Billionaire financier and Berkshire Hathaway Chief Executive Warren Buffett (C) walks during the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders meeting in Omaha, Nebraska May 2, 2009. Reuters Pictures 6 months ago

Billionaire financier and Berkshire Hathaway Chief Executive Warren Buffett (C) walks during the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders meeting in Omaha, Nebraska May 2, 2009.

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  2. FORT WORTH, TEXAS - NOVEMBER 3: A Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad locomotive sits on the tracks November 3, 2009 in Fort Worth, Texas. Billionaire investor Warren Buffett announced Tuesday his Berkshire Hathaway company plans to purchase 77.4% of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.
  3. FORT WORTH, TEXAS - NOVEMBER 3: A Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad locomotive sits on the tracks November 3, 2009 in Fort Worth, Texas. Billionaire investor Warren Buffett announced Tuesday his Berkshire Hathaway company plans to purchase 77.4% of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.
  4. FORT WORTH, TEXAS - NOVEMBER 3: A Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad locomotive sits on the tracks November 3, 2009 in Fort Worth, Texas. Billionaire investor Warren Buffett announced Tuesday his Berkshire Hathaway company plans to purchase 77.4% of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.
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  6. Burlington Northern Santa Fe trains make their way through a rail yard in Cicero, Illinois November 3, 2009. Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc will pay $26 billion to buy out railroad Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp in what the billionaire investor called a bet on the U.S. economy.
  7. HASLET, TEXAS - NOVEMBER 3: A locomotive sits idle on the tracks near the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Intermodal Facility November 3, 2009 in Haslet, Texas. Billionaire investor Warren Buffett announced Tuesday his Berkshire Hathaway company plans to purchase 77.4% of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.
  8. Burlington Northern Santa Fe trains make their way through a rail yard in Cicero, Illinois November 3, 2009. Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc will pay $26 billion to buy out railroad Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp in what the billionaire investor called a bet on the U.S. economy.
  9. Burlington Northern Santa Fe trains make their way through a rail yard in Cicero, Illinois November 3, 2009. Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc will pay $26 billion to buy out railroad Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp in what the billionaire investor called a bet on the U.S. economy.
  10. Burlington Northern Santa Fe logo is seen on a train in Cicero, Illinois November 3, 2009. Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc will pay $26 billion to buy out railroad Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp in what the billionaire investor called a bet on the U.S. economy.
  11. Burlington Northern Santa Fe trains make their way through a rail yard in Chicago November 3, 2009. Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc will pay $26 billion to buy out railroad Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp in what the billionaire investor called a bet on the U.S. economy.
  12. Burlington Northern Santa Fe trains make their way through a rail yard in Cicero, Illinois November 3, 2009. Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc will pay $26 billion to buy out railroad Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp in what the billionaire investor called a bet on the U.S. economy.
  13. HASLET, TEXAS - NOVEMBER 3: A locomotive sits idle on the tracks at the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Intermodal Facility November 3, 2009 in Haslet, Texas. Billionaire investor Warren Buffett announced Tuesday his Berkshire Hathaway company plans to purchase 77.4% of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.
  14. HASLET, TEXAS - NOVEMBER 3: A locomotive sits idle on the tracks near the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Intermodal Facility November 3, 2009 in Haslet, Texas. Billionaire investor Warren Buffett announced Tuesday his Berkshire Hathaway company plans to purchase 77.4% of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.
  15. HASLET, TEXAS - NOVEMBER 3: A locomotive sits idle on the tracks near the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Intermodal Facility November 3, 2009 in Haslet, Texas. Billionaire investor Warren Buffett announced Tuesday his Berkshire Hathaway company plans to purchase 77.4% of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.
  16. OAKLAND, CA - NOVEMBER 03: A Burlington Northern Santa Fe train sits idle at the Port of Oakland November 3, 2009 in Oakland, California. Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway announced today that it will purchase Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad for $44 billion, the largest acquisition in Berkshire Hathaway's history.

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