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...The $39bn purchase of railroad company Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Berkshire’s largest ever, is a prime example....
...The group is an independent global real estate investment management and corporate finance group with 60 people spread across its offices in London, the US (Santa Fe and Greenwich), Hong Kong, Tokyo, Beijing...
...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....
...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...
...; Baxter International; Allstate; Travelers/ EMC; Devon Energy; Alcoa; Colgate-Palmolive; Fedex; Monsanto; Franklin Resources; Halliburton; Capital One; Burlington Northern Santa Fe; Kimberley-Clark; Union...
...Station owns and runs casinos offering activities such as video poker, slot machines, bingo and sports wagering in Red Rock, Boulder, Santa Fe and Las Vegas, among other locations....
...Global Santa Fe reported it could not find two of its rigs. Rowan Companies reported four rigs damaged, with two having moved, one losing its “legs” and the fourth presumed sunk....
...The group, which was originally the real estate arm of the Santa Fe Pacific Railroad, was spun off in 1984 and began operating as a Reit last year....
...“The administration can negotiate with him but governing will cost them more dearly than it has so far,” says Carlos Lopes, an analyst with Santa Fe, a political consultancy in Bras´lia....
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