Berkshire Hathaway/Burlington Northern

Warren Buffett is tripling down on Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation. Berkshire Hathaway Inc., the company Buffett controls, announced November 3 that it had agreed to buy the 77 percent of the railroad that it doesn’t already own for $44 billion in cash, stock, and assumed debt. The deal would be the largest in Berkshire’s history.

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