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The Green Skeptic on Fox Business: Is Burlington Northern - a Coal Play for Buffett?
the green skeptic™ —
... Related articles by Zemanta Buffett's Unusual Train of Thought (online.wsj.com) Warren Buffett gambles on trains by buying BNSF for $34bn (guardian.co.uk) Buffett gambles £27bn on rail to get back on track (telegraph.co.uk) Berkshire Hathaway Buys Burlington Northern Santa Fe for $44 billion (businesspundit.com) Buffett in railroad buy-out deal (news.bbc.co.uk) Warren Buffett Makes a $44 Billion (!) Bet on Trains, Buys BNSF (treehugger.com) ...
The Green Skeptic on Fox Business: Is Burlington Northern a Coal Play for Buffett?
the green skeptic™ —
... Related articles by Zemanta Buffett's Unusual Train of Thought (online.wsj.com) Warren Buffett gambles on trains by buying BNSF for $34bn (guardian.co.uk) Buffett gambles £27bn on rail to get back on track (telegraph.co.uk) Berkshire Hathaway Buys Burlington Northern Santa Fe for $44 billion (businesspundit.com) Buffett in railroad buy-out deal (news.bbc.co.uk) Warren Buffett Makes a $44 Billion (!) Bet on Trains, Buys BNSF (treehugger.com) ...
Sick of Green Guessing? A Guide to Green Investing
Greenopia Environmental News —
Earlier this week, Warren Buffet made an environmentalist s dream investment. Buffet, via his investment vehicle, bought the remaining 77.4% of Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) railway for the cool cost of $40 billion with cash, stock and debt included . Buffet made the investment because "railroad operators cannot do well unless American businesses were producing goods and customers were buying them." But this is also a fantastic investment in the future of green travel for America. BSNF is the second largest transcontinental railroad in the country, and hopes are that ...
Watch the World's Smallest Working Train in Action
Planet Green Articles Feed —
... , it's "Powered by a standard two-inch-long rotating motor head and carved out of mouldable plastic." What's more, the entire project cost him around all of $12 to make. While the microscopic model is certainly an achievement, the fact that a model train is getting press is apropos in more ways than the 'wow-that's-tiny' factor. It helps prove that trains may once again be taking center stage in the American imagination--Warren Buffett just announced a multi-billion dollar purchase of railroad lines , and president Obama's stimulus bill famously included ...
