Billionaire financier and Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett (R) and Charlie Munger, Berkshire Hathaway vice chairman, are seen on a screen during the annual shareholders' meeting in Omaha, Nebraska May 2, 2009. Reuters Pictures 6 months ago

Billionaire financier and Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett (R) and Charlie Munger, Berkshire Hathaway vice chairman, are seen on a screen during the annual shareholders' meeting in Omaha, Nebraska May 2, 2009.

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  1. Warren Buffett spent time on the field prior to the Oklahoma Nebraska NCAA college football game, in Lincoln, Neb., Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. Nebraska beat Oklahoma 10-3.
  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.
  5. 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.
  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.

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