrying crude oil that crashed into a derailed vehicle on Monday night in North Dakota....
...Other corporations that were lined up to sell bonds on Tuesday included Air Lease Corp, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, NASTAR Electric and Pitney Bowes....
...Biggest Deal: The $26.6bn acquisition of US railway Burlington Northern Santa Fe in 2009....
...Others, such as Apache Corporation are using gas to power fracking equipment, one of the most energy-intensive processes employed by the industry....
...Musket Corporation’s Fort Worth ethanol facility, served by BNSF a few miles from the Davidson Yard, illustrates part of the solution to the investment dilemma....
...The $34bn acquisition of Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad in 2009 and his deal with G3 Capital last week to take Heinz private for $28bn rank as Berkshire’s biggest transactions....
...The $39bn purchase of railroad company Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Berkshire’s largest ever, is a prime example....
...This rise was bolstered by landmark transactions in the US, including the $3.7bn purchase of Continental Airlines by United Airlines Corporation, and the £36.7bn acquisition of the Burlington Northern Santa...
...Berkshire raised $8bn in staggered maturities of up to five years to help fund its purchase of railroad Burlington Northern even as the move cost Berkshire its only remaining triple A credit rating....
...Rose, Burlington Northern Santa Fe chairman, president and chief executive officer....
...A wave of consolidation in the sector – Burlington Northern merged with the Santa Fe railroad in 1995 – has left two major operators....
...This is better for example than the 74.8 per cent of the Norfolk Southern railroad or the 75.2 per cent of the Burlington, Northern and Santa Fe railroad – both had been better performers in recent years...
...Size aside, Berkshire Hathaway’s proposed acquisition of Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad is about as typical a Warren Buffett deal as they come. First, he was handed it on a plate....
...Legal experts say the Supreme Court’s last foray into retaliation law, the 2006 decision Burlington Northern v....
...The chief executives of CSX Corporation, Union Pacific and BNSF – all among the five large US-based Class I railroads – have told the Financial Times that fewer new investments will be justifiable if any...
...Burlington Northern was down 0.9 per cent after Warren Buffett’s investment firm Berkshire Hathaway disclosed it may raise its stake in the railway group to 25 per cent from 15 per cent....
...In one recent case, Burlington Northern v White, the court issued what appeared to be an anti-business ruling, making it easier for employees to sue when their employer punishes them for bringing a job discrimination...
...Dave Dealy, vice president of transportation at Burlington Northern Sante Fe, told analysts on Friday: “We could possibly lose about half our current transportation employee base in the next five to six...
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