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...Biggest Deal: The $26.6bn acquisition of US railway Burlington Northern Santa Fe in 2009....
...The $39bn purchase of railroad company Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Berkshire’s largest ever, is a prime example....
...Now, the arbs are playing the $26bn (£16.5bn) takeover of Burlington Northern Santa Fe by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway. It’s one of the biggest opportunities in decades for index arbitrage....
...As the FT explains, S&P’s move follows Berkshire’s 50-for-1 split last week of the B shares, to make it easier for Burlington Northern shareholders to exchange their stock for Berkshire shares in a tax-free...
...The move came as Standard & Poor’s said on Tuesday it would add Berkshire to its flagship S&P 500 index as the company prepares to acquire railroad operator Burlington Northern Santa Fe....
...Even Warren Buffett, the billionaire investor, turned to veteran banker Roger Altman’s boutique firm Evercore, along with Goldman Sachs, to help him with his $26bn takeover of Burlington Northern Santa Fe...
...Legal experts say the Supreme Court’s last foray into retaliation law, the 2006 decision Burlington Northern v....
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